Alfred Thayer Mahan

The older classic accounts by John K. Mahon, The War of 1812 (1972), and Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (1969), retain their value, as does the even older naval history by Alfred Thayer Mahan, Sea Power in Its Relation to the War of 1812 (1919).

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

The 19th-century naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan gets the others.

When We Were the Underdog Ronald Spector 2011

Roosevelt, an ardent sea-power enthusiast and follower of the theories of Alfred Thayer Mahan, and recent convert to strategic airpower, found a strategy of indirection and limited war appealing.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

The older classic accounts by John K. Mahon, The War of 1812 (1972), and Reginald Horsman, The War of 1812 (1969), retain their value, as does the even older naval history by Alfred Thayer Mahan, Sea Power in Its Relation to the War of 1812 (1919).

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Roosevelt, an ardent sea-power enthusiast and follower of the theories of Alfred Thayer Mahan, and recent convert to strategic airpower, found a strategy of indirection and limited war appealing.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

As he was drawn to grand strategy practiced by the naval advocate Alfred Thayer Mahan, he was also drawn to big biological theory—to Darwin, who had “fairly revolutionized thought,” as well as much lesser lights who thought that race was destiny.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

As he was drawn to grand strategy practiced by the naval advocate Alfred Thayer Mahan, he was also drawn to big biological theory—to Darwin, who had “fairly revolutionized thought,” as well as much lesser lights who thought that race was destiny.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

As he was drawn to grand strategy practiced by the naval advocate Alfred Thayer Mahan, he was also drawn to big biological theory—to Darwin, who had “fairly revolutionized thought,” as well as much lesser lights who thought that race was destiny.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

Adm. Alfred Thayer Mahan was not much of a commander at sea, but his theories on sea power had an enormous influence on navies and political leaders all over the world (Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany was so taken that he ordered Mahan's book, "The Influence of Sea Power on History," placed in the wardroom of every German warship.)

Sea Power 2008

For Roosevelt, the key to the future lay in a book called The Influence of Sea Power on History, by naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan.

The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008