Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy officer and historian whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power
Alfred Thayer Mahan
The Mahan Hall at the United States Naval Academy is named for Mahan.
The Influence of Sea Power upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by the American naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power dur
Alfred Thayer Mahan
…United States Navy (USN) officer and historian whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783 won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with the publication of its 1892 successor, The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution…
Title page of the twelfth edition.
Aerial view of Guam's Apra Harbor and old airstrips.