Principles of maritime strategy
This brilliant exposition established British naval historian Julian Corbett (1854-1922) as one of the great maritime strategists. Corbett placed naval warfare within the larger framework of human conflict, proposing that the key to maritime dominance lies in effective use of sea lines for communica...
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Mineola, NY
Dover Publications
2004
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Table of Contents:
- The theoretical study of war : its use and limitations
- The theory of war
- Natures of wars : offensive and defensive
- Natures of wars : limited and unlimited
- Limited war and maritime empires
- Wars of intervention : limited interference in unlimited war
- Conditions of strength in limited war
- Theory of the object : command of the sea
- Theory of the means : constitution of fleets
- Theory of the method : concentration and dispersal of force
- Introductory : Inherent differences of the conditions of war on land and on sea ; Typical forms of naval operations
- Methods of securing command : Obtaining a decision ; Blockade
- Methods of disputing command : Defensive fleet operations-- "a fleet in being" ; Minor counter-attacks
- Methods of exercising command : Defence against invasion ; Attack and defence of trade ; Attack, defence and support of expeditions.