Sir Julian Corbett Project

The Corbett Project studies strategist & philosopher of seapower and maritime strategy, Sir Julian Stafford Corbett (1854-1922) and advances his work.

[Sir Julian Corbett Project @Corbettproject]

Corbett 100 became 'Corbett Project' in 2026. A international collaborative effort of scholars, academics, veterans & military personnel to advance the understanding of Corbett, further his work & develop the future of strategy.
https://t.co/sfI4nnyFgW or https://t.co/GIYSmTTYVs

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'What is Seapower?' by Professor Andrew Lambert.
Filmed at the US Naval Academy for @usnahistory
https://t.co/syHK6eUFXr

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"Corbett’s work suffered the cruellest of fates, derided by those it had been designed to help, disparaged by those who would exploit it in the next great conflict, & popularised by a journalist to effect that few realise who created the ‘British way of war’."
––Prof. A Lambert.

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A reminder the opening of the Second World War was classically Corbettian. The hunting down of threats to trade was a natural instinct for a seapower state navy nor was the Royal Navy going to sit idle at anchor waiting to see what the other services did, or did not do.

[Society for Nautical Research @NauticalHistory]

⚓ #OnThisDay in 1939 ⚓

The Battle of the River Plate took place.

This battle was one of the most iconic battles of the Second World War.

🔊 To learn more, listen to The Mariner's Mirror Podcast episode on this Great Sea Fight here:
https://t.co/Dk6BsbtKcR

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The question remains if navies and in particular island nation navies are listening to debate & scholars on Corbett & maritime strategy for today and tommorow? If the Royal Navy is, as once did, remains an open question...
https://t.co/twPj5g9uhQ

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Sir Julian Corbett's work and its relevancy to #Space will on the table of discussion for a conversation between the Laughton-Corbett Research Fellow Dr James WE Smith & guest Dr John Klein who will discuss #spacepower & #spacewarfare 30 Jan 2024.
https://t.co/cLsPsmbzH2

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For too long Corbett and Mahan have been divided by some contemporary scholars who thought to get the best results to pitch eithers work against one another.

This was foolish.

The American Spectator reviews 21st Century Mahan & his contiuning relevance.
https://t.co/0lOCsOR1cz

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"...for Napoleon, at the zenith of his power, the one fragment of success that was left to England in Europe was unendurable to the pride which had been so completely humbled at sea."
Corbett, Julian S.. The Campaign of Trafalgar (p. 422).

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Dr Smith and Dr Klein have been writing and researching 'Corbett in orbit' and 'Corbett in Space', so expect Sir Julian to feature in this lecture about #spacestrategy #spacewarfare and explore Klein's work on #irregularwarfareinspace

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Release of the first Corbett 100 related publication is imminent with much of it public access.

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The below publication will be the first Corbett 100 document in addition to the other outputs. It should be released by the end of 2023 and currently due to be public-access. We will provide links and updates as soon as its available.

[Sir Julian Corbett Project @Corbettproject]

An elegant collection of Corbett’s output. Perhaps modern ‘bindings’ are a little underwhelming?

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@surprisepodcast That’s something our team has been contributing the debate on, alongside others and hopefully those points and facts will be useful to those there (& beyond).

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“If our nature is characterised by our myths and legends, then 🇦🇺 is not a maritime nation. As a people, we are happy to lie at the beach & toss pebbles at the waves, or turn our back upon it and fix our gaze on the dusty enormity of our island continent”. https://t.co/o5gMImt3TF

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Nelson & Co might as well have stayed at home then . The Royal Navy is the first and last defence of England, but seapower is far more than an anti-invasion force. “In the culture of an island, risk & chance are unacceptable gambles.”
See JSC and the ‘Campaign of Trafalgar.’

[Dr Rachel Blackman-Rogers @RBlackmanRogers]

@James_WE_Smith Just to add that what Corbett understood as others have not was that Nelson was exercising the control of the sea that Britain had achieved during the 1790s. He ensured that the enemy understood that Britain would not tolerate any challenge to that control.

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"#Trafalgar is ranked as one of the decisive battles of the world, & yet of all the great victories there is not one which to all appearance was so barren of immediate result. It had brought to a triumphant conclusion one of the most masterly & complex sea campaigns in history."

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His podcast with the team @USNAMuseum includes discussion about Sir Julian Corbett.

[King's Laughton & Corbett Centre @laughtonunit]

🔊 You can now listen to a #PrebleHall @USNAMuseum
@NavalAcademy podcast where Dr. Tyler Pitrof of
@USNHistory interviews @KingsCollegeLon @warstudies Professor Andrew Lambert:
about his latest books and 'Seapower vs Sea Power'.

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The below publication will be the first Corbett 100 document in addition to the other outputs. It should be released by the end of 2023 and currently due to be public-access. We will provide links and updates as soon as its available.

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Dissemination of C100 events & conferences continues with @AusNavInst soon publishing “Indo-Pacific Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century: A 'Corbett 100' & 2022 Australian Naval Institute Goldrick Conference.” Global scholars from a broad background contributing.

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Professor David Kohnen (USNWC) "...Historians not having access to original documentary evidence & growing difficulty to some archives is like the NSA not having access to satellites....after all, history is a function of intelligence..." #McMullen23

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Revd serves a reminder of the life and work of Mahan.
Recommended reading:
“Mahan Versus Corbett in Width, Depth, and Context.” https://t.co/FM4EQSxOhX by @WWATMD
Also, Prof. A Lambert argues more copies of Corbett’s work ended up in the USNWC library than Mahan’s!

[Revd Nicholas Pye @RevdPye]

27 Sept 1840, Alfred Mahan, naval officer & historian, born. His Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660–1783 & Influence of Sea Power upon French Revolution & Empire 1793–1812, influential, esp. on Admiral Tirpitz, who had former translated & 8,000 copies distributed. Died 1914