Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered - Tapa dura

Sumida, Jon Tetsuro

 
9780801858000: Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered

Sinopsis

Between 1890 and 1913, Captain Alfred Thayer Mathan published a series of books on naval warfare in the age of the sail, which established his reputation as one of the founders of modern strategic history. This text argues that Mahan's two principle arguments have been misunderstood ever since. Instead of representing Mahan as an advocate of naval supremacy, it shows him asserting that only a multinational naval consortium could defend international trade. Instead of presenting Mahan as a man who adhered to strategic principles, the book shows that he stressed the importance of an officer's judgement and character, formed by the study of history.

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Jon Tetsuro Sumida is associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a professional musician. He is the author of 'In Defence of Naval Supremacy: Finance, Technology, and British Naval Policy, 1889-1914.' He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 1995-1996.

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