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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy officer and historian whose 1890 study The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 argued that a concentrated battle fleet commanding the open sea, not commerce raiding or coastal defense, is the decisive instrument of national power. His doctrine shaped the naval building programs of the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan into the twentieth century, and this atlas cites him as the theorist behind its own Sea Power Doctrine entry.
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RankRear Admiral, United States Navy 1 Defining ContributionFounded modern sea power doctrine, arguing that command of the sea by a concentrated battle fleet is the decisive instrument of national power. 1 Notable WorkThe Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 (1890) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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