CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

CHAPTER I

IN THE PRUSSIAN NAVY

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I. Entering the Service. Prussian navy and Prussian politics, 1866-1870. Warfare then and now.—2. Foreign political currents. Relations with England—I^ore at home in Plymouth than in Kiel. The superiority of the English. " But you are not a sea-going nation" . . I

CHAPTER II

THE STOSCH ERA

I. In Hamburg, 1871. German fishermen tinder foreign flag. Foreign service. Carthagena.—2. " Those a^e soldiers." The militarization of the navy. The Naval Academy. The Naval Staff. Stosch's plan for the foundation of a navy.—3. We explore. Manysidedness of maritime interests.........17

CHAPTER III

THE CAPRIVI ERA

I. Caprivi's fundamental idea. Preparations for the approaching war on two fronts. Coastal defence. The twelve tactical questions. The Naval Staff. Our first plan of operations. The lack of a shipbuilding programme.—2. Caprivi, Imperial Chancellor .... 36

CHAPTER IV

TECHNICAL MATTERS

I. The torpedo-boat arm. In Fiume. The elaboration of my method. State and private war-industry. The navy's system of supply.—2. Work honoris causa. The development of the torpedo-boat. Every warship a compromise.—3. Personalities........46

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