Alfred Thayer Mahan
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Military History
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Ships, Naval History, Historians
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Military significance: Mahan’s monumental work The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1805, published in 1890, argued the case for sea power as a decisive factor in history.
Alfred Thayer Mahan was born at West Point, New York, where his father, a noted authority on field fortifications and siege warfare, taught engineering at the military academy. Mahan graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1859. As a young lieutenant, he served as executive officer aboard the USS Pocahontas during the early part of the...
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