A history of naval tactics from 1530 to 1930; the evolution of tactical maxims

  • OCLC #: 1360076
  • Call #: V167.R6
  • Publisher: Annapolis, Md., The U.S. Naval Institute [1942]
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 956 pages illustrations (including portraits) maps (some folded) 25 cm
  • Contents:
    • Early English naval battles
    • Ships, guns, and gunnery of the 14th and 15th centuries
    • Early 16th century naval warfare and fighting instructions
    • The Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571
    • The English navy under Queen Elizabeth
    • Ships and tactics : early 17th century
    • Guns and gunnery : Anglo-Dutch Wars
    • The Dutch Wars with England, 1652-1674
    • Wars between England and France, 1689-1697
    • Ships and guns, late 17th century
    • French naval tactics : Paul Hoste, 1697
    • The War of the Spanish Succession
    • Additions to the permanent fighting instructions, 1744-1763
    • French writers on tactics : Morogues, 1763, Villehuet, 1765
    • Howe's tactical instructions
    • War of the American Revolution
    • Suffren vs. Hughes in East Indies, 1782-1783
    • British fighting instructions, 1781-1783
    • Ships and guns in the 18th century
    • The American navy of the revolution
    • The evolution of naval tactics, 1793-1802
    • The new American navy
    • Ramatuelle on tactics, 1802
    • The Trafalgar campaign and contemporary events
    • The Battle of Trafalgar
    • Truxtun on tactics ; First U.S. signal books
    • "Chesapeake" vs. "Shannon," 1813
    • The War of 1812
    • Changes in ships and weapons, early 19th century
    • Steam vs. sail
    • The Stevens ram
    • Developments in ordnance, to 1861
    • Iron vs. wood for men-of-war ; Screws vs. paddles
    • Early tactics for steamers
    • Armor and the ram
    • U.S. guns and gun drills
    • U.S. Civil War
    • Battle of Lissa ; Tactical developments post Civil War
    • Theoretical naval tactics, 1870-1880 ; Chilean-Peruvian War, 1877-1881
    • Increase of the U.S. navy ; Essays on tactics
    • Continued increase of the U.S. navy ; Japan-China War ; Essays on tactics
    • The Spanish-American War
    • Tactical essays ; Russo-Japanese War
    • Tactical discussions, early 20th century
    • Submarines and submarine tactics ; Essays on battle tactics
    • The world war, 1914-1918
    • Post-war comment and lessons ; Aircraft in war
    • Author's comments and conclusions
    • Supplementary. Naval weapons, 1918-1940.