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Alfred Thayer Mahan
Born
(1840-09-27)September 27, 1840 West Point, New York, U.S.
Died
December 1, 1914(1914-12-01) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried
Quogue Cemetery Quogue, New York
Allegiance
United States of America
Union
Service/branch
United States Navy
Union Navy
Years of service
1859–1896
Rank
Captain Rear admiral (post retirement)
Commands held
USS Chicago USS Wasp USS Wachusett
Battles/wars
American Civil War
Battle of Port Royal
Spanish–American War
Signature
Alfred Thayer Mahan (/məˈhæn/; September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914) was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."[1] His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition, especially in Europe, and with its successor, The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812 (1892), made him world-famous.[2]
^Keegan, John. The American Civil War Knopf, 2009, 272.
^Suzanne Geisler, God and Sea Power: The Influence of Religion on Alfred Thayer Mahan (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2015), 1.
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Rear admiral (post retirement)