"Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816" by Julian Stafford Corbett is a historical study that gathers English naval combat strategies from the 16th to the early 19th centuries. Created for the Navy Records Society, it shows how naval tactics changed during major sea wars by putting together official guidelines for naval forces. The start of the book talks about how it will explore in detail the combat instructions that directed naval leaders in sea battles. It recognizes that historians struggle because original papers are hard to find, and it aims to offer a full set of new or forgotten instructions. The introduction provides important historical background, explaining where these tactical rules came from and why they mattered, using information from naval experts like Alonso de Chaves and English admirals. This group not only makes clear how maritime war ideas grew but also shows why knowing old naval tactics is important for today's uses.
Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX.
By Julian Stafford Corbett
Track the shifting strategies that dominated the high seas through centuries of English naval warfare.
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About the AuthorSir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navy's reforms of that era. One of his most famous works is Some Principles of Maritime Strategy, which remains a classic among students of naval warfare. Corbett was a good friend and ally of naval reformer Admiral John "Jacky" Fisher, the First Sea Lord. He was chosen to write the official history of British Naval operations during World War I.
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navy's reforms of that era. One of his most famous works is Some Principles of Maritime Strategy, which remains a classic among students of naval warfare. Corbett was a good friend and ally of naval reformer Admiral John "Jacky" Fisher, the First Sea Lord. He was chosen to write the official history of British Naval operations during World War I.
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