Download or read book The Political Influence of Naval Force in History written by J. Cable and published by Springer. This book was released on 1998-06-21 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five centuries, since Vasco de Gama's ships began making the Indian Ocean a Portuguese lake, many governments used naval force to serve their political purposes. The sceptre of the seas passed from one nation to another, but political success did not always reward the strongest navy. This selective, international history of naval force as a political instrument, whether in peace or war, ranges from Calicut, navally cannonaded in 1501, to Baghdad, assailed by sea launched missiles in 1991.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660 1783 written by Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660 1783 written by Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer and historian. ‘The influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783’ was published in 1890, chronicles the history of naval warfare, with a particular emphasis on the role and significance that sea-power held. The book earned Mahan critical acclaim immediately, and it remains an influential work of naval strategy amongst scholars today. Still a fascinating read, this classic text will appeal to historians, military and naval enthusiasts alike. We are republishing this highly acclaimed vintage text in a high quality, modern and affordable edition. It also features a specially written concise biography.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History written by Alfred T. Mahan and published by Mint Editions. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890) is a work of naval history and strategy by Alfred Thayer Mahan. Drawing on decades of experience as a naval officer, researcher, and university lecturer, Mahan develops his theory of sea power in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in this popular and important text. Despite a lack of primary sources, The Influence of Sea Power would prove essential to the expansion of European and American imperialism through the use of naval might and has been cited as one of the most influential works of the nineteenth century. "The history of Sea Power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war." For Alfred Thayer Mahan, there was no greater indicator of national might throughout history than control of the planet's oceans. In this detailed study of the subject, drawn from years of research and lectures given at the Naval War College in Rhode Island, Mahan traces the influence of sea power on such conflicts as the English Revolution and the Seven Years' War to argue that supremacy of the seas coincides with global commercial and political dominance throughout history. Immediately successful, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History would justify the expansion of imperialism as well as shape the naval arms race between Great Britain and Germany in the years preceding the First World War. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power Upon History is a classic of naval strategic scholarship reimagined for modern readers.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793 1812 written by Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-12 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812 is a history book about naval warfare by Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis the grand strategic end, in the late 18th and early 19th century. The book provides one of the most perceptive overviews of the course of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in general.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660 1783 written by A. T. Mahan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783" by A. T. Mahan is a history of naval warfare published in 1890. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. It's so well-written, many historians have claimed it's one of the most influential naval history books.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power upon History written by Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History is a history of naval warfare by United States naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. It is considered the single most influential book in naval strategy and its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, ultimately leading to the World War I naval arms race. Mahan began the book with an examination of what factors led to supremacy of the seas, especially how Great Britain was able to rise to its near dominance. He identified such features as geography, population, and government, and expanded the definition of sea power as comprising a strong navy and commercial fleet. Mahan also promoted the belief that any army would succumb to a strong naval blockade. The book then goes on to describe a series of European and American wars and how naval power was used in each._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power upon History written by Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History is a work by Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the history of maritime conflict while examining the numerous aspects required to support and attain sea power.

Download or read book America Sea Power and the World written by James C. Bradford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gold standard in college-level American naval history texts, edited by the foremost scholar in the field In the newly revised second edition of America, Sea Power and the World, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an extensive and authoritative survey of American naval history, the place of the United States in world affairs, and the role of that country’s naval forces during peacetime and wartime. Each chapter contains a comprehensive analysis of its subject as well as brief sidebars describing a key weapon or technological development of the era and a short biographical sketch of an influential leader or representative of the navy from that era. The book offers extensive illustration and maps and a throughgoing emphasis on naval policy, strategy, roles, and missions, with careful attention paid to naval operations. These factors given greater focus than the descriptions of battle tactics found in other texts. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to sea power and the modern state system, as well as the American War for Independence at sea Comprehensive explorations of the genesis of the United States Navy from 1785 to 1806 Practical discussions of the Naval War of 1812 and the Confirmation of Independence from 1807 to 1815 and the Squadron Navy as an agent of the commercial empire until 1890 Fulsome treatments of the Second World War in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Pacific, including defensive actions in the Pacific from 1937 to 1943 and offensive actions from 1943 to 1944. New chapters exclusive to the 2nd edition focused on the history of African Americans and women in the US Navy, the development of joint operations and unified command, and the naval history of the last two decades. Perfect for undergraduate students taking courses on the naval history of the United States, America, Sea Power and the World, Second Edition will also earn a place in the libraries of members of the general public interested in naval and military history.

