The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
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Summary:
The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, written by Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, was a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire.
In this book that British control of the seas paved the way for its emergence as the world’s dominant military, political, and economic power. Mahan, as well as other leading american politicians, believed that that strategy could improve the U.S. foreign policy and expand the U.S. markets overseas.
Although his book preceded the economic depression of the 1890s, the ideas that stemmed from his book left many leading intellectuals and politicians concerned