Excerpt from Naval Strategy Compared and Contrasted With the Principles and Practice of Military Operations on Land: Lectures Delivered at U. S. Naval War College, Newport, R. I., Between the Years 1887 and 1911The original lectures, which alone represent a methodical treatment, however brief, are contained seriatim in seven chapters, six to twelve inclusive. In these there has been some modification of details, owing mainly to the lapse of time introducing changes of conditions; but substantially and in plan they continue as first framed.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.