Page vii CONTENTS

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I The Beginnings of Navies

II Athens as a Sea Power:

1. The Persian War

2. The Peloponnesian War

III The Sea Power of Rome:

1. The Punic Wars

2. The Imperial Navy

IV The Navies of the Middle Ages:

The Eastern Empire

V The Navies of the Middle Ages [Continued]

Venice and the Turk

VI Opening the Ocean Routes:

1. Portugal and the New Route to India

2. Spain and the New World

VII Sea Power in the North:

Holland's Struggle for Independence

VIII England and the Armada

IX Rise of English Sea Power:

Wars with the Dutch

X Rise of English Sea Power [continued]:

Wars with France to the French Revolution

XI Napoleonic Wars:

The First of June and Camperdown

XII Napoleonic Wars [Continued]:

The Rise of Nelson

XIII Napoleonic Wars [Concluded]:

Trafalgar and AfterPage viii

XIV Revolution in Naval Warfare:

Hampton Roads and Lissa

XV Rivalry for World Power

XVI The World War:

The First Year

XVII The World War [Continued]:

The Battle of Jutland

XVIII The World War [Concluded]:

Commerce Warfare

XIX Conclusion

Index