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From Sail to Steam - Reflections of a Naval Life (Paperback)
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From Sail to Steam - Reflections of a Naval Life (Paperback)
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The Historian Who Changed the Way Naval Battles Were Fought In 1859
Alfred Thayer Mahan graduated second in his class from the U.S.
Naval Academy. Unfortunately, he hated the smoky, steam-driven,
ships of his time, and longed for the days of square-rigged sailing
vessels. Making matters worse, when he eventually got command, he
was terrible at it. HIs ships had this unnerving tendency to...
well... run into things-other ships, piers, and so forth. In 1885
he was appointed to the Naval War College to teach naval history
and tactics, and his true calling emerged. He might have been a
terrible ship commander, but he was an absolute genius as a naval
historian and theoretician. HIs books were avidly read by naval
officers the world over. They shaped the way modern navies would be
organized-and, more importantly, revolutionized the way ships would
fight. Now, for the first time, Mahan's principal works-along with
his autobiography-are brought together in a single collection. The
Mahan Nautical History Series FROM SAIL TO STEAM: Recollections of
a Naval Life SEA POWER AND WORLD HISTORY: 1660-1783 SEA POWER AND
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: 1775-1783 SEA POWER AND THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION: 1793-1812 SEA POWER AND THE WAR OF 1812 - Volumes I and
II
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