If we wish to get an explanation of the efficiency of our navy in 1898, and of the astonishing ease with which its victories were won, we must go a long way back of that year, and study not only its history, but the history of the Spanish navy for many decades.
Roosevelt advises that understanding the 1898 naval victories requires a deep historical study of both the American and Spanish navies over many decades.
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