Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

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Author

Corbett, Julian Stafford, 1854-1922

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E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

V: Naval science

Subject

Naval strategy

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Text

eBook-No.

15076

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15076

Release Date

February 16, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Some principles of maritime strategy — LONDON 1911.
2. 2.CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION — PART I. THEORY OF WAR — PART II. THEORY OF NAVAL WAR — PART III. CONDUCT OF NAVAL WAR — INTRODUCTION — The Theoretical Study of War—Its Use and Limitations — PART ONE — THEORY OF WAR — CHAPTER ONE
3. 3.THE THEORY OF WAR — CHAPTER TWO
4. 4.NATURES OF WARS— OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE — CHAPTER THREE
5. 5.NATURES OF WARS— LIMITED AND UNLIMITED — CHAPTER FOUR
6. 6.LIMITED WAR AND MARITIME EMPIRES— — Development of Clausewitz's and Jomini's Theory of a Limited Territorial Object, and Its Application to Modern Imperial Conditions — CHAPTER FIVE
7. 7.WARS OF INTERVENTION—LIMITED INTERFERENCE IN UNLIMITED WAR — CHAPTER SIX
8. 8.CONDITIONS OF STRENGTH IN LIMITED WAR
9. 9.PART TWO — THEORY OF NAVAL WAR — CHAPTER ONE
10. 10.THEORY OF THE OBJECT—COMMAND OF THE SEA — CHAPTER TWO
11. 11.THEORY OF THE MEANS—THE CONSTITUTION OF FLEETS — CHAPTER THREE
12. 12.THEORY OF THE METHOD—CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSAL OF FORCE
13. 13.PART THREE — CONDUCT OF NAVAL WAR — CHAPTER ONE
14. 14.INTRODUCTORY — I. INHERENT DIFFERENCES IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR ON LAND AND ON SEA — II. TYPICAL FORMS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS — CHAPTER TWO
15. 15.METHODS OF SECURING COMMAND — I. ON OBTAINING A DECISION — II. BLOCKADE — CHAPTER THREE
16. 16.METHODS OF DISPUTING COMMAND — I. DEFENSIVE FLEET OPERATIONS—"A FLEET IN BEING" — II. MINOR COUNTER-ATTACKS — CHAPTER FOUR
17. 17.METHODS OF EXERCISING COMMAND — I. DEFENCE AGAINST INVASION — II. ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF TRADE — III. ATTACK, DEFENCE, AND SUPPORT OF MILITARY EXPEDITIONS — APPENDIX
18. 18.THE "GREEN PAMPHLET"
19. 19.WAR COURSE
20. 20.Strategical Terms and Definitions used in Lectures on Naval History — BY — JULIAN S. CORBETT, ESQ., L.L.M. — NAVAL STRATEGY — OBJECTS. — NATURE OF OBJECT — GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEFENSIVE. — OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS USED WITH A DEFENSIVE INTENTION — NATURE OF ULTERIOR OBJECT — SYSTEM OF OPERATIONS — OBJECTIVE — LINES OF OPERATION — LINES OF COMMUNICATION — MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS — NAVAL STRATEGY CONSIDERED AS A QUESTION OF PASSAGE AND COMMUNICATION — COMMAND OF THE SEA — VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF COMMAND — COMMAND IN DISPUTE — SHOULD COMMAND OF THE SEA ALWAYS BE THE PRIMARY OBJECT? — METHODS OF SECURING CONTROL — BLOCKADE — GENERAL RULES FOR CONDUCTING BLOCKADES — THE PECULIARITY OF MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS — FINAL NOTE
21. 21.WAR COURSE
22. 22.Notes on Strategy — PART ONE — GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS — INTRODUCTORY — MAJOR AND MINOR STRATEGY — OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE — LIMITED AND UNLIMITED WARS — PLANS OF WAR
23. 23.PART TWO — NAVAL STRATEGY CONSIDERED AS A QUESTION OF PASSAGE AND COMMUNICATION — NAVAL STRATEGY DEFINED — COMMAND OF THE SEA — METHODS OF SECURING CONTROL. — THE PECULIARITY OF MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS
24. 24.INDEX
25. 25.Footnotes.

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