Dennis Hart Mahan (Mă-hăn) [məˈhæn] was a noted American military theorist, civil engineer and professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1824–1871. He was the father of American naval historian and theorist Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan.
Dennis Hart Mahan
Mahan, salted paper photo, circa 1856
Mahan in an autographed cabinet photo, circa 1870
Mahan Hall, United States Military Academy, 2003
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with its successor, The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
The Mahan Hall at the United States Naval Academy is named for Mahan.