The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan
"The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783" by A. T. Mahan is a history of naval warfare published in 1890. This groundbreaking work examines how control of the seas shaped European dominance during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Mahan identifies key factors for achieving sea power and argues that strong navies determine national greatness. The book sparked a global naval arms race and profoundly influenced military strategy worldwide, becoming the mostimportant text in naval thought and contributing to America's rise as a great power. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 |
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| Title | The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Influence_of_Sea_Power_upon_History |
| Credits | E-text prepared by A. E. Warren and revised by Jeannie Howse, Frank van Drogen, Paul Hollander, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 49.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere |
| Subject | Sea-power |
| Subject | Naval history, Modern |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13529 |
| Release Date | Sep 26, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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