The sixteen case studies in this book reflect the extraordinary diversity of experience of navies attempting to carry out, and also to eliminate, commerce raiding. Because the cases emphasize conflicts in which commerce raiding had major repercussions, they shed light on when, how, and in what manner it is most likely to be effective. The authors have been asked to examine the international context, the belligerents, the distribution of costs and benefits, the logistical requirements, enemy countermeasures, and the operational and strategic effectiveness of these campaigns.

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The breakdown of borders : commerce raiding during the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 / by Thomas M. Truxes -- Guerre de course and the first American naval strategy / by Christopher P. Magra -- French privateering during the French Wars, 1793-1815 / by Silvia Marzagalli -- Waging protracted naval war : U.S. Navy commerce raiding during the War of 1812 / by Kevin D. McCranie -- CSS Alabama and Confederate commerce raiders during the U.S. Civil War / by Spencer C. Tucker -- Two sides of the same coin : German and French maritime strategies in the late nineteenth century / by David H. Oliver -- Missed opportunities in the first Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 / by S.C.M. Paine -- Chinese neutrality and Russian commerce raiding during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 / by Bruce A. Elleman -- "Handelskrieg mit U-booten" : the German submarine offensive in World War I / by Paul G. Halpern -- The Anglo-American naval checkmate of Germany's guerre de course, 1917-1918 / by Kenneth J. Hagan and Michael T. McMaster -- Logistic supply and commerce war in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 / by Willard C. Frank, Jr. -- The German U-boat campaign in World War II / by Werner Rahn -- The shipping of Southeast Asian resources back to Japan : national logistics and war strategy / by Ken-ichi Arakawa -- Unrestricted submarine victory : the U.S. submarine campaign against Japan / by Joel Holwitt -- Guerre de course in the charter era : the tanker war, 1980-1988 / by George K. Walker -- Twenty-first century high-seas piracy off Somalia / by Martin N. Murphy -- Conclusion : guerre de course in the modern age / by Bruce A. Elleman and S.C.M. Paine.