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Title: Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

Author: Julian Stafford Corbett

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SOME PRINCIPLES OF MARITIME STRATEGY

JULIAN S. CORBETT

London

1911

[Illustration: _Sir Julian Corbett (courtesy D.M. Schurman)_]

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE THEORETICAL STUDY OF WAR--ITS USE AND LIMITATIONS

PART I. THEORY OF WAR

I. THE THEORY OF WAR
II. NATURES OF WARS--OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE
III. NATURES OF WARS--LIMITED AND UNLIMITED
IV. LIMITED WAR AND MARITIME EMPIRES
V. WARS OF INTERVENTION--LIMITED INTERFERENCE IN UNLIMITED WAR
VI. CONDITIONS OF STRENGTH IN LIMITED WAR

PART II. THEORY OF NAVAL WAR

I. THEORY OF THE OBJECT--COMMAND OF THE SEA
II. THEORY OF THE MEANS--THE CONSTITUTION OF FLEETS
III. THEORY OF THE METHOD--CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSAL OF FORCE

PART III. CONDUCT OF NAVAL WAR

I. INTRODUCTORY--
1. INHERENT DIFFERENCES IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR ON LAND AND ON SEA
2. TYPICAL FORMS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
II. METHODS OF SECURING COMMAND--
1. ON OBTAINING A DECISION
2. BLOCKADE
III. METHODS OF DISPUTING COMMAND--
1. DEFENSIVE FLEET OPERATIONS--"A FLEET IN BEING"
2. MINOR COUNTER-ATTACKS
IV. METHODS OF EXERCISING COMMAND--
1. DEFENCE AGAINST INVASION
2. ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF TRADE
3. ATTACK, DEFENCE, AND SUPPORT OF MILITARY EXPEDITIONS

Appendix: The "Green Pamphlet"

INDEX

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INTRODUCTION

The Theoretical Study of War--Its Use and
Limitations

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At first sight nothing can appear more unpractical, less promising of
useful result, than to approach the study of war with a th