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A. T. Mahan. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles
Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles
Table of Contents
PREFACE
MAPS
LESSONS OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN
AND OTHER ARTICLES
LESSONS OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN
INTRODUCTORYToC
Comprehension of Military and Naval Matters possible. to the People, and important to the Nation
IToC
IIToC
IIIToC
FOOTNOTES:
IVToC
FOOTNOTES:
VToC
FOOTNOTES:
THE PEACE CONFERENCE AND THE. MORAL ASPECT OF WAR
THE PEACE CONFERENCE AND THE. MORAL ASPECT OF WARToC
THE RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. TO THEIR NEW DEPENDENCIES
THE RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. TO THEIR NEW DEPENDENCIESToC
DISTINGUISHING QUALITIES OF. SHIPS OF WAR
DISTINGUISHING QUALITIES OF. SHIPS OF WARToC
CURRENT FALLACIES UPON. NAVAL SUBJECTS
CURRENT FALLACIES UPON. NAVAL SUBJECTSToC
FOOTNOTES:
THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN. SEA POWER, Present and Future
By Capt. A.T. Mahan. With two maps showing strategic points. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt top. $2.00
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A. T. Mahan
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The aim of the author here, as in all his writings, has been so to present his theme as to invest it with the rational interest attaching to a clear exposition of causes and effects, as shown in a series of events. Where he may have failed, the failure is in himself, not in his subject. The recent Spanish-American War, while possessing, as every war does, characteristics of its own, differentiating it from others, nevertheless, in its broad analogies, falls into line with its predecessors, evidencing that unity of teaching which pervades the art from its beginnings unto this day. It has, moreover, the special value of illustrating the reciprocal needs and offices of the army and the navy, than which no lesson is more valuable to a nation situated as ours is. Protected from any serious attempt at invasion by our isolated position, and by our vast intrinsic strength, we are nevertheless vulnerable in an extensive seaboard, greater, relatively to our population and wealth—great as they are—than that of any other state. Upon this, moreover, rests an immense coasting trade, the importance of which to our internal commercial system is now scarcely realized, but will be keenly felt if we ever are unable to insure its freedom of movement.
We also are committed, inevitably and irrevocably, to an over-sea policy, to the successful maintenance of which will be needed, not only lofty political conceptions of right and of honor, but also the power to support, and if need be to enforce, the course of action which such conceptions shall from time to time demand. Such maintenance will depend primarily upon the navy, but not upon it alone; there will be needed besides an adequate and extremely mobile army, and an efficient correlation of the one with the other, based upon an accurate conception of their respective functions. The true corrective to the natural tendency of each to exaggerate its own importance to the common end is to be found only in some general understanding of the subject diffused throughout the body of the people, who are the ultimate arbiters of national policy.
