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CONTENTS PREFACE T O THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE I. FROM DYNASTIC TO NATIONAL WARFARE, 1 1’7’75415 I. Dynastic Warfare A. Armies B. Navies 11. The War of the American Revolution, 1775-83 A. Ideas Borrowed from the Old Royal Army before B. The Wars ofthe French Revolution and the Rise C. Napoleon and the Imperial Amy at Zenith, D. The Decline o f French Fortunes in the West and the Anglo-American War of 1812 E. The Decline of Napoleon’s Fortunes in the East, the First Abdication, and the Return ofthe Hundred Days, I 808-15 111. The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815 1789 o f Napoleon Bonaparte, I 789-1 802 1804-7 2 . THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 1815-71 I. Armies A. The Long Peace and Military Thought B. The Technological Revolution in Land Warfare xvii xix 1 1 7 19 19 12 22 27 29 35 43 43 43 48 CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE 1. FROM DYNASTIC TO NATIONAL WARFARE, 1775-1815 1. Dynastic Warfare A. Armies B. Navies II. The War of the American Revolution, 1775-83 III. The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815 A. Ideas Borrowed from the Old Royal Army before I789 B. The Wars of the French Revolution and the Rise ofNapoleon Bonaparte, I789-I802 C. Napoleon and the Imperial Army at Zenith, I804-7 D. The Decline of French fortunes in the West and the Anglo-American War of r8I2 E. The Decline of Napoleon's Fortunes in the East, the First Abdication, and the Return of the Hundred Days, r808-I5 2. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 1815-71 I. Armies A. The Long Peace and Military Thought B. The Technological Revolution in Land Warfare xvii XIX I I I 7 12 19 19 22 35 43 43 43 48 viii Contents C. The Prussian General Staff, the Nation-in-Arms, and the Kesselschlacht Doctrine 1 1 . Navies 1 1 1 . The Mid-Nineteenth Century Wars before 1861 IV. The American Civil War, 1861-65 A. The Opposing Sides B. Tactics on Land C. Naval Tactics and Coast Defense D. Geography and Strategy E. The Strategic Direction F. The Eastern Theater to May 1864 G. The Western Theater to May 1864 H. The Final Campaigns, May 1864-April 1865 A. The Wars with Denmark and Austria, 1864-66 B. The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71 V. The Wars of German Unification, 1864-71 3. THE MARCH TOWARD WORLD WAR, 1871-1914 I. Armies A. The Spread o f the German System and the B. The Alliance Systems and Contingency War Plans 105 C. The Anglo-American Military Experience to 1914 112 A. The Challenge o f the Jeune Ecole to 188 1139 B. The Mahanite School of Naval Power, 1890-1914 115 C. Technical Developments in Navies, 1890-1914 117 A. The Russo-Turkish War and Tensions among the 120 Great Powers, I 877-78 B. The Overseas Colonial Wars C. The Spanish-American War, 1898 D. The Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars E. The Final Wars and Crises before 1914 Technology of Land Warfare 11. Navies 113 111. The Wars, 1871-1914 120 50 54 68 68 70 58 76 78 80 81 87 9 ' 94 94 98 102 102 102 1121 1126 1128 1132 viii Contents C. The Prussian General Staff, the Nation-in-Arms, and the Kesselschlacht Doctrine II. Navies III. The Mid-Nineteenth Century Wars before 1861 IV. The American Civil War, 1861-65 A. The Opposing Sides B. Tactics on Land C. Naval Tactics and Coast Defense D. Geography and Strategy E. The Strategic Direction F. The Eastern Theater to May 1864 G. The Western Theater to May r864 H. The Final Campaigns, May 1864-April 1865 V. The Wars of German Unification, t864-71 A. The Wars with Denmark and Austria, 1864-66 B. The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71 54 58 68 68 7° 76 78 80 81 87 91 94 94 98 3. THE MARCH TOWARD WORLD WAR, 1871-1914 I. Armies A. The Spread of the German System and the Technology of Land Warfare B. The Alliance Systems and Contingency War Plans C. The Anglo-American Military Experience to 1914 II. Navies A. The Challenge of the Jeune Ecole to 1889 B. The Mahanite School ofNaval Power, 1890-1914 C. Technical Developments in Navies, 1890-19I4 III. The Wars, 1871-1914 A. The Russo-Turkish War and Tensions among the Great Powers, r877-78 B. The...

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