Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, The - Hardcover

Mahan, Alfred

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ISBN 10: 1589801555 ISBN 13: 9781589801554

Verlag: Pelican Publishing Co, 2003

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Noted nineteenth-century U.S. naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan argues that, despite great changes and scientific advances in naval weaponry, certain principles of naval strategy remain constant.

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Though technological advances over the last century have revolutionized warfare, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 remains a classic text on the history, strategy, and comprehension of commercial and military command of the high seas.

The first president of the U.S. Naval War College, Alfred Thayer Mahan demonstrates through historical examples that the rise and fall of sea power and the wealth of nations have always been linked with commercial and military command of the sea. Mahan describes successful naval strategies employed in the past--from Greek and Roman times through the Napoleonic Wars--with an intense focus on England's rise as a sea power in the eighteenth century. This book provides not only an overview of naval tactics but also a lucid exposition of geographic, economic, and social factors governing the maintenance of sea power.

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• Verlag: Pelican Publishing Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1589801555
• ISBN 13: 9781589801554
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 640