"One of the most substantive studies we have yet of a British public intellectual in the early decades of the twentieth century. A powerful and opinionated book, and a larger achievement for being so."--Paul Kennedy, Journal of Military History "This book is a must. As ever with Professor Lambert, the prose is flowing and engaging, the arguments convincing, and the stamp of rigorous scholarship and considerable thinking evident on every page."--G. H. Bennett, Journal of Military History "Andrew Lambert trawls through all of the relevant archives to uncover Corbett's life and times, and then to overturn the standard accounts of British seapower from 1895 to 1915. This outstanding work will become an essential text for anyone interested in naval history and strategy.

"--John Ferris, author of Behind the Enigma "Andrew Lambert, the leading naval historian of our generation, writing a biography of Sir Julian Corbett, the best maritime strategist ever: this is a perfect match. The result is a tremendously erudite, beautifully written study of Corbett's thoughts and world in all its detail, against the background of Britain's global politics of his times."--Beatrice Heuser, author of The Evolution of Strategy.