Command of the Seas
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Command of the Seas is a book by former U.S. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman that outlines his vision and strategy for building and employing a dominant American naval force during the late Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
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| Command of the Seas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4082538 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Command of the Seas Context triple: [John F. Lehman, notableWork, Command of the Seas]
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A.
Clipper Maid of the Seas
Clipper Maid of the Seas was the Boeing 747 aircraft operated by Pan Am that was destroyed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Flight 103.
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B.
HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
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C.
Ocean Parade
Ocean Parade is a themed area within the Dreamworld amusement park, featuring family-friendly rides and attractions with a coastal or oceanic atmosphere.
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D.
HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
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E.
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark is a famous 19th-century British clipper ship preserved as a museum ship and historic landmark in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Command of the Seas Target entity description: Command of the Seas is a book by former U.S. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman that outlines his vision and strategy for building and employing a dominant American naval force during the late Cold War.
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A.
Clipper Maid of the Seas
Clipper Maid of the Seas was the Boeing 747 aircraft operated by Pan Am that was destroyed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Flight 103.
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B.
HMS Victory
HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
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C.
Ocean Parade
Ocean Parade is a themed area within the Dreamworld amusement park, featuring family-friendly rides and attractions with a coastal or oceanic atmosphere.
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D.
HMS Resolution
HMS Resolution was a British Royal Navy exploration vessel best known for serving as Captain James Cook’s flagship on his second and third Pacific voyages in the 1770s.
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E.
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark is a famous 19th-century British clipper ship preserved as a museum ship and historic landmark in London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author |
John F. Lehman
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surface form:
John F. Lehman Jr.
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
600-ship Navy concept
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NATO maritime operations ⓘ Pentagon budgeting and bureaucracy ⓘ U.S. maritime strategy of the 1980s ⓘ U.S.-Soviet naval competition ⓘ naval procurement policy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
building a dominant American naval force
ⓘ
employment of U.S. naval power globally ⓘ naval strategy against the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| genre |
military history
ⓘ
political memoir ⓘ strategic studies ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Caspar Weinberger
ⓘ
John F. Lehman ⓘ
surface form:
John F. Lehman Jr.
Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person account by a former Secretary of the Navy ⓘ |
| hasReputation | key primary source on 1980s U.S. naval strategy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Reagan administration defense priorities ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
military professionals
ⓘ
policy makers ⓘ students of security studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cold War naval strategy
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Reagan-era defense policy ⓘ U.S. defense buildup in the 1980s ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ maritime strategy ⓘ naval force structure ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Pentagon
ⓘ
Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy Department
|
| pageCount | 512 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| setting | U.S. defense establishment in the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Reagan administration
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late Cold War ⓘ |
| topic |
carrier battle groups
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civil-military relations in defense policy ⓘ defense budgeting ⓘ forward maritime strategy ⓘ naval modernization ⓘ |
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Subject: Command of the Seas Description of subject: Command of the Seas is a book by former U.S. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman that outlines his vision and strategy for building and employing a dominant American naval force during the late Cold War.
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