Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters - Couverture souple

Seager II, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1591145929 ISBN 13 : 9781591145929

Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2017

Synopsis

President Theodore Roosevelt called him "one of the greatest and most useful influences in American life." In the words of Robert Seager II, Mahan had "much to do with resurrecting the U.S. Navy from its post-Civil War grave, and with giving it the professional ballast and theoretical direction that helped guide it to victory in 1898, in 1918, and in 1945." By many Americans he is recalled chiefly as the author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History. That brilliant, instantly acclaimed volume was in many ways the most influential book written by an American in the nineteenth century. This biography goes far beyond a consideration of Mahan as the world-famous historian, diplomatist, and strategist. Family papers made available to the author depict Mahan the swain, husband, and father, and reveal insights into his personality, character, religious beliefs, professional frustrations, social aspirations, and financial difficulties. This book is the portrait-warts and all-of a historian, strategist, tactician, philosopher, Episcopalian, theologian, diplomat, imperialist, mercantilist, capitalist, Anglophile, patriot, Republican, racist, Social Darwinist, journalist, polemicist, naval reformer, adviser to presidents and legislators, teacher, academic administrator, social climber, egoist, introvert, swain, husband, and father."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Robert Seager II (1925-2004) taught college history for forty years. He wrote and edited numerous books and articles on American history, including Letters and Papers of Alfred Thayer Mahan and The Papers of Henry Clay. He received the U.S. Naval Institute Award of Merit, the Navy League Award for Literary Achievement, the John Lyman Book Award, and the University of Kentucky Hallam Award for Mahan's biography.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval Institute Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1591145929
• ISBN 13: 9781591145929
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 736
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