This text is the result of 18 years experience teaching marine policy as an interdisciplinary subject. Professor Mangone established the Centre for the Study of Marine Policy at the University of Delaware in 1973; in addition to authoring numerous books on marine policy issues, he is editor-in-chief of Marine Policy Reports. It is thus equipped with a great deal of practical experience and breadth of knowledge that Professor Mangone addresses the subjects of Early America and the Sea, the Navy and American Security, Merchant Fleet, Fisheries and Foreign Policy, Continental Shelf and Seabed Minerals, Marine Pollution, and the institutional structure which initiates and administers United States marine policy. The result is an invaluable aid to the teaching of marine policy in the U.S., as well as an eminently readable source of information for those uninitiated in the intricacies of marine policy formulation and development there. Each chapter provides the historical background and development of U.S. marine policy in a selected area and the current regulatory framework, both nationally and internationally. Of necessity, federal-state relationships are addressed in areas of jurisdictional overlap such as coastal zone management and environmental issues. At the end of each chapter is a section entitled “Problems and Issues” which in general terms points the way for further discussion and study. The text throughout is well written and con