Sir Herbert Russell brings a clea: and distinguished mind to expounding in "Sea Warfare Today" (The Bodley Head, London, 3/6) the theory of naval warfare and its applications. {t is a book for those who prefer reasoned faith to gallant example, an admirable brief guide for the intelligent reader. For many years Sir Herbert has specialized in writing upon naval matters. During the Great War he was for nearly four years principal War Correspondent for Reuter's and the Press Association both in Gallipoli and on the Western Front He was created a Knight Commander of the British Empire and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for his services, In this topical book he aims at giving a general, simple and comprehensive survey of the part which sea-power is playing in the present war—the types and functions of all classes of fighting ships, strategical principles, the evolution of weapons and their effect upon methorls, modern naval training in relation to the experience of the Great War, and the like. He presents a picture of sea warfare as a whole which is in no sense just an other addition to the many textbooks.
In ihe chapter on "The Nazi Outlook" he has something to say on the German "blockade".
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they sighted. or distant, single or in convoy, there Was not a solitary vessel of their own country. Their initiative against the tollers of the deep was absolutely powerless to relax the strangle grip upon their own sea trade.
Sir Herbert's conclusion is:
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