What does the French ‘Jeune Ecole’ theory teach us to help set up a winning Hybrid Navy?

The Jeune École (‘Young’ or ‘New School’) was a late 19th-century French naval strategy that challenged traditional naval doctrines, mainly elaborated by Admiral Théophile Aube (1826-1890).1In La guerre maritime et les ports militaires de la France, Admiral Théophile Aube, Paris, 1882. His advocates argued for a shift away from large battleships and fleet engagements, focusing instead on asymmetric warfare and commerce raiding. Ultimately Struggling to achieve its strategic objectives, the Jeune École left some useful legacies which paved the way to the large scale innovations during the First…