The participation of navies in the Great War played a prominent role that did not have the dramatic intensity of trench warfare, but it was crucially important for the course of the conflict itself and was central to its final outcomes. This factor perfectly justifies the creation of a work of this nature, whose theme focuses on Naval Policy and Power in the context of the Great War, where each of the eight authors addresses a specific topic, but only their combined contributions allow for a comprehensive understanding of a theme that also involved Portugal.
