The Navy as a Fighting Machine

E-text prepared by Robert J. Hall
REAR ADMIRAL BRADLEY A. FISKE
U. S. NAVY
FORMER AID FOR OPERATIONS OF THE FLEET; PRESIDENT OF THE U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE; GOLD MEDALLIST OF THE U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE AND THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF PENNSYLVANIA AUTHOR OF ELECTRICITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, WAR TIME IN MANILA, ETC. WITH MAP
What is the navy for?
Of what parts should it be composed?
What principles should be followed in designing, preparing, and operating it in order to get the maximum return for the money expended?
To answer these questions clearly and without technical language is the object of the book.
BRADLEY A. FISKE.
U. S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, R. I., September 3, 1916.
STRATEGIC MAP OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS
Chapters III and VII were published originally in The U. S. Naval Institute ; chapters I, II, IV, V, and VII in The North American Review .