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Dr. Michael Lindberg
Dr. Lindberg's research interests include maritime geography, political geography, biogeography, Canada and Scandinavia. Dr. Lindberg is also an accomplished author with four books to his credit.

Publications

Anglo-American Shipbuilding in World War II: A Geographical Perspective
Michael Lindberg, Daniel Todd
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT. © 2004.
ISBN: 0-275-97924-5

Abstract: The expansion of the shipbuilding industry in Britain and the United States between 1938 and 1945 was one of the greatest economic feats in history. This study examines in detail the unprecedented growth both in total industrial capacity and that of individual shipyards. Lindberg and Todd go beyond the normal descriptive historical account of this expansion to analyze it through the application of a geographical perspective. Specifically, they apply the geographic concepts of clustering and agglomeration to the merchant and naval shipbuilding industries of both nations during this vital era.

Brown, Green and Blue Water Fleets: The Influence of Geography on Naval Warfare 1861 to the Present
Michael Lindberg and Daniel Todd
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT.  © 2002.
ISBN: 0-275-96486-8

Abstract: This book focuses on the influence of geography on all types of naval warfare as well as on the development of various types of navies, their strategies, tactics and ship design. Historical case studies from various periods of naval warfare are used to illustrate the main points raised in this work.

Geographical Impact On Coastal Defense Navies: The Entwining of Force Structure, Technology and Operational Environment
Michael S. Lindberg
MacMillan Press Ltd., London, England. © 1998.
ISBN: 0-333-71091-6

Abstract: With the end of the Cold War, the major naval powers have shifted their attention away from warfare on the high seas to more specialized operations in the littorals. These coastal waters are the domain of a special type of naval force, the coastal defense navy. These small but potent navies possess a unique set of force structure and support infrastructure characteristics which set them apart from larger power projection navies as well as smaller constabulary navies.

This study identifies which of the world's navies fall into this category, their individual and collective characteristics and classifies them into a hierarchy of coastal defense navies. It also looks at the relationship between these navies and their operational environments by employing a geographically-based operational environment hierarchy classification. A comparison is then undertaken to determine if the force structure of these navies is appropriate for the operational environments in which they are deployed.

Navies and Shipbuilding Industries: The Strained Symbiosis
Daniel Todd and Michael Lindberg
Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., Westport, CT.  © 1996.
ISBN: 0-275-95310-6

Abstract: The central theme running through this book is the mutual dependence of navies and shipbuilding industries. Historically, naval ambitions and the ambitions of industrialists converge, and a symbiosis is born. The technical competence of industry emerges as a key player in determining the effectiveness of navies. That industrial capability, for its part, rests increasingly on the navy as chief customer because progressive specialization renders it more and more unsuited for any other use. These trends are universal, addicting the relations of all moor navies and their industrial suppliers since the dawn of the modern age. They continue to complicate the running of navies today. The book enlarges on this fundamental fact, explaining why the symbiosis emerged and how it is manifested in the contemporary world.

The Persian Gulf Naval Arms Race: Myth or Reality?
Michael S. Lindberg
Center for Defense and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. © 1993.

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