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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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“The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.”
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The history of Sea Power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war.”
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) first seen 1660 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (Boston, MA: Little Brown, 1890), 1.
“It may be urged that, with the extensive sea−coast of the United States, a blockade of the whole line cannot be effectively kept up. No one will more readily concede this than officers who remember how the blockade of the Southern coast alone was maintained.”
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am frankly an imperialist”
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life (New York, NY: Harper, 1907), 324.