Alfred T Mahan also known as Alfred Thayer Mahan, he was born in West Point, New York on September 27, 1840 to to Dennis Hart Mahan and Mary Helena Mahan. Mahan was a United States Navy flag officer and historian, Alfred T Mahan was called the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. He had a consept called sea power, and it was the idea based on countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact. Alfred Mahan wrote a book about it called The Influence of Sea Power Upon History. His concept had an enormous influence on shaping the thought of navies across the world, especially in countries like the United States, Germany, Japan and Britain. Mahans concepts unltimately caused the World War I naval arms race in the early 20th Century. Alfred Mahans ideas still exist in the U.S. Navy Doctrine. There were several navy ships named after Alfred Mahan that were called the USS Mahan. Alfred Mahan died on December 1, 1914 at 74 years old.
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sources-http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/357900/Alfred-Thayer-Mahan
sources-http://www.academicamerican.com/progressive/worldpower/docs/Mahan.htm
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