Download or read book One Hundred Years of Sea Power written by George W. Baer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1996-07-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force. What it should do, what doctrine it holds, what ships it deploys, and how it fights are determined by practical political and military choices in relation to national needs. Choices are made according to the state's goals, perceived threat, maritime opportunity, technological capabilities, practical experience, and, not the least, the way the sea service defines itself and its way of war. This book is a history of the modern U.S. Navy. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History written by A. T. Mahan and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2019 Reprint of 1892 Edition. Illustrated with maps and charts. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In 1890, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire. Mahan argued that British control of the seas, combined with a corresponding decline in the naval strength of its major European rivals, paved the way for Great Britain's emergence as the world's dominant military, political, and economic power. Mahan and some leading American politicians believed that these lessons could be applied to U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the quest to expand U.S. markets overseas. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. Scholars considered it the single most influential book in naval strategy. Its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, ultimately leading to the World War I naval arms race. It is also cited as one of the contributing factors of the United States becoming a great power. An enduring classic.

Download or read book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660 1783 Annotated written by Alfred Thayer Mahan and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book* It has a historical context with research of the time-The influence of sea power on history: 1660-1783 is a naval war story published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. He details the role of sea power during the 17th and 18th centuries, and discussed the various factors necessary to support and achieve sea power, with an emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. Academics considered it the most influential book in naval strategy. Its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, which eventually led to the First World War naval arms race. It is also cited as one of the factors contributing to the United States becoming a great power. Mahan formulated his concept of sea power while reading a history book in Lima, Peru. The book was published by Mahan while he was president of the United States Naval War College, and was the culmination of his ideas about naval warfare.Mahan began the book with an examination of the factors that led to the supremacy of the seas, especially how Britain was able to achieve its near dominance. He identified characteristics such as geography, population, and government, and expanded the definition of maritime power as a strong commercial and naval fleet. Mahan also promoted the belief that any army would succumb to a strong naval blockade.

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Download or read book The Struggle for Sea Power A Naval History of the American Revolution written by Sam Willis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth? The American Revolution involved a naval war of immense scope and variety, including no fewer than twenty-two navies fighting on five oceans—to say nothing of rivers and lakes. In no other war were so many large-scale fleet battles fought, one of which was the most strategically significant naval battle in all of British, French, and American history. Simultaneous naval campaigns were fought in the English Channel, the North and Mid-Atlantic, the Mediterranean, off South Africa, in the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, the Pacific, the North Sea and, of course, off the eastern seaboard of America. Not until the Second World War would any nation actively fight in so many different theaters. In The Struggle for Sea Power, Sam Willis traces every key military event in the path to American independence from a naval perspective, and he also brings this important viewpoint to bear on economic, political, and social developments that were fundamental to the success of the Revolution. In doing so Willis offers valuable new insights into American, British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Russian history. This unique account of the American Revolution gives us a new understanding of the influence of sea power upon history, of the American path to independence, and of the rise and fall of the British Empire.

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Download or read book The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence written by A. T. Mahan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence is about the American Revolutionary war from the perspective of the British and French naval forces. Mahan utilizes excellently researched sources and discusses both sides of the war with a neutral point of view. Contents: "Macaulay quoted on the action of Frederick the Great 1 Illustration from Conditions of the Turkish Empire 2 Lesson from the Recent War in the Balkans, 1912-1913 2 The War of American Independence a striking example of the Tendency of Wars to Spread 3 Origin and Train of Events in that War, Traced 3 Inference as to possible Train of Future Events in the History of the United States 4 The Monroe Doctrine Simply a Formulated Precaution against the Tendency of Wars to Spread 4 National Policy as to Asiatic Immigration 4 Necessity of an Adequate Navy if these two National Policies are to be sustained 4."

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