CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IThe Vials of Wrath[1]
IIMilestones to Armageddon[19]
IIIThe Crisis of Agadir[38]
IVAdmirals All[68]
VThe German Navy Law[95]
VIThe Romance of Design[125]
VIIThe North Sea Front[149]
VIIIIreland and the European Balance[179]
IXThe Crisis[203]
XThe Mobilisation of the Navy[228]
XIWar: The Passage of the Army[247]
XIIThe Battle in France[281]
XIIIOn the Oceans[305]
XIVIn the Narrow Seas[330]
XVAntwerp[355]
XVIThe Channel Ports[391]
XVIIThe Grand Fleet and the Submarine Alarm[413]
XVIIICoronel and the Falklands[442]
XIXWith Fisher at the Admiralty[479]
XXThe Bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool[502]
XXITurkey and the Balkans[522]
Appendix ANaval Staff Training[552]
Appendix BTables of Fleet Strength[558]
Appendix CTrade Protection[562]
Appendix DMining[566]
Appendix EFirst Lord’s Minutes[570]
Index[579]