Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Consider by scholars as the single most influential book in naval strategy, Alfred Thayer Mahan's "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783," is a history of naval warfare and sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that would have a profound influence on the world in the early part of the twentieth century. After the publication of this work the policies outlined in it would soon be adopted by the major military powers...
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This book gathers together various lectures that Mahan delivered between 1887 and 1911 at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. In this comprehensive work, Mahan provides a detailed review of the principles of naval strategy and explores a multitude of historical examples to illustrate and support these principles. Naval Strategy remains a classic work on operational warfare at sea from the father of modern naval thought.
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This short biography of the Civil War admiral — and hero of Mobile Bay — was published in 1892. Written by one of America's greatest naval historians, himself a Civil War veteran, this work is a must read for anyone interested in Farragut himself or in the development of Mahan's influential and pugnacious ideas about sea power.
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While westward land expansion captured the attention of America's leaders, Mahan used history to prove that he who controls the seas controls the globe. In this 1913 classic of military historical analysis, dissecting battles at Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, he argues that the Revolutionary War was really won on the water.
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Courage, loyalty, and service to the state are among the virtues extolled here by Mahan, the father of modern sea power theory. This authoritative 1905 history is based on his lectures as president of the Naval War College. Volume Two takes the story from the winter of 1812/3 and Bainbridge's Squadron to the peace negotiations which ended the war in February of 1815.
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This authoritative 1905 history, based on Mahan's lectures as president of the Naval War College, develop his still-influential ideas about the role navies play among modern nations. Volume One begins with the antecedents of the war, such as the conditions in the colonies-and ends in the thick of the war, describing ocean warfare in the fall of 1812.
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Fascinating compendium of writings by one of the world's most influential experts on naval warfare. Over 40 articles cover naval principles, sea power in history and naval and national policies. Wide-ranging coverage of strategic positions, principles of naval administration, growth of British sea power, The Battle of Trafalgar, the moral aspect of war, motives for naval power, much else. 8 black-and-white maps and diagrams. Appendix. Index.
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This 1903 collection highlights Admiral Mahan's still-influential ideas on the role navies play among modern nations. Includes "The Principles of Naval Administration," "Principles Involved in the War Between Japan and Russia," "The Strength of Nelson," "The Value of the Pacific Cruise of the United States Fleet, 1908," and "The Monroe Doctrine."
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In this volume, distinguished naval strategist Alfred T. Mahan turns his eye to the seamen of the mid-eighteenth century, a momentous period in naval history. Here are biographies of Edward Hawke, Rodney, Lord Howe, Sir John Jervis, James Saumarez, and Israel Pellew. The author examines the characteristics and achievements of these towering figures, whose professional lives touched World, and, especially, American history.
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In this volume, the highly respected naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan attempts to arouse in his fellow Americans an awareness of their naval responsibilities, framing his argument not only in terms of national security but also touching on international commerce. Included are the chapters, "Hawaii and our Future Sea Power," "Possibilities of an Anglo-American Reunion," and "Strategic Features of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico," among...
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