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Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters
Robert Seager
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Description for Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters
Paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; BGH; BJ; JWF; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 242 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1154.
President Theodore Roosevelt called him one of the greatest and most useful influences in American life. In the words of Robert Seager II, Mahan had much to do with resurrecting the U.S. Navy from its post-Civil War grave, and with giving it the professional ballast and theoretical direction that helped guide it to victory in 1898, in 1918, and in 1945. By many Americans he is recalled chiefly as the author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History. That brilliant, instantly acclaimed volume was in many ways the most influential book written by an American ... Read more
President Theodore Roosevelt called him one of the greatest and most useful influences in American life. In the words of Robert Seager II, Mahan had much to do with resurrecting the U.S. Navy from its post-Civil War grave, and with giving it the professional ballast and theoretical direction that helped guide it to victory in 1898, in 1918, and in 1945. By many Americans he is recalled chiefly as the author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History. That brilliant, instantly acclaimed volume was in many ways the most influential book written by an American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591145929
SKU
V9781591145929
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Ref
99-3
About Robert Seager
Dr Robert Seager II (1925-2004) taught college history for forty years. He is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on American history, and received the U.S. Naval Institute Award of Merit, the Navy League Award for Literary Achievement, the John Lyman Book Award, and the University of Kentucky Hallam Award for Mahan's biography.
Reviews for Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters
[T]his [is a] valuable reprint ... Trawling through Mahan's 2,900 surviving letters, his diaries, his 20 books, 137 articles and numerous speeches, the author presents us with an excellent analysis and appreciation of Mahan the man.... This is a very valuable book for anyone interested in naval history, doctrine, tactics, strategy, theory and philosophy whether professionally or intellectually or both. ... Read more