Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Maritime Dreams, Meiji Realities, 1868-1878 -- 2 Parochialism and Empire -- 3 Political Baptism by Fire -- 4 The Rich Rewards and Rivalry of War, 1894-1904 -- 5 War, Pageantry, and Propaganda in the Service of Naval Expansion, 1905-1910 -- 6 Coercion, Pragmatism, and Interservice Rivalry -- 7 The Rise and Fall of Navy Political Fortunes, 1913-1914 -- 8 Opportunism, Expansion, and Limitation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.