Strategic Theories (Castex Raoul)(Paperback)

Admiral Raoul Castex is France�s most important modern naval strategist. Military historian Eugenia Kiesling offers the essence of Castex�s original five volume study, Th�ories Strat�giques, in a useful one-volume abridgment and a very readable translation. It emphasizes the admiral�s method of strategic analysis while omitting most of the historical narrative. Included are chapters defining strategy and relating it to policy and geography, analyzing the role of maritime forces and the significance of command at sea, prescribing a theory of conduct of operations, and introducing Castex�s favorite themes: strategic manoeuvre, strat�gie g�n�rale, and the theory of �perturbation.�
Two narrative chapters on German operations in the North Sea from 1914 to 1916 remain as examples of the
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