Influence of Sea-Power upon History, 1660-1783 - Hardcover

Mahan, Alfred Thayer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316543829 ISBN 13: 9780316543828

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1980

Synopsis

Details the significance of sea power in determining the wealth and strength of nations during these two centuries

About this title

Book Description:

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was an American naval officer and lecturer. This highly influential volume, first published in 1890, contains Mahan's analysis and discussions of the factors leading to Britain's naval domination in the eighteenth century, with strategic and tactical recommendations based on these factors.

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0316543829
• ISBN 13: 9780316543828
• Binding: Hardcover