The Influence of Sea Power upon History

The Influence of Sea Power upon History
	Title page of the twelfth edition.
Author	Alfred Thayer Mahan
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Military history
Genre	Non-fiction
Published	1890 (Little, Brown and Co.)
Media type	Print (hardback) 4 maps (1 fold.) plans. 23 cm.
Pages	557
ISBN	978-1-420-94847-9
OCLC	2553178
Dewey Decimal	909
LC Class	D27.M212 1898
Text	The Influence of Sea Power upon History at Wikisource

The Influence of Sea Power upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by the American 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. Scholars considered it the single most influential book in naval strategy. Its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies,^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] 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.

^ Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1894). The influence of sea power upon history, 1660–1783 (6th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown, and company.
^ Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). The influence of sea power upon history, 1660–1783 (12th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown, and company. OL 7053768M.
^ Seager, Robert (2017). Alfred Thayer Mahan : the man and his letters. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-59114-592-9. OCLC 958481372.
^ Black, Jeremy; Harding, Richard (2006). Naval History 1680-1850. London: Routledge. p. 224. ISBN 1-351-12665-2. OCLC 1013945003.
^ Downs, Robert B. (2004). Books that changed the world (Rev. ed.). New York. p. 302. ISBN 0-451-52928-6. OCLC 54510025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Wimmel, Kenneth (1998). Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet : American sea power comes of age (1st ed.). Washington [D.C.]: Brassey's Inc. p. 44. ISBN 1-57488-153-1. OCLC 37688348.

[1] Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1894). The influence of sea power upon history, 1660–1783 (6th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown, and company.

[2] Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1918). The influence of sea power upon history, 1660–1783 (12th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown, and company. OL 7053768M.

[3] Seager, Robert (2017). Alfred Thayer Mahan : the man and his letters. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-59114-592-9. OCLC 958481372.

[4] Black, Jeremy; Harding, Richard (2006). Naval History 1680-1850. London: Routledge. p. 224. ISBN 1-351-12665-2. OCLC 1013945003.

[5] Downs, Robert B. (2004). Books that changed the world (Rev. ed.). New York. p. 302. ISBN 0-451-52928-6. OCLC 54510025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[6] Wimmel, Kenneth (1998). Theodore Roosevelt and the Great White Fleet : American sea power comes of age (1st ed.). Washington [D.C.]: Brassey's Inc. p. 44. ISBN 1-57488-153-1. OCLC 37688348.

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