Introduction
1. Early Warfare from the Sea: The Classical World and the Shaping of a Global Ideology
2. Violence from the Sea, 450–1450
3. The Globalisation of Naval Warfare, 1470–1650
4. The State and Sea Power: The Rise of the Battle Fleet, c.1650–1721
5. Naval Power and Global Reach, 1721–1815
6. Naval Power, the Industrial State and the Great Divergence, 1815–1914
7. Naval Power and Industrialised Warfare, 1914–1990
8. War at Sea in the Modern and Post-Modern World, 1945–2022