The Navy and German Power Politics, 1862-1914

I. N. Lambi

1. Beginnings of Construction, 1862-88 2. Operations Plans Under Stosch and Caprivi 1877-88 3. Wilhelm’s Naval Dreams 4. Foreign Policy and Naval Operations, 1888-89 5. Coordination of the Army and Navy for Coastal Defense, 1889-95 6. The New Era and the Rise of Tirpitz, 1890-95 7. Incompetent Naval Planning for an Improbable Continental War, 1895-99 8. The Navy and World Power, I: Transoceanic Tension and Operational Planning Against Great Britain and in Non-European Waters, 1895-99 9. The Navy and World Power, II: Tirpitz and the First and Second Navy Laws, 1897-1900 10. The Acceptance of the Tirpitz Plan, 1897-1905 11. Diplomatic Background to Naval Operations, 1899-1904 12. Naval Preparation for War, 1899-1905 13. Diplomacy and Operational Planning in the Face of War, 1904-06 14. The Challenge to Britain: The Navy Laws of 1906 and 1908 and Increased War Preparedness 15. Foreign Policy from Algeciras to Agadir, 1906-11 16. Groping for Viable Naval Operations Plans in European Waters, 1905-11 17. The Eclipse of the Tirpitz Plan, 1911-14 18. Naval Operational Planning from Agadir to the July Crisis, 1914 19. Epilogue and Conclusions