Article(print)#12003
Estrategia naval y politica exterior de Estados Unidos, 1890-1914
In: Revista de relaciones internacionales, Issue 92, p. 91-105
ISSN: 0185-0814
The article discusses Alfred T. Mahan's theory that naval power represents the determining factor of a nation's strength, & how such a notion led the USA out of isolationism into outright interventionism in WWI. As president of the Naval War College, Mahan's thought strongly influenced high-ranking figures such as Theodore Roosevelt & Henry Cabot Lodge. Such impact may be seen in the development in the period 1890-1914 of a powerful naval force, & in such expansionist moves as the annexation of Hawaii, the takeover of the Philippines & the opening of the inter-oceanic Panama Canal. Adapted from the source document.