History 297 (14): Reading Seminar in Naval History
C. Thomas Long
Phillips Hall 329: Tues. 5:10 – 7:00 pm
202 - 994 – 6761 (if no answer, please use email) tomlong@gwu.edu
Syllabus and Content available on Blackboard
Office Hours:
Phillips Hall 303
Tues.: 9–10:00 am; Thurs.:
4–5 pm; and by appointment
CRN 96851
Course Description
The Naval History Seminar is a general introduction to the literature of naval
history and a (necessarily hasty) chronological survey of major naval actions from
Salamis (480 BC) to Operation Sea Lords (1968). We will also consider the development
of the strategies, tactics, and doctrines of naval warfare from the galley to modern times.
There is a surprisingly extensive and rich literature of naval warfare and we will not be
able to consider all the authors or events that one might wish.
The readings are intended to do two things. They help to provide a chronological
framework for the evolution of naval warfare from the galley to the nuclear submarine.
They also give us an opportunity to review some of the classics that, in addition to
explicating the history, serve as primary documents because of their importance in the
process.
Goals
I hope that this reading seminar engenders in each student an interest in conflict at
sea and control of the world’s waterways as a means of viewing major developments in
western history. The course should provide a general knowledge of the types of maritime
warfare and its development over time. It should provide a springboard for students with
a deeper interest in history to conduct further study.
Each student should develop an understanding of the major themes or trends (and
the policy issues they presented) of naval history. To do this, one must become familiar
with the historical details, the sequence of major events, the relevant geography, and the
key individuals. Students will also have an opportunity to become familiar with the
broader literature for future consideration.
Requirements and Grading
Reading and Discussion
The class will meet on Tuesday from 5:10 to 7:00 pm in Phillips Hall, Room 329.
Each student is expected to read a major work on the period, event, or person under
consideration (the “Primary Book”) every week. One or more student(s) will read another
work (the “Alternate Book”) relating to the same topic. Come to class prepared to discuss
the assigned primary work and the period or topic addressed. The success of the course
depends on your active participation.
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The first part of each session will be a short (hopefully not more than 30 minutes)
lecture about the chronology of the conflict, events, or person under study. I will post the
associated PowerPoint slides on Blackboard before each class so you can print them off
either in a six-to-a-page version for note taking or in a single large version for clarity in
the case of maps, etc.
The next part of the class will be devoted to student presentations (approximately
10 minutes each) with respect to the Primary and Alternate Books (see discussion of
Book Commentaries, below). The remainder of the class will consist of a discussion of
the weekly subject, based on the Primary and Alternate Books.
Each week we will focus on one or more different battles, campaigns, types of
naval warfare, leaders, strategists, or strategic theories relating to naval warfare. The
literature raises several interesting questions. Just what is meant by naval warfare? What
forms does it take: decisive engagements involving battle fleets, e.g., Lepanto, Trafalgar,
Midway; attacks on enemy commerce, such as the German U-boat offensives in World
Wars I and II or the blockades employed in the War of 1812, the Napoleonic Wars, the
Civil War, and World War II; amphibious operations, like the Persian attack at
Thermopylae leading to Salamis, the allied assault on Gallipoli, and the American
campaign in the Pacific; defensive operations, e.g., American activities in the
Revolutionary War; power projection, such as the Mexican War, the Spanish-American
War, and the Gulf War; and asymmetric warfare of the sort conducted during the
American Revolution and in Vietnam? Are there others? Can naval warfare ever really be
decisive in a major conflict? How do primarily naval powers engage continental
enemies? How have the weapons of warfare at sea changed? Are there are immutable
principles that govern war at sea or are the lessons derived from the Greeks or the Age of
Sail merely historical relics? What is the role of the individual leader in determining the
outcome? Technology? Intelligence? The ordinary seaman?
Prepared Book Commentaries.
Each week one student (or more depending on ultimate class size) will be asked to
present the Primary Book for the week. That student should prepare and distribute a short
(five double-spaced pages) commentary on or review of the book. It should contain a
succinct summary of the book’s major arguments and an appraisal of the writer’s
persuasiveness. Please e-mail, (using the Blackboard Communication-E-mail-All Users
facility) a copy to each member of the class 48 hours before the class meeting. The
presenter is to give a brief (10 to 15 minute) talk outlining the key points in the book, the
“lessons” we can draw from the book and the events it describes, and the presenter’s
evaluation of the book. (Do not be afraid to take issue with the authors – but be prepared
to support your positions.) On books that include compiled materials, describe the range
of materials, and then focus on a few that raise issues you want to discuss. On a
monograph, describe it generally and then identify some specific issues or questions.
These will be used to frame the discussion of the class session, so be thoughtful in your
selection.
Similarly, every week one or more other students will read the Alternate Book(s)
and make and distribute a similar oral and written presentation. The Alternate Books are
not required reading for the rest of the class (and the person responsible for the Alternate
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does not have to read the Primary text). The selected books will provide the substantive
input for our discussion.
During the course of the semester, each student will be responsible for presenting
one Primary and one Alternate Book. We will assign the books during the first class.
Major Paper - Due 29 April 2008
Each student is to write a fifteen page paper addressing an issue that emerges
from one of the readings during the course. The paper is not intended to be a major
research project, but the presentation of your analysis of one of the topics under
discussion. You should, however, rely on primary and secondary sources to support your
argument. The paper is due in my box in the history department office on Tuesday, 29
April 2008.
The paper is to be submitted in hard copy (typed, double-spaced, double-sided.
Use 12 point Times New Roman or Courier type, with margins of 1.5” on the left and 1”
on the other borders), rather than by e-mail, at the beginning of class in your discussion
section during the week of 7 April. You are to use proper history citation format, i.e., use
the footnote format specified in the Chicago Manual, not MLA or in-text citations. (Read
sections 16.1 – 16.45, posted on Blackboard for a discussion of the citation system and
the Paper guidelines and footnote formats for examples. Both are posted on Blackboard.).
Cite your interviews as well as course materials. Be sure to keep notes of your interviews
and keep a copy of your paper. Your paper will be graded on the extent to which it
conforms to the assignment, your ability to articulate and substantiate a sophisticated
thesis by facts (with citations), and your writing (including spelling and grammar).
Proofread carefully. Do not rely on spell-check software.
Be sure to turn the paper in on time. Your grade will be lowered one letter grade
for every day the paper is late.
Grades
Regular, informed participation in your discussion section:
30%
Prepared book commentaries (Primary and Alternate; (1/2 oral, 1/2 written)): 30%
Major Paper (due 29 April):
40%
Administrative Matters
Academic Integrity and Citation Procedure
While the success of this class ultimately depends on an effective interaction
among students, all written work is to be done individually.
Academic integrity is essential to the success of this educational experience, as
indeed to any academic enterprise. All students should read and understand the
University Code of Academic Integrity.
Be sure to use proper citations for all your authority. Use the Chicago Manual
footnote format that is used in historical writing. You can rely on either:
 Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
6th ed. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996.
 The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and
Publishers. 15th ed. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003.
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A set of Paper Guidelines and footnote formats is posted on Blackboard. Consult
it.
Disabilities
Any student who believes that he or she will be unable to perform the assigned
work because of a disability should contact me as soon as possible. To receive an
accommodation on the basis of disability, a student must provide notice and proper
documentation to the Office of Disability Support Services, Marvin Center 242 (9948250). Accommodations will be made solely on the basis of recommendations from the
DSS Office.
Pagers and Cell Phones (and other objects that go “ring” in the night)
Please turn them off during class, except in the case of a genuine emergency.
Notify me before class if you are expecting such an emergency call. Having your
communication device go off in class (without my prior approval) may result in lowering
your course grade ½ step.
Office Hours – Phillips 303:
My office hours are Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 am and Thursday from 4:00 to
5:00 pm and I am happy to meet with you at other times to discuss any questions related
to the course material. Please see me after class or send me an e-mail to arrange an
appointment.
Individual Class Descriptions and Assignments
A copy of the syllabus is available on Blackboard. Any readings other than those
in the required books will be posted in the Outline part of Blackboard. Other useful
material may be posted from time to time. I will also use your official GW e-mail address
to send out course materials. Be sure your account is operative (and not overfull).
Class Schedule (Subject to Change at the Discretion of the Instructor)
Week One: Introduction and Classical Naval Warfare (Pre-1000)
Tuesday, 15 Jan. 2008 – Class 1: Ancient Naval Warfare – Salamis (480 BC)
General Context:
I would strongly recommend that, unless you have a good grounding in military
and naval history generally, that you obtain a copy of each of the following books to
serve as a general survey of naval history and to illuminate the geography of military
history. There is no perfect survey and fewer really good atlases with the scope we desire
(for example, Craig Symond’s Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy is excellent, but limited
to the American Navy):
 Potter, E. B., Roger Fredland, and Henry Hitch Adams. Sea Power: A Naval
History. 2nd ed. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1981.
 Collins, C. Collins Atlas of Military History. 1st U.S. ed. New York:
HarperCollins, 2006.
