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Alfred Thayer Mahan

Born

in West Point, New York, The United States

September 27, 1840

Died

December 01, 1914

Genre

Nonfiction, History

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Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact; it was most famously presented in his 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783. The concept had an enormous influence in shaping the strategic thought of navies across the world, especially in the United States, Germany, Japan and Britain, ultimately causing the World War I naval arms race. His ideas still permeate the U.S. Navy Doctrine. ...more

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	The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 3.93 avg rating — 1,196 ratings — published 1890 — 303 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Influence of Seapower Upon History 4.03 avg rating — 76 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mahan on Naval Warfare 3.95 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1981 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Admiral Farragut 3.91 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1892 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1897 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812: Volume 1 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1970 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Alfred Thayer Mahan, Pieter Merwe (Introduction) 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1897 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2001 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy: With Some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1901 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1969 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within.”
― Alfred Thayer Mahan

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“The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.”
― Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783

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“The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily be to enter into a melee with equal forces, in which all these advantages will be thrown away, chance reign supreme, and his fleet be place on terms of equality with an assemblage of ships which have never before acted together.”
― Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

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