A. T. Mahan (1840–1914)
Auteur van The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783
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Alfred Thayer Mahan was born on September 27, 1840 at West Point, New York, where his father was a professor of Civil and Military Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1859 and embarked on a nearly 40-year naval career seeing duty in the South Atlantic toon meer and Gulf of Mexico against the Confederacy. He taught briefly at Annapolis, but spent most of his academic career at the newly founded Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he eventually served as president. He wrote twenty books during his lifetime including The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783; The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812; The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future; The Life of Nelson; and The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence. He died on December 1, 1914. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Mahan on Naval Warfare: Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan (1941) 42 exemplaren
Mahan on Naval Strategy: Selections from the Writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (1991) 27 exemplaren
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812. Vol. I (1898) 16 exemplaren
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812. Vol. II (1999) 15 exemplaren
Armaments and arbitration, or, The place of force in the international relations of states (1972) 11 exemplaren
Naval Strategy Compared and Contrasted With the Principles and Practice of Military Operations on Land (2010) 9 exemplaren
Retrospect and prospect; studies in international relations, naval and political (1902) 5 exemplaren
The war in South Africa;: A narrative of the Anglo-Boer war from the beginning of hostilities to the fall of Pretoria, (1902) 3 exemplaren
Some Neglected Aspects of War, Together with The Power That Makes for Peace and The Capture of Private Property at Sea (1907) 2 exemplaren
Lords of the Sea: Great Captains of the Royal Navy During the Age of Sail (Naval and Maritime) (2009) 2 exemplaren
History Classics: 11 books by Alfred Thayer Mahan in a single file with active table of contents 2 exemplaren
Hawaii and our future sea-power 1 exemplaar
The Makers of American History: Admiral Farragut 1 exemplaar
Influencia del poder naval en la historia 1 exemplaar
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- Mahan, A. T.
- Officiële naam
- Mahan, Alfred Thayer
- Geboortedatum
- 1840-09-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1914-12-01
- Graflocatie
- Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
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- West Point, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart failure
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- New York, New York, USA
- Opleiding
- Columbia University
United States Naval Academy (BA|1859) - Beroepen
- soldier
naval strategist
historian - Relaties
- Mahan, Dennis Hart (father)
- Organisaties
- United States Navy (Civil War)
American Historical Association (president, 1902)
Philolexian Society
Naval War College - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1898)
Chesney Gold Medal (1900)
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Alfred Thayer Mahan was born on September 27, 1840 at West Point, New York, where his father was a professor of Civil and Military Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1859 and embarked on a nearly 40-year naval career seeing duty in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico against the Confederacy. He taught briefly at Annapolis, but spent most of his academic career at the newly founded Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he eventually served as president. He wrote twenty books during his lifetime including The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783; The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793-1812; The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future; The Life of Nelson; and The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence. He died on December 1, 1914.… (meer)