lectures
Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:
Mahan, Alfred T.: Discourse on the Strategic Value of a Point, 1896
Lecture given by Captain A. T. Mahan and the Naval War College in which he stated that the strategic value of any point depended on three principal conditions which included its position, its military strength (offensive and defensive), and the resources of the place itself and the surrounding country.
Mahan, Alfred T.: Strategic Problems and List of Questions on Capt. Mahan's works, 1895
List of questions and discussion points based on the works of Captain Mahan and strategic problems from naval history including: the Triple Alliance, Nicaragua Canal, possible war between Japan and Russia, naval administration, naval vs. military strategy, elements of sea-power, and the War of 1778-1783 among others.
Marion, Professor: Homing Pigeons for Sea Services, 1896 Jul 20
Transcript of a lecture delivered by Professor Henri H. Marion, US Naval Academy at the Naval War College. The lecture discusses historical uses of pigeons as "war messengers," primarly to transmit intelligence between ship and shore, including a successful pigeon communication programs in France, Belgium, and Portugal. He concludes the lecture with a summary of pigeon experiments at USNA, and expresses hope that Congress will support a pigeon breeding and experiment station.
Military Character, 1921 Sep 13
From Summer Conference 1913, Revised 1917. At paper's end is a notation dated 1921 Sep 13 by LCM.
Munsterberg, Hugo: The Psychology of the Navy, 1912 Jun 4
Address given to the Naval War College by Professor Hugo Musterberg.
O'Laughlin, John C.: The Navy and the Press, 1909 Jul 13
An address delivered by John Callan O'Laughlin at the Naval War College that was printed be the Shaw Bros. Press in Washington.
O'Laughlin, John C.: The Relation of Press Correspondents to the Navy Before and During War, 1913 Feb 17
Lecture delivered by John Callan O'Laughlin.
Peck, DeWitt: Gallipoli, 1937 Dec 6-7
Staff presentation by Lt. Col. DeWitt Peck, USMC.
Pence, H. L.: Economics, 1937
Presentation delivered by Capt. H. L. Pence.
Pepper, Charles M.: The International Railing Project and Pan American Affairs, 1904 Jun 10
Lecture delivered by Charles M. Pepper on the intercontinental railway project and the Panama Canal.