VII. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
VIII. DESIGNING THE MACHINE
IX. PREPARING THE ACTIVE FLEET
X. RESERVES AND SHORE STATIONS
XI. NAVAL BASES
XII. OPERATING THE MACHINE

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_.




PART I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS




CHAPTER I

WAR AND THE NATIONS

Because the question is widely discussed, whether peace throughout
the world may be attained by the friendly co-operation of many
nations, and because a nation's attitude toward this question may