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Addington, Larry H. The Patterns of War since the Eighteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana UP; London: Croom Helm, 1984, 1985, 1994, 384 pp. From dynastic to national warfare; for navies, from Jeune Ecole, Mahanite, to technical developments.

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18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, general history, general survey, survey, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , technology, advance, modernization, modernisation, strategy, strategic

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Alford, Jonathan, ed. Sea Power and Influence: Old Issues and New Challenges. Farnborough: Gower, 1980, vi, 220 pp. For International Institute for Strategic Studies; papers from annual conference of IISS, "Power at Sea," Ronneby Brunn, Sweden, 1975; credit to Mahan & Richmond.

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20th century, twentieth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, sea power, strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian

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Asada, Sadao. From Mahan to Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States. Tokyo: Tokyo UP; Annapolis: NIP, 1993, 2006, xii, 385 pp. Japanese particularly incensed against Treaty limitations; influence of Mahanian thought.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy, world war 2, second world war, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , disarmament, arms reduction, arms limitation, reduction of arms, treaty

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Badham, Francis Pritchett & Mahan, Alfted Thayer. "Nelson at Naples." 4 parts. Athenaeum (July to December 1899): 36-37, 97-98, 157-58, 192, 226. Ongoing controversy.

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18th century, eighteenth, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , Nelson, Horatio

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Badham, Francis Pritchett. Nelson at Naples: A Journal for June 10-30, 1799: Refuting Recent Misstatements of Captain Mahan and Professor J.K. Laughton. London: David Nutt, 1900, viii, 48 pp. Series of exchanges concerning Naples, 1799.

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18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Nelson, Horatio, Naples, Revolution of 1799, Nelson, naval base , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France, historian, history, historical, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian

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Baer, George W. "Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Utility of U.S. Naval Forces." See A. Dorman, Changing Face of Maritime Power, pp. 14-18.

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20th century, twentieth, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , sea power, united states navy, US navy

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Baer, George W. "Notes toward a New Maritime Strategy." NWCR, 60 (Spring 2007): 17-28.

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Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, maritime history, naval history , strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian

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Baer, George W. "Parameters of Power: The United States Navy in the Twentieth Century." See N. Rodger, Naval Power in the Twentieth Century, pp. 1 -13.

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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , strategy, strategic, united states navy, US navy

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Barnett, Correlli. "The Influence of History upon Sea Power: The Royal Navy in the Second World War." See N. Rodger, Naval Power in the Twentieth Century, pp. 120-33.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Royal Navy, Britain, England, sea power, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , world war 2, second world war

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Baugh, Daniel A. "Admiral Richmond and Objects of Sea Power." See J. Goldrick, Mahan Is Not Enough, pp. 13-50.

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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, sea power, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , strategy, strategic, personality, prominent leader, noted person

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Booth, Ken. "History or Logic as Approaches to Strategy." JRUSI, 117 (September 1972): 34. E.g., Mahan vs Douhet; favored Douhet; Mahan obsolete.

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strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian

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Bowling, Roland Alfred. "Mahan's Principles and the Battle of the Atlantic." See T. Runyan, To Die Gallantly, pp. 231-50.

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20th century, twentieth, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy , Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , world war 2, second world war, strategy, strategic

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Bowling, Roland Alfred. "The Negative Influence of Mahan on Anti-Submarine Warfare." JRUSI, 122 (December 1977): 52-59. Mahan denounced commerce raiding; German U-Boat campaign, 1st World War a refutation of Mahan.

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20th century, twentieth, world war 1, first world war, strategy, strategic, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , U-boat, submarine, German underwater warship , Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy

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Bowling, Roland Alfred. "The Negative Influence of Mahan on the Protection of Shipping in Wartime: The Convoy Controversy in the Twentieth Century." Ph.D. diss, Maine, Orono, 1980, 689 pp. Under Arthur Johnson; (DAI 41/05, p. 2241).

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20th century, twentieth, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian , strategy, strategic, Battle of the Atlantic, U-boat, anti-submarine warfare, Royal Navy, United States Navy, US Navy

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Brent, Robert. "Mahan: Mariner or Misfit?" USNIP, 92 (April 1966): 92-103. Assessment of professional competence.

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20th century, twentieth, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, sea power theorist, naval historian

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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