For those who feel particularly behind the curve in naval terminology and things
nautical generally, I would recommend one or more of the following:
 Reynolds, Clark G. Navies in History. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press,
1998.
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 Lavery, Brian. Ship: The Epic Story of Maritime Adventure. 1st American ed.
London: New York, 2004.
 Woodman, Richard. The History of the Ship: The Story of Seafaring from the
Earliest Times to the Present Day. Updated ed. London: Conway Maritime, 2005.
Primary Book
 Starr, Chester G. The Influence of Sea Power on Ancient History. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1989. (This is a very short overview of the topic for the first
week)
Alternate Book
 Strauss, Barry S. The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece-and Western Civilization. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
 Rodgers, William Ledyard. Greek and Roman Naval Warfare: A Study of
Strategy, Tactics, and Ship Design from Salamis (480 B.C.) to Actium (31 B.C.).
Annapolis: Md. United States Naval Institute, 1937. Reprint, 1964.
(This book is out of print, however, you can obtain a copy from many libraries or
an on-line service such as Advanced Book Exchange (http://www.abebooks.com/),
Alibris (http://www.alibris.com/), or Amazon which has a service for used books as well
as new (http://www.amazon.com/books-used-bookstextbooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=283155). Several of the books, particularly the alternates
are also out of print, however, copies may be obtained from libraries or one of the listed
sources. While I don’t endorse any specific service, I have had particularly good luck
with ABE over the years. On any of the used book services, read the description carefully
to ensure that it is the edition and version you want and be careful to check the shipping
price and timeline and make sure that the actual vendor is in the United States (both for
time and cost of shipment).
Discussion Topic:
The Battle of Salamis – galley warfare in a defensive strategy
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Pursuing Ancient Warfare
Bradford, Ernle Thermopylae: The Battle for the West. 1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed. New
York: Da Capo Press, 2004.
Bradford, Ernle. Ulysses Found. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1963.
Carey, Brian Todd, Joshua B. Allfree, and John Cairns. Warfare in the Ancient World.
Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2005.
Cartledge, Paul. Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past. Woodstock, NY:
Overlook Press, 2004.
Cartledge, Paul. Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World. Woodstock, NY:
Overlook Press, 2006.
Daly, Gregory. Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War. London:
Routledge, 2004.
Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith, and John Keegan. Roman Warfare, The Cassell History of
Warfare. London: Cassell, 2000.
Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. The Punic Wars. London: Cassell, 2000.
Hanson, Victor Davis. A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought
the Peloponnesian War. New York: Random House, 2005.
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Herodotus, Donald Lateiner, and G. C. Macaulay. The Histories, Barnes & Noble
Classics;. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004.
Homer, Robert Fagles, and Bernard MacGregor Walker Knox. The Iliad. New York,
N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1990.
Keegan, John. The Mask of Command. New York: Viking Penguin, Inc., 1987. (Chapter
on Alexander).
Luttwak, Edward. The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire from the First Century A.D.
To the Third. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976.
Thucydides, Robert B. Strassler, and Richard Crawley. The Landmark Thucydides: A
Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War. New York: Free Press, 1996.
There is an excellent bibliography of ancient warfare (not just naval warfare) at:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rrice/milbib96.html.
Week Two: Medieval Warfare at Sea (1000 –1450, and to 1570 in the Mediterranean)
Tuesday, 22 Jan. 2008 – Class 2: Medieval Warfare – Lepanto (1570)
Primary Book
 Guilmartin, John Francis, Jr. Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and
Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the Sixteenth Century. London: Cambridge
University Press, 1974. (This book is hopelessly out of print, a copy is available on
Blackboard.)
Alternate Book
 Bicheno, Hugh. Crescent and Cross: The Battle of Lepanto 1571. London:
Cassell, 2003.
 Rodgers, William Ledyard. Naval Warfare under Oars, 4th to 16th Centuries: A
Study of Strategy, Tactics and Ship Design. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1937.
Reprint, 1967.
Discussion Topic
Is Guilmartin correct when he asserts that the Mediterranean in the sixteenth
century was just different from other, later theaters? Or is it just a variant of a broader
theme. Consider the fleet as a support for land-based operations – power projection.
Decisive battle as a defensive strategy
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Pursuing Medieval Warfare
 Rodger, Nicholas A. M. The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660
- 1649. First American ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997.
 Rose, Lisle Abbott. Power at Sea. 3 vols. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri
Press, 2007.
 Allmand, C. T. The Hundred Years War: England and France at War, C. 1300-C.
1450, Cambridge Medieval Textbooks;. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1988.
 Asbridge, Thomas S. The First Crusade: A New History. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2004.
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 Carey, Brian Todd, Joshua B. Alfree, and John Cairns. Warfare in the Medieval
World. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2006.
 Guilmartin, John Francis, Jr. Galleons and Galleys. London: Sterling
Publications, 2002.
 Hibbert, Christopher. Agincourt. London: Batsford, 1964.
 Jacob, E. F. The Fifteenth Century, 1399-1485, The Oxford History of England, V.
6;. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961.
 Jones, Gwyn. A History of the Vikings, Oxford Paperbacks, 328. London: New
York Oxford University Press, 1973.
 Keegan, John. The Face of Battle. New York: The Viking Press, 1976.
 Keen, Maurice Hugh. Medieval Warfare: A History. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1999.
 Machiavelli, Niccolo. Art of War. Translated by Christopher Lynch. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2003.
 Madden, Thomas F. The New Concise History of the Crusades. Updated ed,
Critical Issues in History;. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
 Oman, Charles William Chadwick Sir Corp Author Beeler John H. The Art of
War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515, Cornell Paperbacks;. Ithaca: Cornell
University Press, 1968.
 Sumption, Jonathan. The Hundred Years War. First pbk. ed. 2 vols. Vol. 1, Trial
By Battle, Middle Ages Series;. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.
 Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century.
New York: Ballantine, 1979.
Week Three: Naval Strategy (I)
Tuesday, 29 Jan. 2008– Class 3: Mahan and Sea Power in the Context of the
Anglo-Dutch Wars
Primary Book
 Mahan, Captain Alfred Thayer. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660 1783. Dover Paperback ed. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1987 slightly
altered reproduction of the fifth (1894) edition.
Mahan is available from Amazon for $12.71 (and with Corbett for $24.24) and free as
an e-book from Project Gutenberg:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mahan%2C+the+influence+of+seapower+u
pon+history+1660+-+1783
Alternate Book
 Friedman, Norman. Seapower as Strategy: Navies and National Interests.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001.
 Gray, Colin S. The Leverage of Sea Power: The Strategic Advantage of Navies in
War. New York Free Press: Toronto, 1992.
Discussion Topic
What is Mahan’s concept of “sea power”? Is it anachronistic?
Consider Mahan’s account of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
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Additional Reading for Those Interested in Pursuing Further the General
Topic of Sea Power and Strategy Generally
Note that the Mahan books are also relevant for topics discussed later in the semester.
Particularly Naval
 Mahan, A. T. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812. 2 vols. New York:
Haskell House, 1969.
 Mahan, A. T. The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great
Britain. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001.
 Mahan, A. T. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British
Navy; with Some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare at the Beginning of the
Eighteenth Century, and of Its Subsequent Development During the Sail Period.
Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1901.
 Mahan, Alfred Thayer. Naval Administration and Warfare: Some General
Principles with Other Essays. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1908.
 Mahan, Alfred Thayer. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of
American Independence. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited,
1913.
 Sumida, Jon Tetsuro. In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology, and
British Naval Policy, 1889-1914. London: New York, 1993.
 Sumida, Jon Tutsuro. Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The
Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered. Washington DC: The
Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1997.
The Anglo Dutch Wars
 Duffy, Michael. Parameters of British Naval Power, 1650-1850, Exeter Maritime
Studies. Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Press, 1998.
 Harding, Richard. Seapower and Naval Warfare, 1650-1830. London and
Annapolis: UCL Press Limited and The Naval Institute Press, 1999.
 Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited by Robert Latham. 11 vols. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 1983.
General
 Chaliand, Gérard. The Art of War in World History: From Antiquity to the
Nuclear Age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
 Clausewitz, Carl Von. On War. Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret.
Edited by Michael Howard and Peter Paret. First Princeton Paperback ed. Princeton,
NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976.
 Gat, Azar. A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold
War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
 Howard, Michael. The Lessons of History. New London, CT: Yale University
Press, 1991.
 Howard, Michael. War in European History. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1976.
 Goldrick, James and John B. Hattendorf, Mahan is Not Enough: The Proceedings
of a Conference on the Works of Sir Julian Corbett and Admiral Sir Herbert
Richmond (Newport, 1993)
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 Keegan, John. A History of Warfare. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
 Luttwak, Edward. Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace. Rev. and enl. ed.
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2001.
 Mackinder, H.J. "The Geographical Pivot of History." The Geographical Journal
23, no. 4 (April 1904) (1904): 421-37.
