The U.S. Navy's official, centenary commemoration marking the pub. of Alfred Mahan's most famous book, which became one of the most influential books of the 19th cent. Papers include: The Influence of History on Mahan; Mahan, Tactics and Principles of Strategy: Mahan: Then and Now; Japan and Mahan; The Influence of A. T. Mahan Upon German Sea Power; 140 Years of German Navies; The Character and Extent of Mahan's Influence in Latin Amer. (LA); Low Intensity Conflict in LA; Reflections of Mahan's Son, Lyle E. Mahan; Christianity and Sea Power: The Religion of Alfred Thayer Mahan; Mahan on the War of 1812; Mahan, World Politics and Naval Rivalries, 1904-1914; Mahan and Amer. Naval Thought Since 1914; and Mahan, Russia, and the Next 100 Years.