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The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

A. T. Mahan

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Why did Britain, a small island, come to dominate the world? Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American naval officer, answers that the key was sea power: the ability…

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Author
A. T. Mahan
Category
History
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

Why did Britain, a small island, come to dominate the world? Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American naval officer, answers that the key was sea power: the ability to control the oceans through a strong navy, a large merchant fleet and bases around the world. He sets out the elements that make a nation a sea power, such as its geography, coastline, population, national character and government, and then examines the naval wars of Europe from 1660 to 1783, from the struggles with the Dutch to the American Revolution, to show how control of the sea decided the fate of empires.

Context and significance

Mahan (1840–1914) published the book in 1890 from his lectures at the Naval War College, and it was read by presidents, kaisers and admirals; it helped inspire the naval arms race before the First World War. It belongs beside Clausewitz's On War among the classics of strategy.

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