The Influence of Sea Power Upon History

Capt. Mahan's classic treatise on naval warfare and how its effective deployment changed the course of history. Featured are: the English and French wars against the Netherlands (1665-1667, 1672-1674, 1674-1678); War of the League of Augsburg (1688-1697); War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713); War of the Polish Succession; War of Jenkins' Ear (1715-1739); War of the Austrian Succession (1740); Seven Years' War (1756-1763);American Revolution; European wars (1779-1782) and naval engagements in the East and West Indies (1778-1783). [please see Table of Contents for more detail]

Originally published in 1890, this work was the primary motivation for a massive upgrade of the United States Navy under the direction of Theodore Roosevelt (a competent naval historian in his own right).

This masterfully crafted eBook is a faithful and unabridged presentation of the original first edition, including the author's footnotes. It is fully-searchable and fully-printable. (403pp, 3.06 Mb)