The maritime strategies and policies of the French navy are evaluated in an effort to determine if the French navy of the Old Regime was successful in fulfilling state goals.

It is intended primarily to acquaint British readers with the French warships of the period. The story of these ships being inseparable from that of the Navy, it was decided to include a brief. …

Several factors led to the rise of La Jeune École and control of the French Naval Ministry starting in the mid-1880s: Results of Franco-Prussian War – lack of naval impact in war versus Prussia …

“There are a great many books for English-speaking readers con-cerning the British Royal Navy in the 18th century, but not many that provide solid, well-researched material concerning its great …

By the beginning of the 18th Century, Tulle had managed, thanks to the quality of its production, to retain a preponderant percentage of the orders of the Crown for muskets for the French …

The evil from which the French navy is suffering dates from far in the past, as the wars of the Revolution and the Empire, notwithstanding a few glorious encounters,* bear testimony.

Doctrine in the U.S. Navy is the tasks that are present at the operational-level of warfare; that level between strategy and tactics.1 This paper will first provide the results of my review of the …