 ... likely to be abandoned till war itself shall cease ; but regarded as a primary and fundamental measure, sufficient in itself to crush an enemy, it is probably a delusion, and a most dangerous delusion, when presented in the fascinating garb of cheapness...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4381890Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | American Society of Naval Engineers - 1905
...the representatives of the people ; especially is it misleading when the nation against whom it has to be directed possesses, as Great Britain did and...widespread, healthy commerce and a powerful navy." The main strategy laid down by the Admiralty thus involves a concentration of forces ; and while our... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1890 - 557 pages
...when presented in the fascinating garb of cheapness to the representatives of a people. Especially is it misleading when the nation against whom it is...to be directed possesses, as Great Britain did and docs, the two requisites of a strong sea power, — a wide-spread healthy commerce and a powerful navy.... | |
 | 1891
...when presented in the fascinating garb of cheapness to the representations of a people. Especially is it misleading when the nation against whom it is...Great Britain did, and does, the two requisites of strong sea power, a wide-spread, healthy commerce, and a powerful navy." This is the view usually held... | |
 | 1897
...commenting on the results of the war of 1778, Captain Mahan says : ' Especially is commerce-destroying misleading, when the nation against whom it is to...Britain did, and does, the two requisites of a strong sea-power — a wide-spread, healthy commerce and a powerful Navy. Only by military command of the... | |
 | 1904
...in naval warfare is condemned by Captain Mahan as a delusion : Especially is it misleading [he says] when the nation against whom it is to be directed...industries of a country can be concentrated into a few treasure-ships, like the flota of Spanish galleons, the sinews of war may perhaps be cut by a stroke... | |
 | Earl Thomas Allnutt Brassey, Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey - 1904 - 255 pages
...commenting on the results of the war of 1778, Captain Mahan says, ' Especially is commerce-destroying misleading when the nation against whom it is to be...Great Britain did, and does, the two requisites of a 41 Position of British merchant shipping in 1896. strong sea power — a widespread, healthy commerce... | |
 | James Richard Thursfield - 1909 - 384 pages
...when presented in the fascinating garb of cheapness to the representatives of a people. Especially is it misleading when the nation against whom it is...Britain did and does, the two requisites of a strong sea-Power — a widespread healthy commerce and a powerful Navy." Such is the considered judgment of... | |
 | Earl Thomas Allnutt Brassey - 1913 - 217 pages
...commenting on the results of the war of 1778, Captain Mahan says, ' Especially is commercedestroying misleading when the nation against whom it is to be...widespread, healthy commerce and a powerful navy. Only by military command of the sea, by prolonged control of the strategic centres of commerce, can... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1917 - 88 pages
...to the representatives of a people. Especially is it misleading when the nation against whom it is directed possesses, as Great Britain did and does,...a widespread healthy commerce and a powerful Navy. ' ' Has the advent of the submarine fundamentally altered the situation? "No," we may answer with confidence,... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1917 - 131 pages
...to the representatives of a people. Especially is it misleading when the nation against whom it is directed possesses, as Great Britain did and does, the two requisites of a strong sea power — a \videspread healthy commerce and a powerful Navy." Has the advent of the submarine fundamentally altered... | |
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