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Alfred Thayer Mahan
Alfred T. Mahan
A famous military strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) recommended in an innovative (and highly insightful) way that the American military should focus on sea-power as the key to its success in any contemporary or future conflicts. Following from his authoritative studies of past military and political events and patterns, Mahan's recommendations have since been largely seen as not only innovative but also true.
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Alfred T. Mahan
He thought that the future of the nation depended on foreign traid
There have been two instances of father-son admirals in the US Navy: Arleigh Burke and his son, William Burke, and Alfred Thayer Mahan and his son, Alfred Thayer Mahan Jr.
U.S. Navy Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" in 1890.The book was a classic and the Kaiser had a copy of it placed in every German naval vessel.
Naval Forces
Alfred T. Mahan
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Admiral A. T. Mahan was a respected US Naval Officer, no more and no less.
He urged America to have a massive navy to intimidate the rest of the world and to have many naval bases around the world.
It helped us by creating the theory of seafloor spreading which is the proof alfred needed to complete his hypothesis
A famous military strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) recommended in an innovative (and highly insightful) way that the American military should focus on sea-power as the key to its success in any contemporary or future conflicts. Following from his authoritative studies of past military and political events and patterns, Mahan's recommendations have since been largely seen as not only innovative but also true.
Alfred Thayer Mahan, an American Admiral and naval strategist of the early 1900's