Alfred Thayer Maan Quotes

United States Navy admiral and historian (1840–1914)

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."

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Native Name: Alfred Thayer Mahan

Alternative Names: Alfred Mahan • A. T. Mahan • Alfred T. Mahan • Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan

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I am frankly an imperialist

It may be urged that, with the extensive sea−coast of the United States, a blockade of the whole line cannot be effectively kept up. No one will more readily concede this than officers who remember how the blockade of the Southern coast alone was maintained.

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.

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

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