The British way of war : Julian Corbett and the battle for a national strategy /

The British way of war : Julian Corbett and the battle for a national strategy /

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How a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914--but shaped Britain's success in the Second World War and beyond.

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Author / Creator: Lambert, Andrew D., 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Corbett, Julian Stafford, > 1854-1922.
1939-1945
Naval historians > Great Britain > Biography.
Naval strategy > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, British.
Stratégie navale > Histoire.
Naval historians.
Naval strategy.
Great Britain.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1 Victorian Empire
  • CHAPTER 2 Making Waves
  • CHAPTER 3 Finding an Audience
  • CHAPTER 4 Politics and Policy
  • CHAPTER 5 England in the Mediterranean
  • CHAPTER 6 The Naval War Course
  • CHAPTER 7 Strategy, Culture and History
  • CHAPTER 8 Shaping the 'British Way'
  • CHAPTER 9 'Radiant with the Genius of a Maritime State'
  • CHAPTER 10 Policy, Strategy and International Law
  • CHAPTER 11 Imperial Pageantry
  • CHAPTER 12 Tactics, Signals and Trafalgar
  • CHAPTER 13 Maritime Strategy in a Total War
  • CHAPTER 14 Teaching National Strategy
  • CHAPTER 15 'Doctrine
  • The Soul of Warfare'
  • CHAPTER 16 The 'British Way' at War
  • CHAPTER 17 Propaganda, Peace and the Liberal Empire
  • CHAPTER 18 Naval Operations
  • CHAPTER 19 Explaining the Unpalatable Truth
  • CHAPTER 20 Carrying On
  • Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INDEX

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