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Copyright © Norman Friedman 2014
First published in Great Britain in 2014 by
Seaforth Publishing
An imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street, Barnsley
S Yorkshire S70 2AS
www.seaforthpublishing.com
Email info@seaforthpublishing.com
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP data record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84832 189 2
eISBN 9781473849365
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Patents Act 1988
Typeset and designed by Ian Hughes, Mousemat Design
Limited Printed and bound in China
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Maritime War
Chapter 2. Resources
Chapter 3. Blockade, Trade Warfare and Economic Attack
Chapter 4. Expectations versus Reality
Chapter 5. The Fleets
Chapter 6. The Chessboard – Naval Geography
Chapter 7. Fleets in Battle
Chapter 8. Capital Ships
Chapter 9. Inshore Operations and an Inshore Fleet
Chapter 10. The Battle of the Narrow Seas
Chapter 11. Submarines
Chapter 12. Protecting Trade: The U-Boat War
Chapter 13. Anti-Submarine Warfare: Tactics and Technology
Chapter 14. The Anti-Submarine Armada
Chapter 15. Mine Warfare
Chapter 16. Lessons for the Future
Notes
Sources
Foreword
2014 marks the centenary of the start of the First World War – the first truly global conflict. So,
notwithstanding the deserving spotlight on the mud, barbed wire and trenches of the Western Front,
this authoritative book, by an internationally respected naval historian and strategist, is a timely
reminder that this war was fought across a much wider front – at sea, as well as on land – spanning
the entire globe.
This new study also provides a showcase for Dr Friedman’s rare ability to understand and
explain not just strategy but also technology, and the interaction between both. Let’s not forget: this
was the first war in which the maritime battle-space became three dimensional, as aircraft and
submarines emerged to trigger the start of a revolution in strategy, operations, tactics and technology,
both at sea and from the sea.
In examining the scope and complexity of naval warfare in the First World War, Dr Friedman is
also careful to relate his analysis to enduring naval strategy and contemporary maritime operations.
In addition to explaining the pre-eminent global authority and performance of the Royal Navy, he
helps the reader to understand that, in strategic terms, Kaiser ’s Germany was gradually brought to its
knees by the combined effect of Allied military and naval operations. This was a prelude to the
strategic success of multinational and joint operations seen in many subsequent conflicts, through to
the present day.
Of particular note, Dr Friedman also focuses on the nascent strategic partnership formed
between the United Kingdom and the United States of America during the First World War. The
sustained US Navy and Royal Navy cooperation between 1917 and the Armistice was the first

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