 Mackinder, Halford John Sir. Democratic Ideals and Reality. With Additional
Papers, The Norton Library; Books That Live;. New York: Norton, 1919. Reprint,
1962. This is the seminal work on the theory of the heartland – the primary alternative
to Mahan’s theory of sea power as the dominant strategy.
 Mattingly, Garrett. Renaissance Diplomacy Sentry edition, 68. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1971.
 Paret, Peter, ed. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age.
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1986.
 Parry, J. H. Age of Reconnaissance. California 1981 ed. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1963.
 Sun-Tzu. The Art of War. Translated by Ralph D. Sawyer. Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 1994.
 Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. New
York: Ballantine Books, 1984.
Week Four: Naval Strategy (II)
Tuesday, 5 Feb. 2008 – Class 4: Guerre de Course
Primary Book
 Corbett, Sir Julian, and an introduction and notes by Eric Grove. Some Principles
of Maritime Strategy. 1988 ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1988.
Alternate Book
 Sondhaus, Lawrence. Navies in Modern World History. Globalities;. London:
Reaktion, 2004.
 Ropp, Theodore. The Development of a Modern Navy: French Naval Policy,
1871-1904. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987.
Discussion Topic
Strategies other than the Mahanian high-seas decisive battle – Jeune ecole, guerre
de course, privateering, and small nations’ alternatives
Week Five: The Age of Reconnaissance (1450 – 1650) and the Rise of the Atlantic
Powers
Tuesday, 12 Feb. 2008 – Class 5: The Spanish Armada and Sir Francis Drake
Primary Book
 Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. The American Heritage Library. Boston, MA:
Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1959.
Alternate Book
 Howarth, David Armine. The Voyage of the Armada: The Spanish Story.
Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2001.
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 Corbett, Julian S. Drake and the Tudor Navy with a History of the Rise of
England as a Maritime Power. Vol. II. 2 vols. Second ed. London: Longmans, Green,
aand Co., 1912.
 Rodger, Nicholas A. M. The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660
- 1649. First American ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997. 0-39304579-X, 691.
Discussion Topics
How can a navy serve defensive purposes? What is the best tactic to employ in a
defensive maritime strategy?
Consider the complexity of amphibious invasions?
Evaluate the role of orders and commanders in a campaign?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Further Reading on Early
Modern Naval and Military History
Naval
 Bawlf, R. Samuel. The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580. New
York: Walker, 2003.
 Capp, Bernard S. Cromwell's Navy : The Fleet and the English Revolution, 16481660. Oxford: Clarendon Press and Oxford University Press, 1989.
 Coote, Stephen. Drake: The Life and Legend of an Elizabethan Hero. 1st U.S. ed.
London: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
 Corbett, Julian S. The Successors of Drake. London: Longmans, Green, aand Co.,
1919.
 Drake, Francis Sir d, and Francis Fletcher. The World Encompassed, March of
America Facsimile Series; No. 11;. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1966.
 Glete, Jan. Navies and Nations: Warships, Navies, and State Building in Europe
and America, 1500-1860 Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis.; Stockholm studies in
history. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1993.
 Glete, Jan. Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650: Maritime Conflicts and the
Transformation of Europe Warfare and history, ed. J. Black. London: Routeledge,
2000.
 Hakluyt, Richard. Voyages & Documents, World Classics; 562. London: Oxford
University Press, 1958.
 Harding, Richard. "Naval Warfare 1453 - 1815." In European Warfare 1453 1815, edited by Jeremy Black, 96-117. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
 Kelsey, Harry. Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1998.
 Loades, David. The Tudor Navy, an Administrative, Political, and Military
History Studies in Naval History, ed. N.A.M. Rodger. Aldershot, Hants: Scolar Press,
1992.
 Morison, Samuel Eliot. Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher
Columbus. 1970 ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970.
 Morison, Samuel Eliot. European Discovery of America, the Northern Voyages
A.D. 500 - 1600. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971.
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 Morison, Samuel Eliot. European Discovery of America, the Southern Voyages
A.D. 1492-1616. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974
 Parker, Geoffrey. The Grand Strategy of Philip Ii. New Haven Conn.: Yale
University Press, 1998.
 Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited by Robert Latham. 11 vols. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 1983.
 Phillips, Carla Rahn. Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the
Early Seventeenth Century. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.
 Powley, Edward B. The Naval Side of King William's War, 16th/26th November
1688-14th June 1690. Hamden: Conn.] Archon Books, 1972.
 Seaver, Kirsten A. The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North
America, Ca. A.D. 1000-1500. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1996.
 Williams, Glyndwr. The Prize of All the Oceans: The Dramatic True Story of
Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish
Treasure Galleon. 1st American ed. New York: Viking, 2000.
General
 Black, Jeremy, ed. War in the Early Modern World. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press, 1999.
 Arnold, Thomas F. . The Renaissance at War, Cassell/Smithsonian History of
Warfare. London: Cassell, 2001.
 Parker, Geoffrey. The Military Revolution, Military Innovation and the Rise of the
West 1500 - 1800. 2d ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Week Six: The Age of Great Sail (1650 - 1850) – The Elephant and the Whale
Tuesday, 19 Feb. 2008 – Class 6: Nelson’s Battles
Primary Book
 Rodger, N. A. M. The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 16491815. London: Allen Lane, 2004.
Alternate Book
 Schom, Alan. Trafalgar: Countdown to Battle, 1803-1805. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1990.
Discussion Topics
Were the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar "decisive battles," i.e., did they result
in the defeat of the French national effort? Was Austerlitz decisive, in the sense that it
ended opposition to Napoleon?
Why was the British Royal Navy seemingly so superior to the French (which
arguably had better ships)? Was Nelson decisive in the Napoleonic Wars? Was the Royal
Navy?
How do the Napoleonic Wars compare to earlier, elephant-whale conflicts, such
as the Peloponesian War and the American Revolution? What are the similarities and
differences? How did the French try to defeat the British? How did the British respond?
Is there really a fundamental difference between a naval power and a land power?
How can a naval power confront (or defend itself against) a land power? Vice versa?
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Additional Reading for Those Interested in Reading Further about the Age
of Great Sail
Nelson’s Navy
 Adkins, Roy , and Lesley Adkins. The War for All the Oceans: From Nelson at
the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo. 1st American ed. New York: Viking, 2007.
 Adkins, Roy. Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World. 1st
American ed. New York: Viking, 2005.
 Black, Jeremy, and Philip Woodfine, eds. The British Navy and the Use of Naval
Power in the Eighteenth Century. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1988.
 Coleman, Terry. The Nelson Touch: The Life and Legend of Horatio Nelson.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 0195147413 (acid-free paper) LCCN: 200270635, xix, 424.
 Cordingly, David. The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of
Napoleon: The Biography of a Ship of the Line, 1782-1836. 1st U.S. ed. New York:
Bloomsbury, 2003. ISBN: 1582341931 LCCN: 2003-45132, xii, 355.
 James, William D, and Andrew D. Lambert. The Naval History of Great Britain:
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. 6 vols. Mechanicsburg, PA:
Stackpole, 2002.
 Lavery, Brian. Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organisation, 1793-1815.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1989. ISBN: 0870212583 LCCN: 89-62380,
352.
 Lewis, Michael. Spithead; an Informal History. London: Allen & Unwin, 1972.
ISBN: 0049420968 LCCN: 73-156394, 208.
 Lloyd, Christopher. The British Seaman 1200 - 1860. First American Edition ed.
Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1968. 0-8386-7708-8,
 Lyon, David. Sea Battles Close Up: The Age of Nelson. Annapolis, MD: Naval
Institute Press, 1996.
 Lyon, David. Sea Battles Close Up: The Age of Nelson. Annapolis, MD: Naval
Institute Press, 1996. 1-55750-746-5, 192.
 Lyon, David. The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy - Built,
Purchased, and Captured - 1688 - 1860. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1993. 085177--864-X, 367.
 Masefield, John. Sea Life in Nelson's Time. 3d ed. Annapolis: Md.] United States
Naval Institute, 1971. ISBN: 0870218697 LCCN: 77-175637, xii, 108 p. 38 illus. 26
cm.
 Nicolson, Adam. Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar. New
York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN: 0060753617, xxiv, 341.
 Pocock, Tom. The Terror before Trafalgar: Nelson, Napoleon, and the Secret
War. 1st American ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2003. 0393057763 LCCN: 20031969, xiii, 255.
 Pope, Dudley. Life in Nelson's Navy. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1981.
ISBN: 0870213466 : LCCN: 80-82726, ix, 279.
 Pope, Dudley. The Great Gamble: Nelson at Copenhagen. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1972. ISBN: 0671214047 LCCN: 72-82202, 579 p. illus. 25 cm.
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 Price, Anthony. The Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate
Captains, 1793-1815. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. ISBN: 0393038467 LCCN:
95-50261, 298.
 Rodger, Nicholas A. M. The Wooden World, an Anatomy of the Georgian Navy.
Norton Paperback ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986. Reprint, 1996.
