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Mahan   /mˈeɪən/   Listen
Mahan

noun
1.
United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).  Synonym: Alfred Thayer Mahan.






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"Mahan" Quotes from Famous Books



... overwhelming superiority of the allies in the Russian war, had been almost forgotten, even by professional men. It would not be difficult to show how, during the thirty years which preceded the publication of Captain Mahan's 'Influence of Sea-Power,' its most important theories were illustrated and discussed in the pages of the 'Review.' The following, by one of the most accomplished officers in our navy, refers to such an ...
— Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. - In Two Volumes. VOL. II. • John Knox Laughton



Words linked to "Mahan" :   historian, naval officer, historiographer



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