German Naval Strategy 1856-1888: Forerunners to Tirpitz

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Note......Page 15
Part I CHANGE IN A CHANGING WORLD......Page 16
1 THE ROOTS OF PLUNDER......Page 17
Profit motive: the development of privateering......Page 18
War vs profit: belligerents’ rights and neutrals’ rights......Page 21
The Declaration of Paris and the end of privateering......Page 23
From seizure to destruction: the new style of commerce warfare......Page 27
Conclusion......Page 29
Notes......Page 30
2 MEANS AND METHODS......Page 33
Technology and navies: new ships, new weapons......Page 34
The burden of empire: J.C.R.Colomb and imperial defence......Page 38
Prophet of the new guerre de course: Richild Grivel......Page 42
Conclusion......Page 45
Notes......Page 46
Part II EARLY DAYS, EARLY DREAMS......Page 50
3 PRECURSOR TO EMPIRE......Page 51
Prussia and the sea to 1856: the land power takes to the water......Page 52
The beginnings of Prussian naval power: expansion of overseas trade and obligations......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 60
Notes......Page 61
4 THE WARS OF UNIFICATION AND GERMAN SEA POWER, 1864–71......Page 64
The Danish and Austrian wars, 1864–66......Page 65
The North German navy and the problems of world commerce protection, 1867–70......Page 68
The Franco-Prussian War I: Knorr and the view from abroad......Page 74
The Franco-Prussian War II: Tirpitz and the view from the Jade......Page 79
Conclusion......Page 81
Notes......Page 82
Part III THE ARMY AT THE HELM......Page 87
5 ALBRECHT VON STOSCH AND THE NEGLECTED NAVY, 1871–72......Page 88
1871: The unhappy peace......Page 89
Albrecht von Stosch, the ‘General-Admiral’......Page 93
1872: Adalbert’s last foray and Stosch’s first......Page 96
Stosch reorganizes the navy......Page 101
Conclusion......Page 103
Notes......Page 104
6 DIVERSE FORTUNES......Page 108
The 1873 Flottengründungsplam: a new start......Page 109
Too many cooks: the navy and foreign affairs......Page 116
Erosion and disaster......Page 120
Thinking about war: tactics and operations planning......Page 125
The end of the Stosch era......Page 130
Conclusion......Page 133
Notes......Page 135
7 TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT......Page 141
Defence of trade, attack on trade: British theories of commerce defence and the evolution of the Jeune Ecole in France......Page 143
Caprivi takes office, and Jachmann’s memorandum......Page 147
The cruiser admirals have their say: the Admiralty Council of 1884......Page 149
Caprivi’s naval goals clarified: the memorandum to the Reichstag, March 1884......Page 157
Conclusion......Page 158
Notes......Page 160
8 CAPRIVI OFF COURSE......Page 165
Naval sideshow or vital task? The navy and the new colonial policy......Page 167
Ships for overseas service in peace and war: the Flying Squadron revived......Page 171
The minnows and the whales: construction policy under Caprivi......Page 173
Thoughts of war on the large scale: operations planning against France and Russia......Page 180
Thoughts of war on the small scale: the development of battle tactics......Page 182
Skulduggery and intrigue: Caprivi’s relations with Prince Wilhelm......Page 186
Conclusion......Page 188
Notes......Page 190
CONCLUSION......Page 197
Notes......Page 202
APPENDIX I Terminology of warship types......Page 203
APPENDIX II Use of overseas ports by the Prussian and German navies, 1851–88......Page 205
APPENDIX III German cruiser classes, 1860–90......Page 207
Published materials......Page 210
Secondary sources......Page 212
INDEX......Page 220