Heresies of Sea Power
HERESIES OF SEA POWER
BY FREDERICK T. JANE
AUTHOR OF
'FIGHTING SHIPS', ETC: INVENTOR OF THE NAVAL WAR GAME
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1906
All rights reserved
CONTENTS.
PART I. SEVEN GREAT NAVAL WARS AND THEIR PARADOXES
I. THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR.
II. THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.
III. THE SECOND PUNIC WAR.
IV. ACTUM AND LEPANTO.
V. THE SPANISH ARMADA.
PART II. PROBLEMS THAT 'SEA POWER' DOES NOT SOLVE
PART III. THE TREND OF THINGS.I. SOME TACTICAL AND STRATEGICAL PROBLEMS.
II. BASE POWER.
III.THE GUERRE DE COURSE.
IV. COLONIES AND SEA POWER.
V. INTERNATIONAL LAW.
VI. THE INVASION OF ENGLAND.
VII.SECRECY AND SEA POWER
Map to illustrate Peloponnesian War...27I. ETERNAL PRINCIPLES.
II. THE EVOLUTION OF NAVIES.
III. THE DIMENSIONS OF WARSHIPS.
IV. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BATTLESHIP.
V. 'FITNESS TO WIN'.
Map of Syracuse to illustrate Peloponnesian War...35
Map to illustrate Punic Wars...41
One of the Venetian Galleasses at Lepanto..[to face]...75
Map to illustrate the Course of the Spanish Armada...79
Ship of the Spanish Armada... } 81
Ship of William the Conqueror...} 81
British Ship at the time of the Spanish Armada...83
Map to illustrate Russo-Japanese War...89
Map of Port Arthur..(to face) ...91
Map showing Principal British Trade Routes...166
Map to illustrate Campaign of 1805 and Earlier...217
Egyptian Ship about 2500 B.C. ...278
Large Egyptian Ship in the Red Sea circa 1200 B.C. ...279
Egyptian Warship in Action 1000 B.C. ...280
Asiatic Warship in same Battle...280
Phœnician Warship circa 700 B.C. From Nineveh Monuments...281
The Great Harry...(to face)...302
Cyclops—Early Paddle Warship...310
French Floating Battery in the Crimean War...311
The Old Turret Ship Royal Sovereign...313
The Royal Sovereign...(to face)...313
