Includes index.

Early writings on leadership -- Naval leadership : some distinctive features -- The eighteenth century : the making of a tradition -- St. Vincent : the sailor who did not fall from grace with the sea -- Nelson : a hero's life and death -- Collingwood : the stoic -- The age of Nelson-also taking part-lesser mortals -- The long Victorian peace -- Entering the war -- Jellicoe and Jutland -- After the Great War : Beatty and Keyes -- Interlude between the wars -- Cunningham : the lessons of the Great War learned and the search for another Nelson concluded -- Recessional : admirals all for England's sake!