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The Ambiguous Relationship: Theodore Roosevelt and Alfred Thayer Mahan

Book by Richard W. Turk; Greenwood Press, 1987

Subjects:

Geopolitics--United States, Mahan, A. T--(Alfred Thayer)--1840-1914--Friends And Associates, Roosevelt, Theodore--1858-1919--Friends And Associates, Sea-Power--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--1865-1921

Collections: History, Entire Library

Roosevelt and Mahan: Retrospect and Prospect Like Father, Like Son Planning for War and Empire Geopolotics and Anglo-American Relations Muted Differences over Caribbean Issues Roosevelt Unlimbers His Big Guns Refighting the War of 1812--in 1905 Private Property and Arbitration Reorganizing the Navy ...
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Roosevelt and Mahan: Retrospect and Prospect Like Father, Like Son Planning for War and Empire Geopolotics and Anglo-American Relations Muted Differences over Caribbean Issues Roosevelt Unlimbers His Big Guns Refighting the War of 1812--in 1905 Private Property and Arbitration Reorganizing the Navy Cruise around the World Darkening Horizons The Ambiguous Relationship Roosevelt-Mahan Correspondence Selected Bibliography Index
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Mahan: The Life and Work of Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S.N

Book by W. D. Puleston; Yale University Press, 1939

Subjects:

Mahan, A. T--(Alfred Thayer)--1840-1914, United States--Navy--Biography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...officers to study war systematically. And the first officer he was to summon to help him at the school was to be Commander A. T. Mahan, who had also been a witness to all these stirring events. The capture of Richmond and the surrender of Lees army quickly...
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The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783

Book by A. T. Mahan; Little, Brown, 1918

Subjects:

Naval History, Sea-Power

Collections: History, Entire Library

...POWER UPON HISTORY 1660-1783 By A. T. MAHAN, D.C.L. , LL.D. Author of "The Influence...COMPANY Copyright, 1890 , BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN. Copyright, 1918 , BY ELLEN LYLE...interest to the unprofessional reader. A. T. MAHAN DECEMBER, 1889. CONTENTS...
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The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812 - Vol. 1

Book by A. T. Mahan; Little, Brown, 1912

Subjects:

France--History, Naval, France--History--Consulate And First Empire, 1799-1815, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799, France--Marine--History, Sea-Power--France

Collections: History, Entire Library

...AND EMPIRE 1793-1812 BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN D.C.L., LL.D. UNITED STATES NAVY AiUTHOR...COMPANY 1912 Copyright, 1892 BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN. Printers S. J. PARKHILL CO., BOSTON...near future to devote a special study. A. T. MAHAN. OCTOBER, 1892. CONTENTS OF VOL. I...
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The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain - Vol. 1

Book by A. T. Mahan; Little Brown and Company, 1897

Subjects:

Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History, Naval--18th Century, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Nelson, Horatio Nelson--Viscount--1758-1805

Collections: History, Entire Library

...POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN, D.C.L., LL.D. UNITED STATES NAVY AUTHOR...COMPANY 1897 Copyright, 1897, By CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN. All rights reserved. University Press...life so profoundly affected by them. A. T. MAHAN. MARCH, 1897. CONTENTS OF VOL. I...

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Journal Articles on: "alfred thayer mahan" OR "a t mahan"

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Remembering the Maine: Teaching About the Spanish- American War Era After 100 Years

Journal article by Christopher C. Lovett, Karen Manners Smith, Harvey Foyle; Social Studies, Vol. 89, 1998

Subjects:

History--Study And Teaching, Social Sciences--Study And Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 . New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977 . A. T. Mahan. The Influence of Sea Power upon History . New York: Hill and Wang, 1957 . Michael Mason. The Making of Victorian...
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Paul D. Cravath, the First World War, and the Anglophile Internationalist Tradition

Journal article by Priscilla Roberts; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 51, 2005

Subjects:

Cravath, Paul D.--Management, United States--Foreign policy, United States--International relations, World War I, 1914-1918--Influence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and the naval strategist and writer Alfred Thayer Mahan. (6) The historian Alan Dawley differentiated...the influential naval strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, that American national security...Ann Arbor, 1975); Robert Seager II, Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters (Annapolis...
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Poland and Hungary, 1956: A Comparative Essay Based on New Archival Findings

Journal article by Johanna Granville; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 48, 2002

Subjects:

Gomulka, Wladyslaw--Political activity, Hungary--History, Hungary--Relations with Soviet Union, Nagy, Imre--Political activity, Poland--History, Poland--Relations with Soviet Union, Soviet Union--Foreign relations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Johanna Granville The American naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan once wrote, "Force is never more operative than when it...Polish "October" than originally thought. Finally, while Alfred Thayer Mahan may have been correct in stating that force is more operative...
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"The Commonwealth of Peoples to Which We Racially Belong"(1): The National Press and the Manufacturing of an Arms Race

Journal article by Robert K. Whalen; The Historian, Vol. 63, 2001

Subjects:

Imperialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Naval art and science--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Press and propaganda--Social aspects, War--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Brooks Adams, naval historian Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN, Carnegie Foundation president...were irresistibly photogenic. As Alfred Thayer Mahan proclaimed: What Ruskin said...of such geopolitical thinkers as Alfred Thayer Mahan, Henry Pritchett, and Brooks Adams...
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The Pacific Age in World History

Journal article by Pekka Korhonen; Journal of World History, Vol. 7, 1996

Subjects:

World History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...cooperation of two men, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan and President Theodore Roosevelt...Sons, 1928 ), p. 3. 17 Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon...Brothers, 1958 ). 20 Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Interest of America in Sea...

