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Title: The Navy as a Fighting Machine

Author: Bradley A. Fiske

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THE NAVY AS A FIGHTING MACHINE

by

REAR ADMIRAL BRADLEY A. FISKE
U. S. Navy

Former Aid for Operations of the Fleet; President of the U. S.
Naval Institute; Gold Medallist of the U. S. Naval Institute and
The Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania

Author of "Electricity in Theory and Practice," "War Time in Manila,"
Etc.

With Map

PREFACE

What is the navy for?

Of what parts should it be composed?

What principles should be followed in designing, preparing, and
operating it in order to get the maximum return for the money expended?

To answer these questions clearly and without technical language
is the object of the book.

BRADLEY A. FISKE.

U. S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE,
NEWPORT, R. I., September 3, 1916.

CONTENTS

PART I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER
I. WAR AND THE NATIONS
II. NAVAL A, B, C
III. NAVAL POWER
IV. NAVAL PREPAREDNESS
V. NAVAL DEFENSE
VI. NAVAL POLICY

PART II

NAVAL STRATEGY

VII. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
VIII. DESIGNING THE MACHINE
IX. PREPARING THE ACTIVE FLEET
X. RESERVES AND SHORE STATIONS
XI. NAVAL BASES
XII. OPERATING THE MACHINE

STRATEGIC MAP OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS

*** Chapters III and VII were published originally in _The U. S.
Naval Institute_; chapters I, II, IV, V, and VII in _The North
American Review_.

PART I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER I

WAR AND