The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783.
By: By Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan...Introduction by Louis M. Hacker.
Series: American century series -- AC-10
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
Subjects: Naval history; Sea-power
Description: 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. -- This description applies to the Hardcover edition.