Download or read book Naval Renaissance written by Frederick H. Hartmann and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of navy decision-making, development of maritime strategy and congressional hearings on successive navy budgets in the 1980s. The author had access to primary sources and he also looks at Admiral James Watkins' efforts to bring about a naval renaissance and the birth of SDI.