Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Naval Theory

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  1. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:15:15The long history of declaring the surface ship obsoleteQ&A
  2. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:49Why Royal Navy theory often appeared in steelQ&A
  3. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    1:27:24Mahan and Corbett: similar theory, different audiencesNotable Point
  4. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:23:35Japanese doctrine required attrition before decisive battleQ&A
  5. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:24:18Mahan, Corbett, and the wider study of naval deterrenceNotable Point
  6. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    32:46Reading The Sea Power of the State criticallyChapter
  7. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    44:07Which parts of The Sea Power of the State sound like Gorshkov?Notable Point
  8. Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy
    48:17When fleet operations become strategicNotable Point
  9. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    19:50Why war-fighting equations undercount presenceNotable Point
  10. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    14:43Gorshkov treated every maritime resource as a wartime assetNotable Point
  11. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:12:33How to read The Sea Power of the StateChapter
  12. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    1:26:26Changes in voice suggest collaborative authorshipNotable Point
  13. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:44:26James Cable as a Western counterpart to GorshkovQ&A
  14. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:45:58Gorshkov's small ships did not make his fleet Jeune ÉcoleQ&A
  15. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    2:55:08China applies a distinct interpretation of GorshkovQ&A
  16. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    35:59Why advocacy does not guarantee strategic commandNotable Point
  17. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    19:17Early theorists shape the language of later doctrineNotable Point
  18. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    49:49Mahan and Corbett frame different carrier argumentsNotable Point
  19. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:38:25Reginald Custance beyond Mahan and CorbettQ&A
  20. A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)
    28:18What the 1939 annual treated as naval powerNotable Point
  21. A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)
    29:39Wartime annuals as a forum for naval theoryChapter
  22. A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)
    44:48What the 1946 annual asked navies to learn from warNotable Point
  23. Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!
    2:40A naval theorist able to actNotable Point
  24. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    48:58Naval concepts in the Honor Harrington novelsQ&A
  25. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:01:24The strategic range inside a Mahan collectionNotable Point
  26. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:07:34Naval theorists after Mahan and CorbettQ&A
  27. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:09:20Why Mahan and Corbett addressed different audiencesChapter
  28. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:27:39How rare were decisive naval battles?Q&A
  29. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:31:07Why Mahan preserved contradictions between his essaysNotable Point
  30. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:38:20Mahan's argument for fighting over principleNotable Point
  31. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:46:01Mahan's six elements of sea powerNotable Point
  32. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:50:36Reading Mahan as a theorist and naval educatorNotable Point
  33. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:03:38Reading and translating Castex's naval theoryChapter
  34. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:15:29Castex's least bad compromise between policy and strategyChapter
  35. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:41:10History as a source of strategic questionsChapter
  36. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:42:25An unread presentation copy and Mahan's influenceNotable Point
  37. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    14:56Why naval theory needs explainers as well as instinctive leadersNotable Point
  38. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    30:20Reading Mahan's history with historical cautionNotable Point
  39. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    34:06Mahan's later works and strategic dialogue with CorbettNotable Point
  40. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    21:02Theory, procurement, and reality as three different fleetsNotable Point
  41. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    24:10Jeune Ecole ideas influence the wider design debateNotable Point
  42. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    41:02Science-fiction ships can clarify real naval conceptsQ&A
  43. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:30:40A route from Clausewitz to modern naval theoryQ&A
  44. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    29:10Corbett's British strategy was not a universal formulaChapter
  45. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    31:50Corbett developed doctrine through institutions and intellectual networksNotable Point
  46. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    33:23Testing commerce-raiding doctrine through the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
  47. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    34:39Port Arthur showed how quickly torpedo lessons could expireNotable Point
  48. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    15:14Why strategic theory must escape friendly silosNotable Point
  49. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    27:24Why Mahan questioned the steam-age naval meleeNotable Point
  50. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:02:03Roosevelt, Panama, and a credible naval stickChapter
  51. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:16:55Nelson's temperament under fire in Mahan's character studyNotable Point
  52. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:16:55A compact route into Mahan's wider workChapter
  53. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    2:11:12Corbett's support for Fisher had limitsNotable Point
  54. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    2:41:31Why publish Modern Naval Strategy during a world war?Notable Point
  55. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    3:47:03Why read Gorshkov during the Cold War?Q&A
  56. Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 63
    2:42Maritime strategy beyond the battle fleetNotable Point
  57. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    28:20Q&A: can theorists lack command experience?Q&A
  58. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:35:21Sea power as a prerequisite for maritime strategyNotable Point
  59. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    2:50:22Why Mahan was American rather than BritishQ&A
  60. Bruships 36: International Relations
    17:13James Cable as a Cold War naval theoristNotable Point
  61. Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream
    4:01Henry Hendrix and the argument about naval presenceNotable Point
  62. Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson
    6:13Finding an enemy fleet on an open seaNotable Point
  63. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    44:15Mahan, Corbett, and what follows the fleet battleNotable Point
  64. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    5:31Books preserve professional naval judgmentNotable Point
  65. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    29:05Reading Theodore Roosevelt as a naval theorist and policymakerNotable Point
  66. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:29:24Royal Navy thought beyond Corbett and MahanQ&A