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Some principles of maritime strategy

LONDON 1911. 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 THE THEORY OF WAR

CHAPTER TWO

NATURES OF WARS— OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE

CHAPTER THREE

NATURES OF WARS— LIMITED AND UNLIMITED

CHAPTER FOUR

LIMITED WAR AND MARITIME EMPIRES—

WARS OF INTERVENTION—LIMITED INTERFERENCE IN UNLIMITED WAR

CHAPTER SIX

CONDITIONS OF STRENGTH IN LIMITED WAR PART TWO

THEORY OF NAVAL WAR

CHAPTER ONE THEORY OF THE OBJECT—COMMAND OF THE SEA

CHAPTER TWO

THEORY OF THE MEANS—THE CONSTITUTION OF FLEETS

CHAPTER THREE

THEORY OF THE METHOD—CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSAL OF FORCE PART THREE

CONDUCT OF NAVAL WAR

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTORY

I. INHERENT DIFFERENCES IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR ON LAND AND ON SEA II. TYPICAL FORMS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS CHAPTER TWO

METHODS OF SECURING COMMAND

I. ON OBTAINING A DECISION II. BLOCKADE CHAPTER THREE

METHODS OF DISPUTING COMMAND

I. DEFENSIVE FLEET OPERATIONS—"A FLEET IN BEING" II. MINOR COUNTER-ATTACKS CHAPTER FOUR

METHODS OF EXERCISING COMMAND

I. DEFENCE AGAINST INVASION II. ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF TRADE III. ATTACK, DEFENCE, AND SUPPORT OF MILITARY EXPEDITIONS APPENDIX

THE "GREEN PAMPHLET" WAR COURSE 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

WAR COURSE Notes on Strategy

PART ONE GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS

INTRODUCTORY MAJOR AND MINOR STRATEGY OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LIMITED AND UNLIMITED WARS PLANS OF WAR

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

INDEX Footnotes.