Lieutenant Commander Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong is a naval aviator currently serving in the Pentagon, as well as a research student with the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and a contributor to Naval History, Proceedings, and the USNI Blog. His book 21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era (2013) is available from the Naval Institute Press.
James P. Delgado, director of Maritime Heritage for the National Marine Sanctuaries Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has led or participated in shipwreck expeditions around the world. His many books include Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine: Iron, Guns, and Pearls (Texas A&M University Press, 2012) and Khubilai Kahn’s Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada (University of California Press, 2010).
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