"In making the following study of certain attacks upon fortified harbors it was my object to make an analysis of each campaign, and of them all collectively, in order to attempt to derive well grounded conclusions as to future wars."
The object of this book is to place in the hands of officers and men of our new Army, some of the details of the work it took me months of labor and the probable sacrifice of lives to learn. Some day you will have to do the same kind of work I had...
It must be borne in mind that this book deals with principles and example of methods of warfare, and not fixed rules. There are no fixed methods in warfare. Development in warfare means change of methods or the invention of new ones to overcome...