 Tracy, Nicholas. Nelson's Battles: The Art of Victory in the Age of Sail.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. ISBN: 1557506213 LCCN: 96-69150,
224.
 Tracy, Nicholas. Nelson's Battles: The Art of Victory in the Age of Sail.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. ISBN: 1557506213 LCCN: 96-69150,
224.
 Tunstall, Brian, and Nicholas Tracy. Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The
Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815. 2001 ed. Edison, NJ: Wellfleet Press,
2001. 0-7858-1426-4, 278.
 Wareham, Tom. The Star Captains: Frigate Command in the Napoleonic Wars.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001. ISBN: 1557508712 LCCN: 2001-89746,
256 p., [16] p. of plates.
 Woodman, Richard. The Victory of Seapower: Winning the Napoleonic War,
1806-1814 Chatham Pictorial Histories;. London: Chatham Pub. In association with
the National Maritime Museum, 1998. ISBN: 1861760388 LCCN: 98-208449, 192.
Biographies of Nelson
Gardiner, Robert. Nelson against Napoleon: From the Nile to Copenhagen, 17981801 Chatham Pictorial Histories;. Annapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press Greenwich? In
association with the National Maritime Museum: London, 1997. ISBN: 1557506426
LCCN: 97-68138, 192.
Callo, Joseph F. Nelson in the Caribbean: The Hero Emerges, 1784-1787.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2002. 1557502064 (acid-free paper) LCCN: 2002-9788,
xvi, 230.
 Hibbert, Christopher. Nelson: A Personal History. Reading, MA: AddisonWesley, 1994. ISBN: 0201624575 : LCCN: 94-39545, xvii, 472.
 Knight, R. J. B. The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio
Nelson. New York: Basic books, 2005. ISBN: 046503764X : Other: 9780465037643,
xxxv, 873.
 Mahan, A. T. The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great
Britain. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001. ISBN: 1557504849 (acid-free
paper) LCCN: 2001-18335, xxii, 764.
 Oman, Carola Lenanton. Nelson. Westport: Conn. Greenwood Press, 1970. ISBN:
0837139767 LCCN: 77-100166, xiv, 748.
 Pocock, Tom. Horatio Nelson. New York: Knopf, 1988. ISBN: 0394570561 :
LCCN: 87-46188, xx, 367.
 Southey, Robert. The Life of Nelson Classics of Naval Literature;. Annapolis,
MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. ISBN: 0870213016 (alk. paper) LCCN: 90-6290,
xxi, 306.
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A Few Works on Napoleon and His Career
 Chandler, David G. The Campaigns of Napoleon. (2 in 1) vols. New York:
Scribner, 1966. Reprint, 1995.
 Connelly, Owen. Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns.
Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Books, 1999. 0-8420-2779-3, 254.
 Esdaile, Charles J. The Wars of Napoleon. London: Longman, 1995. 0-58205955-0, 318 (Plus Chronology (319-342), Abbreviations, Bibliographical Essay
(344-375), Maps (378-393), and Index).
 Esposito, Vincent J., and John Robert Elting. A Military History and Atlas of the
Napoleonic Wars. Rev. ed. London: Greenhill Books, 1999. ISBN: 1853673463
LCCN: 98-49192, 398.
 Flayhart, William H. Counterpoint to Trafalgar: The Anglo-Russian Invasion of
Naples, 1805-1806 New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical
Archaeology;. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. ISBN: 0813027950
(pbk. : alk. paper) LCCN: 2004-52619, xvi, 198.
 Goetz, Robert Paul. 1805, Austerlitz: Napoleon and the Destruction of the Third
Coalition. London: Greenhill, 2005. ISBN: 1853676446 (hbk.) National Library:
013195490, 368.
 Howarth, David Armine. Waterloo: Day of Battle. New York: Galahad Books,
1975.
 Muir, Rory. Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon. New
Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0300073852 (cloth) LCCN: 9744386, x, 342.
 Roberts, Andrew. Napoleon and Wellington. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
2001.
 Schama, Simon. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. 1st Vintage
Books ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 0679726101 : LCCN: 89-40127,
xx, 948.
 Schom, Alan. Napoleon Bonaparte. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN:
0060172142 LCCN: 97-5805, xxii, 888.
General
Antony, Robert J. Pirates in the Age of Sail: A Norton Casebook. New York: W. W.
Norton & Co., 2007.
Armitage, David. Ideological Origins of the British Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2000.
Armitage, David, and M. J. Braddick. The British Atlantic World, 1500-1800.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Dow, George Francis, and John Henry Edmonds. The Pirates of the New England Coast,
1630 - 1730. Dover Edition ed. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1996.
Reprint, 1996.
Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in
British North America 1754-1766. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Black, Jeremy. Natural and Necessary Enemies : Anglo-French Relations in the
Eighteenth Century. London: Duckworth, 1986.
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Black, Jeremy, and John Keegan. Warfare in the Eighteenth Century. Edited by John
Keegan, The Cassell History of Warfare. London: Cassell, 1999.
Gruber, Ira D. The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution. New York: Atheneum
for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1972.
Week Seven: The Asymmetric Age of Sail – The American Revolution & War of 1812
Tuesday, 26 Feb. 2008 – Class 7: Naval Warfare in American Waters – Pirates,
Quasi-warfare, and the War of 1812
Primary Book
 Roosevelt, Theodore. The Naval War of 1812. Annapolis, MD: United States
Naval Institute, 1882. Reprint, 1987.
Alternate Book
 O'Brian, Patrick. The Fortune of War. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991. ISBN:
0393308138 : , 329 [Fiction – one of the Aubrey Maturin series that involves (slightly
altered) incidents from the War of 1812 showing the British attitude about naval
warfare]
 Toll, Ian W. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006. ISBN: 0393058476 (hardcover);
9780393058475 (hardcover); Other: 9780393058475; xii, 560.
Discussion Topic
What did the Americans do to counter the Royal Navy, arguably the most
powerful military force in the world? How effective was the American naval strategy
against the British during the Revolution? The war of 1812?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Reading Further about the
Early Naval Wars of the United States
American Revolution
 Allen, Gardner W. A Naval History of the American Revolution. 2 vols.
Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers, 1913. Reprint, 1970.
 Eller, Ernest McNeill, ed. Chesapeake Bay in the American Revolution.
Centerville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1981.
 Black, Jeremy. War for America, the Fight for Independence 1775 - 1783. Stroud,
Gloustershire, England: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1991. Reprint, 1998.
 Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy. New York:
Konecky & Konecky, 1949.
 Chapelle, Howard I. The History of American Sailing Ships. New York: Bonanza
Books, 1935.
 Fowler, Jr., William M. Rebels under Sail: The American Navy During the
Revolution. New York: Scribner's, 1976.
 Gardiner, Robert. Navies and the American Revolution: 1775 - 1783. London:
Chatham Publishing, 1996. Jackson, John W. The Pennsylvania Navy 1775 - 1781:
Defense of the Delaware. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1974.
 Lewis, James A. Neptune's Militia: The Frigate South Carolina During the
American Revolution. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1999.
 Mackesy, Piers. The War for America, 1775 - 1783. Translated by Bison Book
Edition. 1993, Bison Book Edition ed. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press,
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1964. 0-8032-8192-7, xxvi, 522 (Appendix, Bibliography, Map, and Index; 565).
[Not a naval history, but presents the American Revolution from the British
perspective - which is highly naval]
 Maclay, Edgar Stanton. A History of American Privateers. The Scholar's
Bookshelf Reprint ed. Cranbury, NJ: The Scholar's Bookshelf, 1899. Reprint, 2006.
 Miller, Nathan. Sea of Glory. First ed. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute
Press, 1974.
 Paulin, Charles Oscar. "The Administration of the Massachusetts and Virginia
Navies of the American Revolution." Naval Institute Proceedings 32 (1906): 131-64.
 Paullin, Charles Oscar. The Navy of the American Revolution: Its Administration,
Its Policy, and Its Achievements. 1970 ed. New York: Haskell House Publishers, Ltd.,
1906.
 Syrett, David. Shipping and the American War, 1775 - 83: A Study of British
Transport Organization, University of London Historical Studies. London: The
Athlone Press, 1970.
 Syrett, David. The Royal Navy in American Waters, 1775-1783. Aldershot, Hants,
England: Scolar Press, 1989.
 Syrett, David. The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American
Revolutionary War. Edited by Jr. William N. Still, Studies in Maritime History.
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1998.
 Tracy, Nicholas. Navies, Deterrence, and American Independence: Britain and
Seapower in the 1760's and 1770's. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia
Press, 1988.
 Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim. The First Salute. New York: Knopf Distributed by
Random House, 1988.
Other American Wars
 Crawford, Michael J., and William S. Dudley. The Naval War of 1812: A
Documentary History. Edited by Naval History Division. III vols. Washington D.C.:
Naval Historical Center, 2002.
 Leiner, Frederick C. Millions for Defense: The Subscription Warships of 1798.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
 McKee, Christopher. A Gentlemanly and Honorable Profession: The Creation of
the U.S. Naval Officer Corps, 1794-1815. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press,
1991.
