Alfred Thayer Mahan

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Alfred Thayer Mahan
Born	(1840-09-27)September 27, 1840 West Point, New York, U.S.
Died	December 1, 1914(1914-12-01) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried	Quogue Cemetery Quogue, New York
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	United States Navy Union Navy
Years of service	1859–1896
Rank	Captain Rear admiral (post retirement)
Commands held	USS Chicago USS Wasp USS Wachusett
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Port Royal Spanish–American War
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Alfred Thayer Mahan (/məˈhæn/; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."^[1] His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with its successor, The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous.^[2]