E-text prepared by Robert J. Hall
BY
U. S. NAVY
What is the navy for?
Of what parts should it be composed?
What principles should be followed in designing, preparing, andoperating it in order to get the maximum return for the money expended?
To answer these questions clearly and without technical languageis the object of the book.
BRADLEY A. FISKE.
U. S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE,
NEWPORT, R. I., September 3, 1916.
| PART I | |
| GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | WAR AND THE NATIONS |
| II. | NAVAL A, B, C |
| III. | NAVAL POWER |
| IV. | NAVAL PREPAREDNESS |
| V. | NAVAL DEFENSE |
| VI. | NAVAL POLICY |
| PART II | |
| NAVAL STRATEGY | |
| VII. | GENERAL PRINCIPLES |
| VIII. | DESIGNING THE MACHINE |
| IX. | PREPARING THE ACTIVE FLEET |
| X. | RESERVES AND SHORE STATIONS |
| XI. | NAVAL BASES |
| XII. | OPERATING THE MACHINE |
STRATEGIC MAP OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS
*** Chapters III and VII were published originally in The U.S. Naval Institute; chapters I, II, IV, V, and VII in TheNorth American Review.
PART I
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
WAR AND THE NATIONS
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