Naval Power in the War: 1914-1917 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Naval Power in the War: 1914-1917Undertaking these studies before the entry of the United States into the war, the author has maintained throughout the standpoint of the tech nical student of naval warfare, rather than that of the philosophical historian. Needless to say, he is not without strong sympathies and convic tions but these, from the nature of the investiga tion, are subordinated to the search for truth. In other words, the book is not partisan and' is not propaganda, it has no special thesis to maintain - except an underlying belief in the importance of naval power to a nation whose boundaries are the two oceans, and whose interests extend throughout the Seven Seas.The wisdom of attempting to write naval his tory at such close range may be questioned. The question may be answered by pointing out that the book aims to draw the significant naval les sons, rather than to chronicle events in minute de tail. Whatever the paucity of the data, it is im portant that these lessons should be drawn im mediately. Frank discussion clears the air.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.