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Naval strategy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Abstract of Lectures on Strategy, by Alfred T. Mahan

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG15_01_30_01
Dates: 1899
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Discourse on the Strategic Value of a Point, by Alfred T. Mahan

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG15_01_21_01
Dates: 1896
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Henry E. Eccles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-052
Content Description The papers, in the main, cover the period 1898-1987 and fully document his naval career and his retirement years. They are divided into six series. Series I, family papers, consists of genealogical materials taken from Morgan City, Louisiana Archives on the Brashear and Lawrence families, a history of Morgan City, LA, and correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the restoration of the Lawrence family cemetery in Bayside, Long Island. Correspondence, speeches and writings of various family members are found here too, as well as biographical and autobiographical materials on Admiral Eccles.Correspondence, Series II, is divided into five subseries; Naval orders and career correspondence, personal correspondence, official correspondence, letters of condolence to Mrs. Eccles on the death of Admiral Eccles, and miscellaneous correspondence of others that was found in his papers.Eccles' correspondence reveals aspects of his naval career, his many professional and intellectual interests and associations, and his study of military logistics. Major segments focus on his official naval orders and assignments, including his entrance into the U.S. Academy; his command of the USS JOHN D. EDWARDS; his assignment with CINCNELM; and his Naval War College and George Washington University associations. Other areas include the administration of the Advanced Base Section, Service Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1944-1945 (this material is especially...
Dates: 1898 - 1986
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Mahan, Alfred T.: Abstract of his Lectures - Strategy of the Caribbean and Napoleon's Campaign of 1796, 1896

 File — Box 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Abstract of six lectures on strategy that were given by Captain A. T. Mahan at the Naval War College. Over some time, Mahan delivered a course of lectures upon strategy that clearly and forcibly set forth the great truths of the art of war. The whole course was divided into two series, the first being, "The Strategic Features of the Caribbean" and the second series was devoted to "Some Considerations of the Art of War, Naval and Land, with Illustrations from Bonaparte's Italian Campaign of 1796-1797."

It is not apparent who compiled this abstract.

Dates: 1896
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Guest lectures / Transcripts

Mahan, Alfred T.: Abstract of Lectures on Strategy, 1899

 File — Box 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Abstract of six lectures on strategy that were given by Captain A. T. Mahan at the Naval War College. Over some time, Mahan delivered a course of lectures upon strategy that clearly and forcibly set forth the great truths of the art of war. The whole course was divided into two series, the first being, "The Strategic Features of the Caribbean" and the second series was devoted to "Some Considerations of the Art of War, Naval and Land, with Illustrations from Bonaparte's Italian Campaign of 1796-1797."

It is not apparent who compiled this abstract.

Dates: 1899
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Guest lectures / Transcripts

Mahan, Alfred T.: Discourse on the Strategic Value of a Point, 1896

 File — Box 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Lecture given by Captain A. T. Mahan and the Naval War College in which he stated that the strategic value of any point depended on three principal conditions which included its position, its military strength (offensive and defensive), and the resources of the place itself and the surrounding country.

Dates: 1896
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Guest lectures / Transcripts

Mahan, Alfred T.: Strategic Problems and List of Questions on Capt. Mahan's works, 1895

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

List of questions and discussion points based on the works of Captain Mahan and strategic problems from naval history including: the Triple Alliance, Nicaragua Canal, possible war between Japan and Russia, naval administration, naval vs. military strategy, elements of sea-power, and the War of 1778-1783 among others.

Dates: 1895
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Guest lectures / Transcripts

Alfred Thayer Mahan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-017
Abstract

This collection consists of lectures, letters, and other documents kept by Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, renowned maritime historian, and past president of the Naval War College.

Dates: 1814-1914 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives
  • U.S. Naval War College Archives
  • U.S. Naval War College
  • 686 Cushing Rd., Newport, RI 02841
  • archives@usnwc.edu