Shipping : one of the world's oldest industries
Phoenicia : "Commerce without empire"
Greece : disunity brought maritime downfall
Ships built the Roman Empire
Merchant shipping and the path of world empire
America's oldest industry
Lesson No.1 : A merchant marine won American independence
Seafaring commerce : it cannot exist without a navy
The American Merchant Marine begins to grow
Lesson No.2 : Merchant ships need protection
American shipping smothered by impressment and embargo
Lesson No.3 : A merchant marine maintained American independence
Ten rich years for American shipping
Clippers, California, and commerce
The decline of a great merchant marine
Lesson No.4 : Cost, $3,000,000,000
Lesson No.5 : A merchant marine save democracy
What to do with 50 million tons of shipping
Sea power : naval vessels, plus bases, plus merchant vessels
Subsidies for American shipping
Management, men, and markets
The new American Merchant Marine and its future.
