Julian S. Corbett (1854–1922)

Author of Principles of Maritime Strategy (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)

About the Author

Sir Julian S. Corbett was trained in law but became a noted British naval historian. In addition to the influential work Some Principles of Maritime Strategy, he wrote numerous other books, including England in the Seven Years' War: A Study in Combined Strategy, The Campaign of Trafalgar1805, and show more Drake and the Tudor Navy. He died in 1922. show less

Includes the names: Julian Corbett, Julian S. Corbett, Sir Julian Corbett, Sir Julian Stafford, Sir Julian S. Corbett, Editor Julian S. Corbett, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Julian Stafford Corbett Sir, Sir Julian Sir Julian Corbett, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett LLM, LLM. Corbett, Sir Julian Stafford, Julian Stafford Sir Corbett 1854-1922, Julian S. Corbett; Jeremy Black(introduction)

Works by Julian S. Corbett

England in the Seven Years' War: A Study in Combined Strategy (1907) 116 copies

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 (1971) 18 copies

England in the Seven Years' War: Volume II, 1759-63 (2001) 17 copies

England in the Seven Years War – Vol. I: A Study in Combined Strategy (2001) 14 copies

Naval Operations: Jutland v. 3 (Official History of the Great War) (1996) 14 copies

Sir Francis Drake (1970) 14 copies

The Campaign of Trafalgar (2005) 14 copies

Strategy Six Pack 4 - Hannibal, The Reign of Tiberius, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Remember the Alamo, Waterloo and The Theory of War (Illustrated) (2015) 13 copies

Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 (1994) 12 copies

History of the Great War Naval Operations Volume One (Maps) To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914 (1997) 12 copies

Naval Operations: From the Falklands to the Entry of Italy, May 1915 (Official History of the Great War) (v. 2) (1997) 10 copies

Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905: Volume One (2015) 9 copies

Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905: Volume Two (2015) 9 copies

Drake And the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England As a Maritime Power (1988) 8 copies

England in the Mediterranean: A Study of the Rise and Influence of British Power within the Straits, 1603-1713 (2006) 7 copies

The Successors of Drake (2015) 6 copies

drake and the tudor navy: with a history of the rise of england as a maritime power: volume two (2004) 5 copies

Signals and instructions, 1776-1794 (1971) 5 copies

The Campaign of Trafalgar - 1805. Vol. I. (2007) 3 copies

drake and the tudor navy: with a history of the rise of england as a maritime power: volume one (2004) 3 copies

Papers relating to the Navy during the Spanish war, 1585-1587 (1987) 3 copies

History of the Great War. 3, Text / By Julian S. Corbett / Naval operations 2 copies

History of the Great War. 2, Naval operations. [Text and maps] / by Sir Julian S. Corbett 2 copies

History of the Great War. 1, Text, Naval operations. The battle of the Falklands, Dec. 1914 / by Julian S. Corbett 2 copies

History of the Great War Naval Operations Volume Three (Maps) (1923) 2 copies

Monk (2010) 2 copies

The Campaign of Trafalgar - 1805. Vol. II. (2012) 2 copies

England In The Mediterranean V2: A Study Of The Rise And Influence Of British Power Within The Straits, 1608-1718 (1904) (2008) 1 copy

Naval and Military Essays: Being Papers read in the Naval and Military Section at the International Congress of Historical Studies, 1913 (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and… (2009) 1 copy

Tales of Brave Ulysses: Al Loving, Howardena Pindell, Alan Shields, Richard Van Buren (2023) 1 copy

THE SEVEN YEARS WAR Folio Society 1 copy

A Note on the Drawings in the Possession of the Earl of Dartmouth illustrating the Battle of Sole Bay, May 28, 1672 and the Battle of the Texel, August 11, 1673 1 copy

England in the Mediterranean - A Study of the Rise and Influence of British Power within the Straits 1603-1713 (2 Vols) 1 copy

Naval Operations. Vol 1, To the Battle of the Falklands 1914 (& Map Case) 1 copy

The fall of Asgard 1 copy

The league of peace and a free sea 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Corbett, Julian Stafford
Birthdate: 1854-11-12
Date of death: 1922-09-21
Gender: male
Occupations: British naval historian
geo-strategist
Nationality: UK
Associated Place (for map): UK

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Some Principles of Maritime Strategy (Classics of Sea Power) by Julian S. Corbett

Read the chapter titled "Theory of the Object -- Command of the Sea" during first week of War at Sea During the Age of Steam class at the NWC. Foundational reading for better understanding throughout this elective. Helpful to get started in the class, otherwise not very interesting topic to me.

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Some Principles of Maritime Strategy: A Theory of War on the High Seas; Naval Warfare and the Command of Fleets by Julian S. Corbett

Read pages 3-106 during the discussion on the Russo-Japanese War as part of the S&W syllabus at CNCS in Sept 2023.

From the syllabus: Corbett shows how a state can deploy its navy to achieve strategic objectives against a land power. He emphasizes the utility of joint and peripheral operations, and offers his theory of command of the sea.

Sep 19, 20231 other review