 McKee, Christopher. Edward Preble: A Naval Biography, 1761-1807 Classics of
Naval Literature;. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996. ISBN: 1557505837
(alk. paper) LCCN: 96-2679, xxviii, 394.
 McKee, Christopher. Edward Preble: A Naval Biography, 1761-1807, Classics of
Naval Literature;. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996.
 Morison, Samuel Eliot. John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography. Naval Institute
Press Edition of 1989 ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1959. 0-87021-3237, 534.
 Navy, Secretary of the. Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War between the
United States and France: Naval Operations ... February 1797-December 1801. 7
vols. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1935-1938.
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 Navy, Secretary of the. Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with
the Barbary Powers: Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background. 6 vols.
Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1939-1944.
 Palmer, Michael A. Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War
with France, 1798-1801. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. 1-55750-664-7,
239, Preface xxii, Appendices (American and British Naval Deployments 1798-1800,
The Reports of Captains Isaac Philips and John Loring) Notes ( 252-282), Glossary
(283-4), Bibliography (285-296), Index.
 Palmer, Michael A. Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War
with France, 1798-1801. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987.
 Pitch, Anthony S. The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998.
Week Eight: Ironclads – Steam and Steel (1850 – 1890)
Tuesday, 4 Mar. 2008 – Class 8: American Civil War
Primary Book
 Fowler, William M. Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War. New
York: Norton, 1990.
Alternate Book
 Soley, James Russell. The Blockade and the Cruisers. The Navy in the Civil War;
Campaigns of the Civil War. Secausus, N.J.: Blue & Grey Press, 1900. 257.
 Bauer, K. Jack. Surfboats and Horse Marines: U.S. Naval Operations in the
Mexican War, 1846-48. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute, 1986. xii, 291.
 Joiner, Gary D. Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron,
American Crisis Series;. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
 West, Richard S. Mr. Lincoln's Navy. New York: Longmans Green, 1957. LCCN:
57-11989, xiii, 328.
Discussion Topic
How did technology alter naval warfare in the mid-nineteenth century? What
were the greatest advances? What were their effects? Was naval strategy fundamentally
altered?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Pursuing the Development of
Naval Warfare during the Mid- to Late-Nineteenth Century
 Browning, Robert M, Success is all that was Expected: The South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron during the Civil War (Washington, 2002)
 Browning, Robert M. From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic
Blockading Squadron during the Civil War (Tuscaloosa, 1993)
 Calore, Paul. Naval Campaigns of the Civil War. London: McFarland, 2002. 07864-1217-8, 232.
 Davis, Lance E. and Stanley L. Engerman, Naval Blockades in Peace and War:
An Economic History Since 1750 (Cambridge, 2006)
 Duffy, James P. Lincoln's Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut.
New York: Wiley, 1997. ISBN: 0471042080 (cloth : alk. paper); LCCN: 96-34986, x,
276.
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 Fowler, William M. Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War. New
York: Norton, 1990. ISBN: 0393028593 : LCCN: 89-29462, 352.
 Geer, George S., and William Marvel. The Monitor Chronicles: One Sailor's
Account: Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2000. ISBN: 0684869977; 9780684869971; LCCN: 00-27158, 272.
 Hill, J. R. War at Sea in the Ironclad Age. Pbk. ed. Smithsonian History of
Warfare;. Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Books: Smithsonian Books, 2006. ISBN:
006089167X (alk. paper) LCCN: 2005-57972, 240.
 Mills, Eric. Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War. Centreville, Md.: Tidewater
Publishers, 1996. ISBN: 0870334794 LCCN: 95-49361, xi, 315.
 Philbrick, Nathaniel. Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S.
Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. New York: Viking, 2003. ISBN: 067003231X
(acid-free paper) 9780670032310 (acid-free paper) LCCN: 2003-50178, xxv, 452 p.
 Still, William N. The Confederate Navy: The Ships, Men, and Organization,
1861-65. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1999. ISBN: 1557501289
9781557501288 LCCN: 97-68136, viii, 262.
 West, Richard S. Mr. Lincoln's Navy. New York: Longmans Green, 1957. LCCN:
57-11989, xiii, 328.
Week Nine: The Great Arms Races (1890 – 1914) and Naval Conflict at the Turn of the
20th Century
Tuesday, 11 Mar. 2008 – Class 9: Tsushima
Primary Book
 Evans, David C., and Mark R. Peattie. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology
in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887 - 1941. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press,
1997.
Alternate Book
 Trask, David F. The War with Spain in 1898. The Macmillan Wars of the United
States;. New York Macmillan: London, 1981. ISBN: 0029329507 LCCN: 80-2314,
xiv, 654.
 Massey, Robert K. Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great
War. New York: Random House, 1991. 0 394 52833 6, xxxi, 906 (and Appendix: The
Dreadnought Race 1905-1914; Acknowledgements, Bibliography; Notes; and Index 1007).
 Spector, Ronald H. At War at Sea, Sailors and Naval Warfare in the Twentieth
Century. New York: Viking, 2001. 0-670-86085-9, xiv, 463.
Discussion Topic
What was the strategy followed by the Japanese Imperial Navy? Was it really
Mahanian? How did they produce a fleet that could defeat the Russians at Tsushima?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Further Reading about the
Naval Arms Races and Naval Warfare in the Late Nineteenth
Century
 David F. Trask, The War With Spain in 1898 (New York, 1981)
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 Hill, J. R. War at Sea in the Ironclad Age. Pbk. ed, Smithsonian History of
Warfare. Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Books: Smithsonian Books, 2006.
 Kennedy, Paul M. The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery. Amherst, NY:
Humanity Books, 1998. 1-57392-278-1. (This book is a classic and you should read it
all. For presentation purposes, please concentrate on pages 149-298.)
 Lambert, Nicholas A. Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution Studies in Maritime
History. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. ISBN:
1570032777 (hardcover : alk. paper) LCCN: 99-6012, xvi, 410.
 McCulloch, David, The Path Between the Seas, The Creation of the Panama
Canal - 1870 - 1914. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1977.
 Pérez, Louis A. The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and
Historiography. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. ISBN:
0807824372 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807847429 (pbk. : alk. paper) LCCN: 98-2615, xvi,
171.
 Pleshakov, Constantine. The Tsar's Last Armada: The Epic Voyage to the Battle
of Tsushima. New York: Basic Books, 2002.
 Spector, Ronald H. Admiral of the New Empire: The Life and Career of George
Dewey. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974.
 Steinberg, Jonathan. "Germany and the Russo-Japanese War," The American
Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 7 (December 1970) 1964-1986.
 Zimmerman, Warren. First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their
Country a World Power. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2002.
Next Week, 17 – 21 March 2008 - Spring BreakNo Classes – Enjoy!
Week Ten: World War I (1914 – 1918) – Styles of Naval Warfare
Tuesday, 25 Mar. 2008– Class 10: Amphibious and Blue Water Operations
Primary Book
 Moorehead, Alan. Gallipoli. Perennial Classics ed. New York: Perennial Classics,
2002.
Alternate Book
 Bennett, Geoffrey Martin. Naval Battles of the First World War. Revised ed.
Classic Military History;. London: New York, 2001.
Discussion Topic
Why did the Allied operation at Gallipoli fail? What was the role of the navy in
the operation? Was it successful? Was the idea of a peripheral strategy fundamentally
sound?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Reading Further about World
War I
Naval
 Corbett, Julian S. and Henry Newbolt, History of the Great War Based on Official
Documents (London, 1920-1928)
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 Marder, Arthur. From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: The Royal Navy in the
Fisher Years, 1904 - 1919. Vol. 3. 4 vols. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1978. 0-19-215841-4, 363 plus maps.
 Maurer, John H. “Arms Control and the Anglo-German Naval Race before World
War I: Lessons for Today?” Political Science Quarterly, vol. 112, no. 2 (Summer
1997), pp. 285-306.
 Steffen, Dirk. “Document of Note: The Holtzendorff Memorandum of 22
December 1916 and Germany’s Declaration of Unrestricted U-boat Warfare.” The
Journal of Military History, vol. 68, no. 1 (January 2004), pp. 215-224.
 Still, William. Crisis at Sea: The United States Navy in European Waters in
World War I (Gainesville, 2006).
General
 Ferguson, Niall. The Pity of War: Explaining World War I. New York: Basic
Books, 1999.
 Fischer, Fritz. Germany's Aims in the First World War. New York: W.W. Norton,
1967. LCCN: 64-23876, xxviii, 652.
 Foley, Robert T. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn
and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916 Cambridge Military Histories;.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0521841933 (hardback);
LCCN: 2004-45708, x, 301.
 Gilbert, Martin. First World War, A Complete History. New York: Henry Holt &
Co., 1994.
 Goerlitz, Walter. History of the German General Staff, 1657-1945. New York:
Praeger, 1953. LCCN: 52-13106, xviii, 508.
