Books by Julian S. Corbett

This book continues the author's study of the development of the fleet and the naval art and the history of naval operations under the Tudors and Stuarts. The author considers the British struggle with the Dutch for maritime supremacy and the rise of British power in the Mediterranean.

The respected naval historian emphasizes precise definitions of terminology and ideas as the antidote to purposeless discussion and the direct path to the fundamental data on which all are agreed. He places naval warfare within the larger framework of human conflict, proposing that the key to maritime dominance lies in the effective use of sea lines.