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Naval Warfare By: James R. Thursfield (1840-1923) |
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NAVAL WARFARE
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS London: FETTER LANE, E.C. C.F. CLAY, MANAGER [Illustration] Edinburgh: 100 PRINCES STREET
Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO.
Leipzig: F.A. BROCKHAUS
New York: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD.
All rights reserved
NAVAL
WARFARE BY JAMES R. THURSFIELD M.A.
Hon. Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford WITH AN INTRODUCTION by Rear Admiral
SIR CHARLES L. OTTLEY
K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O. Sometime Director of Naval Intelligence
and Secretary to the Committee of
Imperial Defence Cambridge:
at the University Press New York:
G.P. Putnam's Sons 1913
With the exception of the coat of arms at the foot, the design on the
title page is a reproduction of one used by the earliest known Cambridge
printer, John Siberch, 1521
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION BY SIR CHARLES OTTLEY vii PREFACE xiii
CHAP. I. INTRODUCTORY 1 II. THE COMMAND OF THE SEA 11 III. DISPUTED COMMAND BLOCKADE 20 IV. DISPUTED COMMAND THE FLEET IN BEING 30 V. DISPUTED COMMAND IN GENERAL 49 VI. INVASION 68 VII. COMMERCE IN WAR 93 VIII. THE DIFFERENTIATION OF NAVAL FORCE 111 IX. THE DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY OF NAVAL FORCE 129 INDEX 147
INTRODUCTION
The title chosen by its author for this little volume would assuredly
commend it to the Naval Service, even if that author's name were not as
it is a household word with more than one generation of naval officers.
But to such of the general public as are not yet familiar with Mr
Thursfield's writings a brief word of introduction may perhaps be
useful. For the matters herein dealt with are by no means of interest
only to the naval profession. They have their bearing also on every
calling and trade. In these days when national policy is at the mercy of
the ballot box, it is not too much to say that a right understanding of
the principles of maritime warfare is almost as desirable amongst
civilians as amongst professional sailors. Regrettable indeed would it be if the mere fact that this little book
bears a more or less technical title should tempt the careless to skip
its pages or pitch it to that dreary limbo which attends even the best
of text books on subjects which we think do not concern us. The fruits
of naval victory, the calamities attendant on naval defeat are matters
which will come home in Bacon's classic phrase to the business and the
bosoms of all of us, landsmen and seamen alike. Most Englishmen are at
least dimly aware of this. They realise, more or less reluctantly
perhaps, that a decisive British defeat at sea under modern conditions
would involve unspeakable consequences, consequences not merely fatal to
the structure of the Empire but destructive also of the roots of our
national life and of the well being of almost all individuals in these
islands. Elementary prudence insists on adequate safeguards against evils so
supreme, and amongst those safeguards the education of the people to day
occupies a foremost place. Our Empire's destinies for good and evil are
now in the hands of the masses of the people. Sincerely as all lovers of
ordered freedom may rejoice in this devolution of political power to the
people, thoughtful men will be apt to reflect that an uninstructed crowd
is seldom right in its collective action. If Ministerial responsibility
has dwindled, pro tanto that of each one of His Majesty's lieges has
enormously increased; and it is more incumbent on the nation's rank and
file to day than ever in the past to equip themselves with the knowledge
necessary to enable them to record their votes aright... Continue reading book >>
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