George Clarke sought a national doctrine that would direct the policies and programmes of both services. His military background coexisted with a maritime strategic outlook shaped by imperial service. Corbett supported a directing role for the Committee of Imperial Defence, but the two men held different political and cultural assumptions. Corbett's Green Pamphlet of 1906 initially won Clarke's approval. By 1916, Corbett's liberal values and association with Fisher's radical ideas had carried the doctrine away from what Clarke recognised as his original programme.
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George Clarke and Corbett's competing visions of national strategy
George Clarke wanted the Committee of Imperial Defence to direct national strategy, while Corbett gave the resulting doctrine a different political character.