In the early 20th-century, the most celebrated British military strategist, Sir Basil Liddell Hart came with the notion of an "indirect approach" during military Operations. His literatures on maritime security and strategy promoted as "British Way in warfare" for military Bras and strategists around the world. He advocated that, states should use naval power to exploit the freedom of movement, surprise its enemies and put an economic pressure by blocking the trade routes, rather than engaging in direct traditional land battles. He also argues that instead of sending millions of soldiers to fight direct battles, Militaries should focus on conducting raids, controlling Coastal lines and pressuring on the chocking points. In the middle of 20th century, many military thinkers, such as Michael Howard criticized Basil H. Liddell Hart's way of thinking because of the nature of European wars. He argued that these strategies were only for maritime security and could not achieve decisive victory in the European theater of war against mighty land powers.

In the realm of 21st century, the concept and nature of war had been changed but still Liddell Hart's military thoughts are admissible and fit in the contemporary Geo-political environment. He saw maritime security as a potential weapon to paralyze the........

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