"No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power" (Samuel Eliot Morison).

“没有哪次重大现代战争不是由占优势的海军力量取胜的” （萨缪尔·艾略·莫里森）。

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage.

埃利说服对该段落进行修改。

Eliot deliberately pruned away details.

艾略有意删去了细节。