Sea Control Without Decisive Battle: Strategic Naval Employment in the First World War

Sea Control Without Decisive Battle: Strategic Naval Employment in the First World War

13 Aug 26
Posted by: Keith McKinley
14 minutes, 24 seconds read
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The author’s straightforward study of naval strategy in the Great War, comparing British, US and German approaches. In the final analysis, quantity produced a quality all of its own. A 15 minute read.

In the contemporary security environment, the United States faces increasing pressure to rebalance its naval force structure amid fiscal constraints, expanding global commitments, and renewed competition among maritime powers. In this context, military planners must look to historical precedents to understand how naval forces generate strategic effect beyond tactical success. The First World War offers a particularly useful case study, as it highlights the varied ways in which major powers employed naval forces to influence the course of a global conflict. In 1914, Britain entered the war as t…

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