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Alfred Thayer Mahan (/ m ə ˈ h æ n /; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."
Alfred Thayer Mahan (born September 27, 1840, West Point, New York, U.S.—died December 1, 1914, Quogue, New York) was an American naval officer and historian who was a highly influential exponent of sea power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dec 30, 2014 · December 1, 2014, was the 100th anniversary of the death of Alfred Thayer Mahan, the renowned naval historian, strategist, and geopolitical theorist.
Mar 21, 2022 · Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) stands out as one of the foremost thinkers on naval warfare, strategy, and international politics. Mahan’s reputation as a strategic thinker rests primarily on his famous books about the influence of sea power on the world and its affairs.
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840 1914) was an American naval officer and esteemed naval theorist who served a historic role in defining the U.S. Navy as a significant geopolitical force during the end of the nineteenth century.
May 23, 2018 · Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was an American naval officer who wrote extensively on naval strategy and the history of sea power. From his studies of naval warfare he drew principles of strategy that greatly influenced the development and employment of naval forces during the first half of the twentieth century.
Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN retired (September 27, 1840–December 1, 1914), died on December 1 at Washington, where he had in November begun a period of association with the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Alfred Thayer Mahan. 27 September 1840 - 1 December 1914. Alfred Thayer Mahan was born on 27 September 1840 at West Point, New York, where his father, Dennis Hart Mahan, was a distinguished...
Jun 14, 2024 · Alfred Thayer Mahan. (1840—1914) Quick Reference. (1840–1914), US naval officer and strategist, born at West Point. He graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1859, and during the American Civil War (1861–5) served in blockading vessels and as a staff officer.
By arguing that sea power—the strength of a nation’s navy—was the key to strong foreign policy, Alfred Thayer Mahan shaped American military planning and helped prompt a worldwide naval race in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