 Howard, Michael. The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France,
1870-1871. London: Routledge, 1961. Reprint, 1999. 0-415-02787-X, 513.
 Keegan, John. The First World War. 1st American ed. New York: Random
House, 1998. 0375400524; LCCN: 98-31826, xvi, 475.
 Kennedy, Paul M. The War Plans of the Great Powers, 1880-1914. London:
Unwin Hyman, 1988. ISBN: 0049400827 (pbk. : alk. paper) : LCCN: 84-20377, xi,
282.
 Macmillan, Margaret Olwen. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World.
1st U.S. ed. New York: Random House, 2002.
 Meyer, G. J. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918. New
York: Delacorte Press, 2006. ISBN: 0553803549; Other: 9780553803549; LCCN:
2005-58966, xxxi, 670.
 Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von, and Robert T. Foley. Alfred Von Schlieffen's Military
Writings Cass Series--Military History and Policy,; No. 2;. Portland, OR: Frank Cass,
2003. ISBN: 0714649996 (cloth) Series ISSN: 1465-8488 LCCN: 2002-67623, xxix,
280.
 Showalter, Dennis E. Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, 1914 Cornerstones of
Military History;. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2004. ISBN: 1574887815 (pbk : alk.
paper) LCCN: 2004-782, xiv, 420.
 T.E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph. Garden City: N.Y.
Doubleday Doran & Co., 1935. LCCN: 35-19399, 672.
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 Tuchman, Barbara. The Guns of August, the First Days of World War I. New
York: Dell Publishing Company, 1962. 489 ( Sources, Notes, Index: 575).
Week Eleven: World War I (II) - High Seas & Fleet in Being, Jutland
Tuesday, 1 Apr. 2008– Class 11: Jutland and Remote Waters
Primary Book
 Halpern, Paul G. Naval History of World War I. Annapolis, MD: United States
Naval Institute, 1994.
Alternate Book
 Gordon, Andrew. Rules of the Game, Jutland and British Naval Command.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. 1-55750-971-9, xii, 708. (Note that this
book is out of print. It is available in libraries and on-line. It is a classic analysis of
the British Royal Navy in the early twentieth century and at Jutland.)
Discussion Topic
How did the mere existence of the German High Seas Fleet affect British strategy
in the First World War?
Were the Germans well advised to seek a major (decisive?) engagement against
the Grand Fleet? What was the role of leadership in the outcome? Technology?
Week Twelve: World War II (1919-1945) - Atlantic
Tuesday, 8 Apr. 2008 – Class 12: Blockade and Convoy
Primary Book
 Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 - May 1943.
Vol. I. XV vols. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Boston,
MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
Alternate Book
 Spector, Ronald H. At War at Sea, Sailors and Naval Warfare in the Twentieth
Century. New York: Viking, 2001.
Discussion Topic
Is it fair to say that the campaign in the Atlantic from 1939 until 1943 was a
single battle? What was the decisive factor in the action? Intelligence? Jeep carriers?
Radar? Long-range patrol and bombing aircraft? Tactics?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in Reading Further about Naval
Warfare in World War II
Naval
 Baer, George W. One Hundred Years of Sea Power, the U.S. Navy, 1890 - 1990.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. 08047-2794-5, 553.
 Balkoski, Joseph. Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne
Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005.
0811701441, 380.
 Bercuson, David Jay , and Holger H. Herwig. The Destruction of the Bismarck.
Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 2001.
 Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted, 1942-1945. New York: Random
House, 1998. ISBN: 0679457429 LCCN: 96-2275, xxviii, [16] p. of plates, 909 p.
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 Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942. Modern Library
paperback ed. New York: Modern Library, 2000. ISBN: 0679640320, xxx, 809 p.,
[16] p. of plates.
 Douglas, W.A.B. Roger Sarty, Michael Whitby, Robert Caldwell, William
Johnston, William G.P. Rawling, The Official Operational History of the RCN in the
Second World War (2 vols.) (St. Catharines, 2003-2007)
 Grove, Eric (ed.), The Defeat of the Enemy Attack on Shipping, 1939-1945: A
Revised Edition of the Naval Staff History (Aldershot, 1997)
 Hornfischer, James D. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary
World War Ii Story of the Us Navy's Finest Hour. Bantam trade paperback ed. New
York: Bantam Dell, 2005.
 Howard, Michael. The Mediterranean Strategy in the Second World War. New
York: Frederick A. Prager, 1968.
 Miller, Edward S. War Plan Orange: The U. S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 18971945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991. 0-87021-759-3, 369.
 Miller, Nathan. War at Sea, a Naval History of World War II. New York:
Scribner, 1995. 0-684-803380-1, 592.
 Millett, Allan Reed, and Williamson Murray. Military Effectiveness. 3 vols. Series
on Defense and Foreign Policy. Boston Mass.: London, 1988. ISBN: 0044450532
(v.1 World War I): 0044450540 (v.2 The Interwar Period) : 0044450559 (v.3 World
War II).
 Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War
II. 15 vols. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1951 - 1962.
 Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Two-Ocean War, a Short History of the United States
Navy in the Second World War. Boston: Little Brown, 1963. LCCN: 63-8307, 611.
 Reynolds, Clark G. The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy. Annapolis,
MD: Naval Institute Press, 1968. 1-55750-701-5, xxii, 401, plus appendices re carrier
data, Bibliographic Essay, Notes, and Index.
 Roskill, Stephen W. The War at Sea (4 vols.) (London, 1954-1961)
 Willmott, H. P. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action TwentiethCentury Battles;. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. 0253345286, xii,
398.
 Woodman, Richard. Arctic Convoys, 1941-1945. London: John Murray, 2004.
 Woodman, Richard. Malta Convoys, 1940-1943. London: John Murray, 2003.
General

Dallek, Robert. Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 19321945. Oxford University Press Paperback, 1981, with Afterword 1995 ed. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 0-19-509732-7,

Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.
New York: Pantheon Press, 1986

Eubank, Keith. World War II, Roots and Causes. Second ed. Lexington,
MA: D.C. Heath and Company, 1992. 0-669-24969-6,
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
Gilbert, Martin. The Second World War, A Complete History. First Owl
Book Revised ed. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1989.

Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. Hitler's Willing Executioners. First Vintage
Press ed. New York: Vintage Press, 1997.

Keegan, John. The Second World War. New York: Penguin Group, 1990.
0-670-82359-7, 608.

Lukacs, John. Five Days in London: May 1940. New Haven, Ct: Yale
University Press, 1999. 0-300-08030-1, 233 (Incl notes, bibliography, & index).

Meacham, Jon. Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic
Friendship. London: Granta Books, 2003. 1862077150; Random House ISBN:
0375505008 (alk. paper); LCCN: 2003-41300, xx, 490.

Murray, Williamson , and Allan Reed Millett. A War to Be Won: Fighting
the Second World War. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University
Press, 2000.

Overy, R. J. Why the Allies Won. 1st American ed. New York: W.W.
Norton, 1995. ISBN: 0393039250 LCCN: 95-52444, xiv, 396.

Vat, Dan van der. The Atlantic Campaign: World War II's Great Struggle
at Sea. Cambridge, MA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988.

Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War
II. First Paperback Edition ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Weinberg, Gerhard L. Visions of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War
Ii Leaders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0521852544
(hbk.) National Library: 013080138, 220.

Williams, Andrew. The Battle of the Atlantic: Hitler's Gray Wolves of the
Sea and the Allies' Desperate Struggle to Defeat Them. New York: Basic Books,
2003.
Week Thirteen: World War II – Pacific, Flyboys, Gators, and Submarines
Tuesday, 15 Apr. 2008– Class 13:
Primary Book
 Spector, Ronald H. Eagle against the Sun: The American War with Japan. New
York: The Free Press, 1985.
Alternate Book
 Thomas, Evan. Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval
Campaign, 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. ISBN: 0743252217;
9780743252218; Other: 9780743252218; LCCN: 2006-47511, 414.
 Parshall, Jonathan B. , and Anthony P. Tully. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story
of the Battle of Midway. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2005.
Discussion Topic
Was intelligence the decisive factor in the Pacific War? Technology? Leadership?
The ordinary seaman? The economy?
Was the carrier war fundamentally different from the battleship war, or was it just
a longer range weapon? Do surface-to-surface (or air-to-surface) missiles alter that
conclusion?
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Additional Reading for Those Interested in Reading More about the
Pacific War
 Frank, Richard B. Guadalcanal. New York: Random House, 1990. ISBN:
0394588754 : 9780394588759 LCCN: 90-8265, xiv, 800.
 Keegan, John. Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to AlQaeda. New York: Knopf, 2003.
 Lundstrom, John B. The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval
Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 (Annapolis, 1993)
 Miller, Edward S. War Plan Orange: The U. S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 18971945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991. 0-87021-759-3, 369, plus
Appendices (U.S. Leaders involved in Orange, 1906-1941), Abbreviatins, Notes,
Bibliography, Index (508).
