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SEAPOWERINITSRELATIONS
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BY
CAPTAINA.T.MAHAN,D.C.L.,LL.D.
(SrutetiStates
AUTHOROF''THEINFLUENCEOFSEAPOWERUPONHISTORY,1660-1783,"''THE
INFLUENCEOFSEAPOWERUPONTHEFRENCHREVOLUTION
ANDEMPIRE,""THEINTERESTOFAMERICA
INSEAPOWER,"ETC.
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SAMPSONLOW,MARSTO
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PEEFACE
InfluenceofSeaPoweruponHistory,"as
1originallypresentframedworkinconcludestheconceptiontheseriesoftheofauthor.
"The
Inthepreviousvolumeshehashadtheinspir-ingconsciousnessofregardinghissubjectasapositiveand
commandingelementinth
3、ehistoryoftheworld.Inthe
Warofl812,also,theeffectisrealanddreadenough;but
tohisowncountry,totheUnitedStates,asamatterof
nationalexperience,thelessonisratherthatoftheinfluence
ofanegativequantityuponnationalhistory.Thephrase
scarcelylendsitselftouseasatitle;butitrepresentsthe
truthwhichtheauthorhase
4、ndeavoredtosetforth,though
recognizingclearlythatthevictoriesonLakeErieand
LakeChamplaindoillustrate,inadistinguishedmanner,
hisprincipalthesis,thecontrollinginfluenceuponevents
ofnavalpower,evenwhentransferredtoaninlandbodyof
freshwater.Thelessonthere,however,was_the__sanieas
inthelargerfieldsofwa
5、rheretoforejtreated.jNotby_
ramblingoperatigns._or_navalduels,arewarsdecided,but
byforcemassed,andhandledinskilfulcombination.It^
mattersnot_thattheparticularforcebesmall?"]Theartuf
waristhesanie__throughout;andmaybeillustratedas
really,thoughlessconspicuously,byaflotillaasbyan
armada;byacorporal's
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Horatii,asbvahostofahundredthousand.
viPREFACE
TheinterestoftheWarof1812,toAmericans,has
commonlybeenfelttolieinthebrilliantevidenceofhigh
professionaltoneandefficiencyreachedbytheirnavy,as
shownbythesingle-shipactions,andbythetwodecisive
victoriesachievedbylittlesquadron
7、suponthelakes.
Withoutintheleastoverlookingthepermanentvalueof
suchexamplesandsuchtraditions,tothenation,andtothe
militaryservicewhichtheyillustrate,itneverthelessappears
tothewriterthattheeffectmaybeevenha
