E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 28178-h.htm or 28178-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/1/7/28178/28178-h/28178-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/8/1/7/28178/28178-h.zip) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | The original book used bold face as a means to find the | | index entries. This has not been reproduced in this | | e-book. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ SOUND MILITARY DECISION U.S. Naval War College Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Maryland This book is the 1942 edition of a book originally published in 1936 by the U.S. Naval War College. CONTENTS _Sound Military Decision_ 1 Index 227 Sound Military Decision U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Newport, Rhode Island November 30, 1941 SOUND MILITARY DECISION was first published at the Naval War College in 1936. It included the essential features of THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION which, since 1910, had been issued at intervals in a series of revised editions. The new material that was added in 1936 was intended to assist in enlarging the viewpoint and in broadening the basis of professional judgment. Primarily intended for the purposes of the Naval War College, this work is the cumulative result of years of untiring and loyal effort on the part of the College staff and student body. Equally important have been the advice and assistance contributed by other officers of wide professional experience and attainment.