 Prange, Gordon W. Goldstein Donald M. Dillon Katherine V. Miracle at Midway.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982. ISBN: 0070506728 9780070506725 LCCN: 824691, xvii, 469.
 Reynolds, Clark G. The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy. Annapolis,
MD: Naval Institute Press, 1968. 1-55750-701-5, xxii, 401, plus appendices re carrier
data, Bibliographic Essay, Notes, and Index.
 Willmott, H. P. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action TwentiethCentury Battles;. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2005. 0253345286, xii,
398.
 Woodward, C. Vann. The Battle for Leyte Gulf. New York: Macmillan Co., 1947.
Reprint, 1989, The Battery Press, Inc.; Nashville, TN. ISBN: 0898391342, 244. [out
of print, but available]
Week Fourteen: Lessons: Asymmetric, Amphibious Warfare - Vietnam
Tuesday, 22 Apr. 2008 – Class 14: Brown Water Warfare
Primary Book
 Cutler, Thomas J. Brown Water, Black Berets, Coastal and Riverine Warfare in
Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Books, 1988.
Alternate Book
 Schreadley, Commander R. L., USN (Ret.). From the Rivers to the Sea, the
United States Navy in Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. 0-87021722-0, 387 (Notes, Bibliography, Index: 418).
Discussion Topic
Is asymmetric warfare really fundamentally different from war between
comparable powers? If so, in what ways? How effective was the American naval
campaign in Vietnam? How could it have been improved?
Additional Reading for Those Interested in the Post-War Period, including
Asymmetric Warfare and the Cold War
Naval
 Barlow, Jeffrey G. Revolt of the Admirals: The Fight for Naval Aviation, 19451950. 1st Brassey's ed. Washington: Brassey's, 1998. ISBN: 1574881701 LCCN: 9818237, xxi, 420.
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 Marolda, Edward J. A Short History of the United States Navy and the Southeast
Asian Conflict, 1950 - 1975. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office for the
U.S. Naval Historical Center, 1984.
 Marolda, Edward J. The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict, from
Military Assistance to Combat, 1959 - 1965. Vol. 2. 2 vols. The United States Navy
and the Vietnam Conflict. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office for the
Naval Historical Center, 1986. 529.
 Spector, Ronald H. After Tet, the Bloodiest Year in Vietnam. First Vintage Books
ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1993. 0-679-75046-0, xvii, 316. (Naval warfare is not
the primary focus)
 Uhlig, Frank, Jr., ed. Vietnam, the Naval Story. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute
Press, 1986. 0-87021-014-9, 503 (Index, 515).
 USMC. Small Wars Manual Fleet Marine Force Reference Publication; 12-15.
Washington, D.C.: USMC, 1997.
General
 Atkinson, Rick. Crusade. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. 0-39541083-9, 500, Note, Chronology, Maps, Notes (28), Bibliography (5), Index.
 Beckett, I. F. W. Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: Guerrillas and
Their Opponents since 1750 Warfare and History;. London: Routledge, 2001. ISBN:
0415239338 0415239346 (pbk.) LCCN: 2001-19458, ix, 268.
 Bergerud, Eric. The Dynamics of Defeat: The Vietnam War in Hau Nghia
Province. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993.
 Berkowitz, Bruce D. The New Face of War: How War Will Be Fought in the 21st
Century. New York: Free Press, 2003. ISBN: 0743212495 LCCN: 2003-42405, xii,
257.
 Black, Jeremy. War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents,
1450-2000. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. (331)
 Brodie, Bernard. Strategy in the Missile Age. Princeton: N.J. Princeton University
Press, 1959. LCCN: 58-6102, vii, 423.
 Callwell, C. E. Sir. Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice. 3rd ed. Lincoln,
NB: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. ISBN: 080326366X (alk. paper) LCCN: 9525837, xviii, 559.
 Cohen, Eliot A. Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in
Wartime. New York: Free Press, 2002. ISBN: 0743230493 LCCN: 2002-73630, xiv,
288. (pages 175-184 re different view of civilian-military role in Vietnam)
 Cowley, Robert. The Cold War: A Military History. New York: Random House,
2005. ISBN: 0375509100 (alk. paper) LCCN: 2005-42138, xvi, 478. (Read at least
two essays from each of the five parts)
 Cristol, A. Jay. The Liberty Incident: The 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy
Spy Ship. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2002. ISBN: 157488414X (alk. paper); LCCN:
2002-2483, xx, 295.
 Dayan, Moshe. Diary of the Sinai Campaign Schocken ;; Sb140;. New York:
Schocken Books, 1967. 236.
 Defense, United States Department of. The Pentagon Papers; the Defense
Department History of United States Decisionmaking on Vietnam. 5 vols. The
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Senator Gravel ed. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971. ISBN: 0807005266 0807005274
(pbk) (v. 4) LCCN: 75-178049.
 Duicker, William J. Ho Chi Minh. New York: Hyperion, 2000. 0-7868-6387-0,
xix, 695.
 Duiker, William J. Communist Road to Power in Vietnam. Second ed. Boulder,
CO: Westview Press, Inc., 1996. 0-8133-8587-3, xvi, 375, Notes (377-416), Selected
Bibliography (417-422), Index - 435.
 Ellis, John. From the Barrel of a Gun: A History of Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and
Counter-Insurgency Warfare, from the Romans to the Present. London: Greenhill
Books., 1995. ISBN: 1853671975 LCCN: 94-48775, 285.
 Ellis, John. From the Barrel of a Gun: A History of Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and
Counter-Insurgency Warfare, from the Romans to the Present. London: Greenhill
Books., 1995. ISBN: 1853671975 LCCN: 94-48775, 285.
 Fall, Bernard B. Hell in a Very Small Place, the Siege of Dien Bien Phu. First
Vintage Edition, 1968 ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1966. 466 (Notes, Appendices,
Bibliography, and Index 515).
 Freedman, Lawrence. Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0195134532 (alk. paper) LCCN: 9987898, xx, 528. (For presentation purposes, concentrate on one or two of the
conflicts, preferably including Cuba).
 Gaddis, John Lewis. Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar
American National Security Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. 0-19503097-4, xi, 357.
 Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin Press,
2005. ISBN: 1594200629 (hardcover) Other: 9781594200625 (hardcover) LCCN:
2005-53406, xii, 333.
 Hastings, Max. The Korean War. 1st Touchstone ed. Touchstone Book;. New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. ISBN: 067166834X (pbk.) LCCN: 87-16547, 391.
 Herring, George C. "Cold Blood": LBJ's Conduct of Limited War in Vietnam The
Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History, No. 33;. Washington, DC:
Government Printing Office, 1990. ISBN: 0160285542 : Stock no: 008-070-00654-5,
37.
 Herring, George C. America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam,
1950-1975. 3d ed. America in Crisis;. New York: Knopf, 1996. ISBN: 0070283931
(alk. paper) LCCN: 95-16062, xiv, 354.
 Huchthausen, Peter A. America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S.
Military Engagements, 1975-2000. New York: Viking, 2003. ISBN: 0670032328
(alk. paper) LCCN: 2002-38025, xv, 254 p., [8] p. of plates.
 Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World
Order. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. ISBN: 0684811642 LCCN: 96-31492,
367.
 Huntington, Samuel P. The Soldier and the State: The Theory and Politics of
Civil-Military Relations. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University
Press, 1957. 0-674-81736-2, 534.
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 Jordan, Amos A., Jr. William J Taylor, and Michael J. Mazarr. American National
Security. Fifth ed. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. 08018-5984-0,
 Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam, a History. New York: The Viking Press, 1983. 0-67074604-5, xi, 670 (Chrolology, Cast of Principal Characters, Notes on Sources,
Acknowledgements, Photo Credits, Index: 752).
 Keegan, John. The Iraq War. 1st American ed. New York: A.A. Knopf, 2004.
ISBN: 1400041996; Other: 9781400041992; LCCN: 2004-6895, 254.
 Krepinevich, Andrew F. The Army and Vietnam. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1986. ISBN: 0801828635 (alk. paper) LCCN: 85-45865, xviii, 318.
 Laqueur, Walter. A History of Terrorism. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction,
2001. ISBN: 0765807998 (pbk. : alk. paper) LCCN: 2001-27546, xiii, 277.
 Lewy, Guenter. America in Vietnam. Oxford: New York, 1980. ISBN:
0195023919 0195027132 (pbk.) : 0195027329 (pbk.) LCCN: 77-26204, xiii, 540.
 Logevall, Fredrik. Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escallation
of War in Vietnam. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. 0-520-215117, xxv. 413 plus abbreviations, notes, bibliography, and index.
 Mao, Zedong. Selected Military Writings of Mao Tse-Tung. 2nd ed. Peking,
China: Foreign Languages Press, 1966. 410.
 May, Ernest R. Lessons of the Past: The Use and Misuse of History in American
Foreign Policy. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. xiv, 220.
 May, Ernest R., ed. American Cold War Strategy, Interpreting NSC-68. Boston,
MA: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1993. 0-312-06637-6, 201.
