The indecisiveness of modern war and other essays,
by J. Holland Rose.
- London, G. Bell and sons, ltd. 1927.
- vii, 204 p. 23 cm.
The indecisiveness of modern naval war.--The indecisiveness of modern land war.--Plans of invasion of the British Isles.--The struggle for the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century.--The influence of sea power on Indian history (1746-1802)--Napoleon and sea power.--The prophetic instinct in Nelson.--The state of Nelson's fleet before Trafalgar.--The British title to Malta.--Admiral Duckworth's failure at Constantinople in 1807.--Chivalry and the sea.