The British way of war : Julian Corbettand the battle for a national strategy / Andrew Lambert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartmann, Ivor W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corbett, Julian Stafford, 1854-1922.

Corbett, Julian Stafford.

Naval strategy--History.

Naval strategy.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (543 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Lambert, Andrew The British Way of War

ISBN:

9780300262421

0-300-26242-6

OCLC:

1312726321