 McNamara, Robert S., and With Brian VanDe Mark. In Retrospect, the Tragedy
and Lessons of Vietnam. First Vantage Books Edition, March 1996 ed. New York:
Vintage Books, 1995.
 Murray, Williamson, and Robert H. Scales. The Iraq War: A Military History.
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003. ISBN:
0674012801 (alk. paper) 0674019687 (pbk.) LCCN: 2003-56668, 312.
 Neu, Charles E. America's Lost War: Vietnam, 1945-1975 The American History
Series; Variation: American History Series (Arlington Heights, Ill.). Wheeling, IL:
Harlan Davidson, 2005. 0882952323, xix, 272.
 Oren, Michael. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern
Middle East. New York: Ballantine Books, 2003. ISBN: 0345461924 (pbk.) LCCN:
2003-103713, xv, 460.
 Powell, Colin L., and Joseph E. Persico. My American Journey. New York:
Random House, 1995. 0-679-43296-5,
 Rabinovich, Abraham. The Boats of Cherbourg. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute
Press, 1988. ISBN: 1557507147 (pbk. : alk. paper) LCCN: 96-53436, xii, 322.
 Race, Jeffrey. War Comes to Long An: Revolutionary Conflict in a Vietnamese
Province. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1972. 0-520-02361-7, 299.
 Sandler, Stanley. The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished Warfare and
History, ed. Jeremy Black. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
 Sheehan, Neil. A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and America in Viet Nam.
New York: Random House, 1988. 0-394-48447-9, 820, plus bibliography and index.
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 Sontag, Sherry, Christopher Drew, and Annette Lawrence Drew. Blind Man's
Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York: Public
Affairs, 1998. ISBN: 1891620088 LCCN: 98-30221, xvii, 352.
 Sorley, Lewis. A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of
America's Last Years in Vietnam. New York: Harvest Boo, Harcourt, Inc., 1999. 015-601309-6, xv, 507.
 Spector, Ronald H. Advice and Support, the Early Years of the U.S. Army in
Vietnam, 1941-1960. First Free Press Paperback Editios ed. New York: The Free
Press, 1985. 0-02-930370-2, xxii, 379 (Bibliographical Note and Index, 391).
 Steed, Brian. Armed Conflict: The Lessons of Modern Warfare. New York:
Ballantine Books, 2003.
 Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of the Korean War. New York: W. Morrow,
1988. ISBN: 0688063772 National Library: 900109408 LCCN: 88-5229, 276.
 Turley, William S. The Second Indochina War: A Short Political and Military
History, 1954-75. New York: Mentor Book, 1986. 0-451-62546-3, 206, plus
Chronology, Suggested Reading and Index.
 Williamson, Murray. "The Gulf War as History." Quarterly Journal of Military
History (1997): 6-19.
 Zubok, V. M., and Konstantin Pleshakov. Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From
Stalin to Khrushchev. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996. ISBN:
0674455312 (alk. paper) LCCN: 95-26457, xv, 346.
Required Books:
The following books are required for students in the course (some are out of print,
but generally available on-line):
1. Corbett, Sir Julian, and an introduction and notes by Eric Grove. Some Principles of
Maritime Strategy. 1988 ed. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 1988. 0-87021-880-8,
304, plus Appendix (The "Green Pamphlet," The War Courses Strategical Terms and
Notes on Strategy), and index.
2. Evans, David C., and Mark R. Peattie. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in
the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887 - 1941. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press,
1997. 0-87021-192-7.
3. Fowler, William M. Under Two Flags: The American Navy in the Civil War. New
York: Norton, 1990. ISBN: 0393028593 : LCCN: 89-29462, 352.
4. Gordon, Andrew. Rules of the Game, Jutland and British Naval Command.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. 1-55750-971-9, xii, 708. [Out of print –
get on line]
5. Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea
in the Sixteenth Century. London: Cambridge University Press, 1974. [Scanned and
available on Blackboard]
6. Mahan, Captain Alfred Thayer. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660 1783. Dover Paperback ed. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1987 slightly
altered reproduction of the fifth (1894) edition. 555. (0486255093)
7. Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada The American Heritage Library. Boston, MA:
Houghton Mifflin, Co., 1959. 0-395-08366-4.
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8. Moorehead, Alan. Gallipoli. Perennial Classics ed. New York: Perennial Classics,
2002. ISBN: 0060937084 9780060937089 LCCN: 2002-29819, xvi, 380.
9. Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939 - May 1943. Vol.
I. XV vols. History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii. Boston, MA:
Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
10. Potter, E. B., Roger Fredland, and Henry Hitch Adams. Sea Power: A Naval History.
2nd ed. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1981. ISBN: 0870216074 :
9780870216077 LCCN: 81-81668, vii, 419.
11. Rodger, N. A. M. The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 16491815. London: Allen Lane, 2004. ISBN: 0713994118 (hbk.) National Library:
012954701, lxv, 907.
12. Roosevelt, Theodore. The Naval War of 1812. Annapolis, MD: United States Naval
Institute, 1882. Reprint, 1987. 0-7-87021-445-4.
13. Spector, Ronald H. Eagle against the Sun: The American War with Japan. New York:
The Free Press, 1985. 0-02-930360-5.
14. Starr, Chester G. The Influence of Sea Power on Ancient History. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1989. ISBN: 0195056663 (alk. paper) 9780195056662 (alk. paper)
0195056671 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780195056679 (pbk. : alk. paper) LCCN: 88-11753,
105.
On-line Resources:
The following are internet sources with useful information on naval and military
history.
The Naval War College: http://www.nwc.navy.mil/defaultf.htm.
Naval Historical Center – this is a terrific resource with lots of data in the FAQ
material and access to many Navy photos: http://www.history.navy.mil/
Haze
gray
and
underway
–
naval
history
&
photographs:
http://www.hazegray.org/
West Point Atlases of Military History:
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/atlas%20home.htm
The National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/
The Smithsonian Institution: http://www.si.edu/
The British National Maritime Museum: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/
Definitions of Strategy and Related Terms: Department of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms (as amended through 23 March 2004). (Available at:
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, general web site: http://www.jcs.mil/
The United States National Security Strategy (16 March 2006):
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/2006/ or to access a pdf version of the book
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/2006/nss2006.pdf.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Quadrennial Defense Review Report of 6 February 2006 is at
http://www.defenselink.mil/qdr/report/Report20060203.pdf. (113 pages. The prior QDR,
Sept. 30, 2001, is at http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/qdr2001.pdf.).
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Chairman’s Guidance to the Joint Staff concerning the Global War on Terrorism,
1 October 2005: http://www.jcs.mil/PaceGuidance02Oct05.pdf.
National Military Strategy for the Global War on Terrorism (1 Feb. 2006, 42
pages): http://www.dtic.mil/jcs/nms/
The National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction (13 Feb.
2006, JCS): http://www.defenselink.mil/pdf/NMS-CWMD2006.pdf.
The U.S. National Strategy for Victory in Iraq (November 2005):
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/iraq_national_strategy_20051130.pdf.
National Defense Strategy of the United States (March 2005, 32 pages);
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/dod/d20050318nds1.pdf (the 1996
version is at: http://www.defenselink.mil/execsec/adr96/chapt_1.html).
The White House for the National Strategy for Homeland Security (2002):
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/
U.S. Army Center of Military History: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/
U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency: http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/afhra/
U.S.
Marine
Corps
History
and
Museums
Division:
http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/
U.S.
Coast
Guard
Historian’s
Office:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/gcp/history/collect.html
The Air War College has links to many national strategy sites:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-doct.htm.
The
Strategic
Studies
Institute
of
the
Army War
College:
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/.
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies has a good set of links
to government and private sources for information useful in pursuing strategic issues
(http://www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/ir/strategic/links/index.html).
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School. This is a great resource for primary
governmental documents from very early times (e.g., Acilian Law on the Right to
Recovery of Property Officially Extorted, 122 B.C.) to twenty-first century materials
(e.g., 11 June 2003 Report on Middle East Peace Process) :
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/pre18.htm. The site includes most major treaties
(e.g., Tordesillas (4 June 1494, dividing the world between Portugal and Spain),
Westphalia (24 Oct. 1648, ending the Thirty Years’ War), Utrecht (13 July 1713, ending
the War of the Spanish Succession), the Treaties of Paris (1763 and 1783, ending the
Seven Years’ and Revolutionary Wars), the Treaty of Versailles (1919), the Geneva
Accords (1954 ending the First Indo-China War), and a complete set of materials on the
laws of war.
Military History on line: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/
History Net: http://www.historynet.com/
Additional Short Readings:
Other materials will be on line in the folders for each class in the Outline segment
of Blackboard.
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Geer, George S. , and William Marvel. The Monitor Chronicles: One Sailor's Account:
Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2000.
Soley, James Russell. The Blockade and the Cruisers, The Navy in the Civil War;
Campaigns of the Civil War. Secausus, N.J.: Blue & Grey Press, 1900.
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