Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Explaining Strategic Choices in Military Institutions: Theoretical Models

Chapter 4 Ideas and Institutions: The Development of Officer Education, Strategic Thinking, and Intelligence Collection in the Royal Navy, 1870–1888

Chapter 5 Professionals, Politicians, the Press, and the Public: The “Navy Scare” of 1888–1889

Chapter 6 British Ideas in an American Context: The Underpinnings of Strategic Debate and Organizational Maturity, 1873–1884

Chapter 7 The Navalist Triumph: Politicians, Professionals, and the Fight for the Direction of American Naval Policy, 1885–1889

Chapter 8 Conclusion