Principles of maritime strategy / Julian S. Corbett.

By:

Corbett, Julian Stafford, 1854-1922

Material type:

TextPublication details: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2004.Edition: Dover edDescription: viii, 317 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0486437434
9780486437439

Other title:

Maritime strategy

Uniform titles:

Some principles of maritime strategy

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

V163 .C81

Contents:

Introduction. The theoretical study of war : its uses and limitations -- Theory of war. 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 naval 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 -- Conduct of naval war. Introductory ; Methods of securing command ; Methods of disputing command ; Methods of exercising command.

Summary: 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 communications and in denying that use to the enemy. His concept -- which regarded naval strategy not as an end in itself but as a means to an end, with that end defined by national strategy -- makes this a work of enduring value.

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Originally published: Some principles of maritime strategy. London; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 1911.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 communications and in denying that use to the enemy. His concept -- which regarded naval strategy not as an end in itself but as a means to an end, with that end defined by national strategy -- makes this a work of enduring value.

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