Principles of Maritime Strategy (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)
by Julian S. Corbett
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The respected naval historian emphasizes precise definitions of terminology and ideas as the antidote to purposeless discussion and the direct path to the fundamental data on which all are agreed. He places naval warfare within the larger framework of human conflict, proposing that the key to maritime dominance lies in the effective use of sea lines.Tags
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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.
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.
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.
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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 Drake and the Tudor Navy. He died in 1922.
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