Mahan on naval warfare : $b Selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. MahanMahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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Mahan on naval warfare : $b Selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan
Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
Naval art and science; Naval strategy; Sea-power
PUBLISHED WORKS
1883. “The Gulf and Inland Waters.”
1890. “The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783.”
1892. “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and
Empire, 1793–1812.” Two volumes.
“The Life of Admiral Farragut.”
1897. “The Life of Nelson: the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great
Britain.” Two volumes.
“The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future.”
1899. “Lessons of the War with Spain.”
1900. “The Problem of Asia, and its Effect upon International
Policies.”
“The Story of the War with South Africa, 1899–1900.”
1901. “Types of Naval Officers, Drawn from the History of the British
Navy.”
1902. “Retrospect and Prospect: Studies in International Relations,
Naval and Political.”
1905. “Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812.” Two volumes.
1907. “Some Neglected Aspects of War.”
“From Sail to Steam: Recollections of a Naval Life.”
1908. “Naval Administration and Warfare.”
1909. “The Harvest Within: Thoughts on the Life of a Christian.”
1910. “The Interest of America in International Conditions.”
1911. “Naval Strategy, Compared and Contrasted with the Principles and
Practice of Military Operations on Land.”
1912. “Armaments and Arbitration: the Place of Force in International
Relations.”
1913. “The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American
Independence.”
UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS
“Reflections, Historical and Other, Suggested by the Battle of the Sea
of Japan,” _U. S. Naval Institute_, June, 1906; Reprinted in _Journal of
the Royal United Service Institution_, November, 1906.
“The Battleship of All Big Guns,” _World’s Work_, January, 1911.
“Misrepresenting Mr. Roosevelt,” _Outlook_, June 17, 1911.
“Importance of Command of the Sea,” _Scientific American_, December 9,
1911.
“Was Panama a Chapter of National Dishonor?” _North American Review_,
October, 1912.
“Japan among Nations,” _Living Age_, August 2, 1913.
“Twentieth Century Christianity,” _North American Review_, April, 1914.
“Macdonough at Plattsburg,” _North American Review_, August, 1914.
“The Panama Canal and the Distribution of the Fleet,” _North American
Review_, September, 1914.
REFERENCES
There is at present no printed source for the life of Mahan except his
autobiographical record “From Sail to Steam,” which is confined almost
entirely to the period preceding his retirement in 1896. Aside from book
reviews, the more important critical essays and tributes are as follows:
“Mahan’s Counsels to the United States,” G. S. Clarke, _Nineteenth
Century, Review_, February, 1898.
“Mahan on Sea Power,” S. G. W. Benjamin, _New York Times Book Review_,
January 18, 1902.
“La Maîtrise de la Mer,” Auguste Moireau, _Revue des Deux Mondes_,
October, 1902.
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