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- Alfred Thayer Mahan (/ məˈhæn /; 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."
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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."
6 days ago · 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.
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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.
- Francis P. Sempa
Feb 9, 2022 · Alfred Thayer Mahan’s mediocre and often frustrated career as a USN officer spanned exactly this nadir of U.S. naval capabilities. Largely in response to these circumstances, Mahan took matters into his own hands, making a historical argument (or polemic) for naval expansion.
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.
The Influence of Sea Power upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by the American naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having ...
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.
