Strategy and the Sea

This book presents a wide range of new research on many aspects of naval strategy in the early modern and modern periods. Among the themes covered are the problems of naval manpower the nature of naval leadership and naval officers intelligence naval training and education and strategic thinking and planning. The book is notable for giving extensive consideration to navies other than those of Britain its empire and the United States. It explores a number of fascinating subjects including how financial difficulties frustrated the attempts by Louis XIV's ministers to build a strong navy; how the absence of centralised power in the Dutch Republic had important consequences for Dutch naval power; how Hitler's relationship with his admirals severely affected German naval strategy during the Second World War; and many more besides. The book is a Festschrift in honour of John B. Hattendorf for more than thirty years Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the US Naval War College and an influential figure in naval affairs worldwide. N.A.M. Rodger is Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College Oxford. J. Ross Dancy is Assistant Professor of Military History at Sam Houston State University. Benjamin Darnell is a D.Phil. candidate at New College Oxford. Evan Wilson is Caird Senior Research Fellow at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich. Contributors: Tim Benbow Peter John Brobst Jaap R. Bruijn Olivier Chaline J. Ross Dancy Benjamin Darnell James Goldrick Agustin Guimera Paul Kennedy Keizo Kitagawa Roger Knight Andrew D. Lambert George C. Peden Carla Rahn Phillips Werner Rahn Paul M. Ramsey Duncan Redford N.A.M. Rodger Jakob Seerup Matthew S. Seligmann Geoffrey Till Evan Wilson