India’s ocean: the story of India’s bid for regional leadership by David Brewster

Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan once stated: ‘Whoever attains maritime supremacy in the Indian Ocean would be a prominent player on the international scene. Whoever controls the Indian Ocean dominates Asia. This Ocean is the key to the seven seas in the 21st century, the destiny of the world will be decided in these waters’.1 It is these prophetic words that are the pivot for the book under review, India’s Ocean: The Story of India’s Bid for Regional Leadership. This topical volume seeks to study the momentum of India’s role as an active and powerful player in the Indian Ocean in the 21st century.