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.




CONTENTS

PART I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER
I. WAR AND THE NATIONS
II. NAVAL A, B, C
III. NAVAL POWER
IV. NAVAL PREPAREDNESS
V. NAVAL DEFENSE
VI. NAVAL POLICY

PART II

NAVAL STRATEGY