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Magazine Articles on: "alfred thayer mahan" OR "a t mahan"

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Jingoes, Goo-Goos, and the Rise of America's Empire

Magazine article by Warren Zimmermann; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 22, Spring 1998

Subjects:

Hay, John--Political activity, Imperialism--Analysis, Lodge, Henry Cabot--Political activity, Mahan, Alfred T.--Political activity, Roosevelt, Theodore--Political activity, Root, Elihu--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

...British have lost all skill in fighting; and the whole world knows it, and is regulating itself accordingly." III Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was a brilliant misfit in an organization with little tolerance for misfits. Of impeccable military lineage...
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Lessons Learned

Magazine article by Mackubin Thomas Owens; National Review, Vol. 58, August 7, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Past As Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...place, and even after the institution achieved worldwide renown because of the writings of its most famous faculty member, Alfred Thayer Mahan, the Navy sought to shut it down. The Navys thinking was that a naval officer ought to be at sea rather than wasting his...
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Morality and High Technology

Magazine article by A.J. Bacevich; The National Interest, Fall 1996

Subjects:

Military art and science--Innovations, Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects, War--Moral and ethical aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...ideal instrument for applying the precepts of sea power developed by the influential American naval officer and publicist Alfred Thayer Mahan, precepts derived from Mahans study of naval history in the days of sail. In that sense, and although marking an impressive...
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Kiss Me, Horatio: Margarette Lincoln and Colin White Debate the Significance of a Recently Discovered Cache of Letters from Frances Nelson to Her Husband's Prize Agent Written at the Time of the Collapse of Her Marriage to Britain's Greatest Naval Hero

Magazine article by Margarette Lincoln, Colin White; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003

Subjects:

Davidson, Alexander--Records and correspondence, Historians--Attitudes, Lincoln, Margarette--Attitudes, Military wives--Records and correspondence, Navies--Officers, Nelson, Frances--Records and correspondence, Nelson, Horatio--Family, White, Colin--Attitudes

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Alexander Korda film, Lady Hamilton. Even those biographers most sympathetic to Frances have tended to regret what A.T. Mahan described as a somewhat colourless womanly affection that made her unable to match her husbands energy and passion. Others...
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Arms Control: Three Centuries of Failure

Magazine article by William R. Hawkins; National Review, Vol. 37, August 9, 1985

Subjects:

Arms control--History, Military policy--International aspects, Summit meetings--Military aspects, arms control--History

Collections: Entire Library

...doubtful if an international agreement of this nature would prove effective. Among the other members of the delegation was Alfred Thayer Mahan, whose classic The Influence of Sea Power upon History made him among the best-known delegates. Mahan had no delusions...

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Newspaper Articles on: "alfred thayer mahan" OR "a t mahan"

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When Britain Ruled the Waves, Foreign Trade, Empire Followed

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 10, 2004

Subjects:

Black, Jeremy

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the environment also shapes people and societies. The relationship between land and sea casts a particular shadow, and Alfred Thayer Mahan opened his influential 1890 book "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" by discussing the cultural, economic, and institutional...
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To Win the Long War; Empower Lower-Level Soldiers, Marines

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 10, 2006

Subjects:

Soldiers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...more powerful than bullets. Written doctrines are blueprints for victory in battle. Before the turn of the last century, Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote "The Influence of Sea Power upon History," a work that continues to influence blue water philosophies of modern...
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Manila Bay Battle Put U.S. in Asia for Good

Newspaper article by Robert Buckman; The Washington Times, May 1, 1998

Subjects:

Manila Bay

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the modern steel navy." Moreover, he added, it marked the first application of the theories of fleet warfare of Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan, an instructor at the Naval War College. His book, "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History," had been published just...
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Inside the Ring

Newspaper article by Ernest Blazar; The Washington Times, December 4, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...consecrated by long acceptance, has a reserve of strength which cannot be obtained by any novel device." - Rear Adm. Alfred Thayer Mahan, late 19th century father of modern naval thought. "This modern tendency to scorn and ignore tradition and to sacrifice...
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Primakov Puts Russia in a Strategic Spot: Ties to India, China Check U.S. Hegemony

Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, December 27, 1998

Subjects:

China, India, Primakov, Yevgeny M., Russia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...destiny" thinking of the British 19th century geopolitician Sir Halford Mackinder and his American counterpart, Adm. Alfred Thayer Mahan, whose 1890 book, "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History," influenced the expansion of American power across the Pacific...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "alfred thayer mahan" OR "a t mahan"

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Mahan, Dennis Hart

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MAHAN, DENNIS HART 1802 71, American soldier and educator, b. New York City; father of Alfred Thayer Mahan. He graduated (1824) from West Point, and from that year until 1871, except for four years (1826 30) spent in France studying public...
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Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...won his most spectacular victory but died in the action. Bibliography See biographies by R. Southey (1813, much repr.), A. T. Mahan (1897, repr. 1984), G. M. Bennett (1972), C. Lloyd (1973), D. and S. Howarth (1989), E. V. Yale (2003), E. Vincent (2003...
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Farragut, David Glasgow

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...navy to receive the ranks of vice admiral (1864) and admiral (1866). See biographies by his son Loyall Farragut (1879), A. T. Mahan (1892, repr. 1970), C. L. Lewis (2 vol., 1941 43), and C. Martin (1970). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia...
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Spanish-American War

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...imperial foothold. The war tied the United States more closely to the course of events in those areas. Bibliography See A. T. Mahan, Lessons of the War with Spain (1900, repr. 1970); F. E. Chadwick, Relations of the United States and Spain: Diplomacy...
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Navy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...together with nuclear weaponry, has altered the role of the navy in a nations strategy and tactics . Bibliography See A. T. Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890); B. Brodie Naval Strategy (1942); H. T. Lenton, Warships of the British...

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