Alfred Thayer Mahan Biography

Alfred Thayer Mahan (September 27, 1840–December 1, 1914) was a US Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. His most prominent work, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783, had a widespread impact on navies around the world.

Bibliography

The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783. by Captain A. T. Mahan. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1890; Reprint, New York: Dover Publications, 1987.

The life of Nelson, the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain. By Captain A. T. Mahan. 2 vols. Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1897; Reprint, Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001.

The problem of Asia and its effect upon international policies. By A.T. Mahan Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1900; Reprint with a new introduction by Francis P. Sempa. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2003.

The war in South Africa; a narrative of the Anglo-Boer war from the beginning of hostilities to the fall of Pretoria. By Captain A. T. Mahan with an introduction by Sir John G. Bourinot, New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1900.

The battle of Trafalgar. By Captain Alfred T. Mahan. Boston: Published for the Society, by Houghton, Mifflin, 1901.

Admiral Farragut. By Captain A.T. Mahan. New York: D. Appleton, 1901.

Retrospect and prospect; studies in international relations, naval and Political. By A. T. Mahan. Boston: Little, Brown, 1902.

Sea power in its relations to the War of 1812. By Captain A.T. Mahan. 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1905.

Naval administration and warfare: some general principles, with other essays. By Captain A. T. Mahan. Boston: Little, Brown, 1908.

The harvest within; thoughts on the life of the Christian. By A. T. Mahan. Boston: Little, Brown, 1909.

The interest of America in international conditions. By A. T. Mahan. Boston: Little, Brown, 1910, t.p. 1919.

Armaments and arbitration; or, The place of force in the international relations of states. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912.

Lessons of the war with Spain, and other articles. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1970.

The Influence of history on Mahan: the proceedings of a conference marking the centenary of Alfred Thayer Mahan's The influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783. Edited by John B. Hattendorf. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Press, 1991

Mahan on naval warfare; selections from the writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan. Ed. by Allan Westcott. Boston, Little, Brown, 1918; Reprint, Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1999.

Mahan on naval strategy: selections from the writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. By Alfred Thayer Mahan with an introduction by John B. Hattendorf, editor. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1991.

The interest of America in international conditions. By Alfred Thayer Mahan; with a new introduction by Francis P. Sempa. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2003.