• Pre-history, conquest and colony
• The Indians
• Exploration and conquest
• Pirates
• Exploration during the colony
• Independence
• The Patria Vieja
• The first naval squadron
• The coming of Lord Cochrane
• The Peruvian expedition
• Chiloe
• The sea and Chilean expansion
• The war against the Confederation
• The merchant marine
• The war with Spain
• Exploration and colonization
• The War of the Pacific: Iquique
• The War of the Pacific: Angamos
• The Navy and the invasion of Peru
• The Civil War of
• 1891
• A century of peace
• The evolution of the naval squadron
• The Naval Mutiny of
• 1931
• Peace time activities
• The defense of internal law and order.

• Perception in the midst of chaos, Karl Revells-- steam, strategy and Shurman - imperial defence in the post-Crimean era, 1856-1905, John Beeler-- economy or empire? - the fleet unit concept and the quest for collective security in the Pacific, 1909-1914, Nicholas Lambert-- the empire and the USA in British strategy in the spring of 1917, David French-- "For Diplomatic, Economic, Strategy and Telegraphic Reasons"- British imperial defence, the Middle East and India, 1914-1918, Keith Neilson-- "It is Our Business in the Navy to Command the Seas" - the last decade of British maritime supremacy, 1919-1929, John Ferris-- the Royal Navy and the defence of th British Empire, 1928-1934, Orest Babij--
• 1935 - a snapshot of British imperial defence in the Far East, Greg Kennedy.
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Far Flung Lines shows how the British Empire used its maritime supremacy to construct and maintain a worldwide defence system that would protect its vital imperial interests. By combining a number of different historical threads - particularly imperial history, naval history and military history - Neilson and Kennedy rebut the idea that British defence policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was primarily concerned with maintaining the balance of power in Europe.
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