Foreword / by Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.)
An introduction to the North Atlantic
Submarines: a primer Part 1. War
World War I : the first undersea contest in the Atlantic strategic setting
World War II : the battle expands
The Cold War
Lessons from the three battles of the Atlantic
Part 2. Peace
Rust and nuclear waste
High north, low tension
Pirates, terrorists, and the Hindu Kush: NATO at sea in the post-Cold War era
Part 3. Contest
The return of competition in the North Atlantic
The fourth Battle of the Atlantic
The contested North Atlantic in the twenty-first century
NATO and the United States in the twenty-first-century North Atlantic : a few principles
Conclusion.