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 most important 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
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
Last Update Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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