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Excerpt from National Policy and Naval Strength, and Other Essays
Offa, King Of Mercia, in the eighth century, after a glorious reign of nine years, bequeathed to England the useful lesson that he who will be secure on land must be supreme at sea.' 1 This 'lesson can be traced back through the pages of history for more than 2000 years, where it takes the form of an immutable law never so strikingly affirmed as in the rise of the British Empire. It has at some periods been effectively applied to the salvation of our people; but there have been other times when it seemed to be forgotten, or when naval force was misused with inexorable national loss, happily in our case, never yet irretrievable.
If this is the unbroken teaching of history, and if in this country the truth is generally admitted, at least as a pious opinion, why have disastrous aberrations left their mark on the national life, and why have blighting heresies subverted national war policy?
These and many other important questions are closely analysed in vice-admiral Sir Herbert Richmond's admirable studies in which he seeks to build up a philosophy of British Warfare based upon history the only sure guide for the future.
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