Introduction : maritime militarism in two modern nation-states -- World power in a global age -- Big-power confrontations over empire -- Maritime force, threat, and war -- War of battle fleets -- Planning for victory -- Commerce, law, and the limitation of war -- Naval elites and the state -- Manufacturing consent -- A politics of social imperialism -- Of sciences, sea power, and strategy -- Between leadership and intraservice conflict -- Conclusion : navalism and its trajectories.
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