Mahan on Naval Warfare

About this eBook

Author

Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914

Title

Mahan on naval warfare : Selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan

Original Publication

Boston: Little, Brown, 1890, copyright 1901, copyright 1911, copyright 1918.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

V: Naval science

Subject

Naval strategy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72412

Release Date

December 14, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MAHAN ON NAVAL WARFARE SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF REAR ADMIRAL ALFRED T. MAHAN
2. 2.ALFRED THAYER MAHAN
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS
5. 5.PART I NAVAL PRINCIPLES — I. The Value of Historical Study [13] — 2. “ Theoretical ” versus “ Practical ” Training [14] . — A Historical Instance — What is Practical? — 3. Elements of Sea Power [16] — 4. Definition of Terms [20] — Strategy, Tactics, Logistics — 5. Fundamental Principles [21] — Central Position, Interior Lines, Communications — Concentration — 6. Strategic Positions [24] — I. Situation — II. Military Strength — III. Resources — 7. Strategic Lines [25] — Communications — Importance of Sea Communications [26] — 8. Offensive Operations [27] — 9. The Value of the Defensive [28] — 10. Commerce-Destroying and Blockade [29] — Command of the Sea Decisive [31] — 11. Strategic Features of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean [33] — 12. Principles of Naval Administration — Opposing Elements [34] — The British System [35] — The United States System [36] — 13. The Military Rule of Obedience [38] — 14. Preparedness for Naval War [39]
6. 6.PART II SEA POWER IN HISTORY — 15. A Nation Exhausted by Isolation [41] — France under Louis XIV — 16. The Growth of British Sea Power [42] — England after the Peace of Utrecht, 1715 — 17. Results of the Seven Years’ War [44] — 18. Eighteenth Century Formalism in Naval Tactics [48] — 19. The New Tactics [52] — Rodney and De Guichen, April 17, 1780 — 20. Sea Power in the American Revolution [56] — Graves and De Grasse off the Chesapeake — 21. The French Navy Demoralized by the Revolution [61] — 22. Howe’s Victory of June 1, 1794 [66] — 23. Nelson’s Strategy at Copenhagen [67] — 24. England’s First Line of Defense [71] — 25. The Battle of Trafalgar [76] — “ The Nelson Touch ” [82] — The Battle — Commerce Warfare after Trafalgar — 26. General Strategy of the War of 1812 [87] — Results of the Northern Campaign — 27. Lessons of the War with Spain [97] — The Possibilities of a “Fleet in Being” — 28. The Santiago Blockade [100] — 29. “Fleet in Being” and “Fortress Fleet” [101] — The Port Arthur Squadron in the Russo-Japanese War — Divided Forces [103] — 30. Rozhestvensky at Tsushima [104]
7. 7.PART III NAVAL AND NATIONAL POLICIES — 31. Expansion and Over-Sea Bases [106] — The Annexation of Hawaii — 32. Application of the Monroe Doctrine [107] — Anglo-American Community of Interests — 33. Changes in the United States and Japan [109] — 34. Our Interests in the Pacific [110] — 35. The German State and its Menace [111] — The Bulwark of British Sea Power [113] — 36. Advantages of Insular Position [114] — Great Britain and the Continental Powers — 37. Bearing of Political Developments on Naval Policy and Strategy [115] — 38. Seizure of Private Property at Sea [118] — 39. The Moral Aspect of War [123] — 40. The Practical Aspect of War [125] — 41. Motives for Naval Power [126] — APPENDIX — CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE — PUBLISHED WORKS — REFERENCES
8. 8.INDEX

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