CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Victorian Empire 14
5. 2. Making Waves 38
6. 3. Finding an Audience 51
7. 4. Politics and Policy 68
8. 5. England in the Mediterranean 87
9. 6. The Naval War Course 99
10. 7. Strategy, Culture and History 123
11. 8. Shaping the ‘British Way’ 145
12. 9 ‘Radiant with the Genius of a Maritime State’:England in the Seven Years’ War 169
13. 10. Policy, Strategy and International Law 188
14. 11. Imperial Pageantry: Quebec 1908 213
15. 12. Tactics, Signals and Trafalgar 226
16. 13. Maritime Strategy in a Total War 244
17. 14. Teaching National Strategy 262
18. 15. ‘Doctrine – The Soul of Warfare’ 283
19. 16. The ‘British Way’ at War: Big Ideas and Baltic Plans 307
20. 17. Propaganda, Peace and the Liberal Empire 337
21. 18. Naval Operations: A Study in Disarticulated Strategy 359
22. 19. Explaining the Unpalatable Truth: Gallipoli and Jutland 383
23. 20. Carrying On 411
24. Conclusion 432
25. Notes 440
26. Bibliography 501
27. Acknowledgements 515
28. Index 518