PART III

NAVAL AND NATIONAL POLICIES 31. EXPANSION AND OVER-SEA BASES 285

The Annexation of Hawaii 285

32. APPLICATION OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE 288

Anglo-American Community of Interests 288

33. CHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN 296

34. OUR INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC 299

35. THE GERMAN STATE AND ITS MENACE 302

The Bulwark of British Sea Power 306

36. ADVANTAGES OF INSULAR POSITION 309

Great Britain and the Continental Powers 309

37. BEARING OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ON NAVAL POLICY AND STRATEGY 317

38. SEIZURE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AT SEA 328

39. THE MORAL ASPECT OF WAR 342

40. THE PRACTICAL ASPECT OF WAR 348

41. MOTIVES FOR NAVAL POWER 355

APPENDIX

CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE 359

ACADEMIC HONORS 360

PUBLISHED WORKS 361

UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS 362

REFERENCES 362

INDEX 365

LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS

PAGE DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE VALUE OF THE CENTRAL POSITION 54 GULF OF MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN SEA 101 RODNEY AND GUICHEN, APRIL 17, 1780 161 GRAVES AND DE GRASSE, SEPTEMBER 5, 1781 167 THE BALTIC AND ITS APPROACHES _Facing page_ 185 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN _Facing page_ 197 THE ATTACK AT TRAFALGAR 214 SCENE OF NAVAL WAR, JAPAN AND RUSSIA 278

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