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Alfred Thayer Mahan

Lessons of the war with Spain and other articlesA. T. Mahan Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles PREFACE The original intention, with which the leading articles of the present collection were undertaken, was to elicit some of the lessons derivable from the war between the United State...

Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 2A. T. Mahan Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 / Volume 2 CHAPTER IX THE WINTER OF 1812-1813—BAINBRIDGE'S SQUADRON: ACTIONS BETWEEN "CONSTITUTION" AND "JAVA," "HORNET" AND "PEACOCK"—INCREASING PRESSURE ON ATLANTIC COAST The squadro...

Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812. Volume 1A. T. Mahan Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 / Volume 1 PREFACE The present work concludes the series of "The Influence of Sea Power upon History," as originally framed in the conception of the author. In the previous volumes he ...

The Influence of sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, vol IA. T. Mahan The Influence of sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, vol I PREFACE THE present work, like its predecessor, "The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783," is wholly a result o...

The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, Vol IIA. T. Mahan The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, Vol II (of 2) CHAPTER XII Events on the Continent, 1798-1800Disorders of France under the Directory.—Disastrous War of the Seco...

Admiral FarragutA. T. Mahan Admiral Farragut PREFACE In preparing this brief sketch of the most celebrated of our naval heroes, the author has been aided by the very full and valuable biography published in 1878 by his son, Mr. Loyall Farragut, who has also kindly supplied for this work many addi...

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval LifeA. T. Mahan From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life PREFACE When I was a boy, some years before I obtained my appointment in the navy, I spent many of those happy hours that only childhood knows poring over the back numbers of a British servi...

The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and FutureA. T. Mahan The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future PREFACE Whatever interest may be possessed by a collection of detached papers, issued at considerable intervals during a term of several years, and written without special ...

The Life of Nelson, Volume 2A. T. Mahan The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 / The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain CHAPTER XIV. NELSON TEMPORARILY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—RELIEVED BY LORD KEITH.—APPLIES TO RETURN TO ENGLAND ON ACCOUNT OF ILL HEALTH AUGUST, August 1799—JUNE, ...

The Life of Nelson, Volume 1A. T. Mahan The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 / The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain PREFACE The Life of Nelson has been written so often, that an explanation—almost an apology—seems due for any renewal of the attempt; but, not to mention the attractiveness of t...