By Alfred Thayer Mahan with a new introduction by Francis P. The interest of America in international conditions. Hattendorf, editor. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1991. By Alfred Thayer Mahan with an introduction by John B. Mahan on naval strategy: selections from the writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. Boston, Little, Brown, 1918 Reprint, Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1999. Mahan on naval warfare selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840December 1, 1914) was a US Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Press, 1991 The Influence of history on Mahan: the proceedings of a conference marking the centenary of Alfred Thayer Mahan's The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Lessons of the war with Spain, and other articles. 1919.Īrmaments and arbitration or, The place of force in the international relations of states. Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the importance of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea and dreaded his duties as a ships captain.

The harvest within thoughts on the life of the Christian. Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Reluctant Seaman. Naval administration and warfare: some general principles, with other essays. Sea power in its relations to the War of 1812. Retrospect and prospect studies in international relations, naval and Political. Boston: Published for the Society, by Houghton, Mifflin, 1901.Īdmiral Farragut. Mahan with an introduction by Sir John G. The war in South Africa a narrative of the Anglo-Boer war from the beginning of hostilities to the fall of Pretoria. Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840December 1, 1914) was a US Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2003. Mahan Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1900 Reprint with a new introduction by Francis P. The problem of Asia and its effect upon international policies.

Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1897 Reprint, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001. The life of Nelson, the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1890 Reprint, New York: Dover Publications, 1987. The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783. His most prominent work, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783, had a widespread impact on navies around the world. He exerted a major impact on Theodore Roosevelt, as well as upon leaders in Britain, Japan and Germany.Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840–December 1, 1914) was a US Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. This reasoning inferred a rationale for American acquisition of port facilities throughout the world.Īlfred Thayer Mahan wrote at the time of a great international arms race. Those facilities would not be dependable if controlled by other nations. the naval academy, where he graduated second in his class in 1859. maryland he then studied at Columbia for two years. Education: Mahan attended an episcopal college preparatory academy in western. He urged the United States forward in its naval building programs.Īlfred Thayer Mahan also argued that modern navies needed repair and coaling stations. Place of birth West Point, New York, U.S. According to his analysis of history, the great powers were those that maintained strong navies and merchant marines. He downplayed the philanthropic side of overseas involvement and concentrated on harsh political realities. These works made Alfred Thayer Mahan one of the leading spokesmen for the age of imperialism. The Influence of Sea Power upon History appeared in 1890 and The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire in 1892. Mahan served twice as president of the college, 1886 to 18 to 1893. Naval Academy in the Class of 1933, Captain Campbell’s postwar duty includes CO, USS Leary ACOS for Logistics, ComNavGer ComDesDiv 322 Deputy Chief of Staff, ComOpDevFor CO, USS Muliphen ACOS for Plans & Operations ComPhibGru TWO. For example, he critiqued British and French naval strategy in the Caribbean Sea during the War of American. This is Alfred Thayer Mahan’s message applied to an acute national need today. He was a lecturer at the Newport War College, where he prepared ideas that would later appear in his highly influential writings. Alfred Thayer Mahan exhorts naval commanders to do the latter: go after the enemy fleet. Naval Academy and served as a Union naval officer during the Civil War. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Proponent of American Naval PowerĪlfred Thayer Mahan was born in West Point, New York, in 1840, educated at the U.S.

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