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Esta publicación escrita por un almirante norteamericano del siglo XIX, expone la temática sobre la importancia que debía tener para los Estados Unidos de América el poderío marítimo. El período en el que transcurre la obra es entre 1898 (Guerra Hispano- Americana) y 1918 (terminación del Canal de Panamá) todo el Caribe se convirtió en un Mare Nostrum norteamericano, en donde impusieron sus reglas apoyados en el poderío marítimo.

ADMIRAL ALFRED THAYER MAHAN'S WRITINGS ON GEOPOLITICS, ALTHOUGH OFTEN OVERLOOKED, HAVE PROVED PRESCIENT, SOBERING, AND ENLIGHTENING. RUSSIA'S SECURE POSITION AT THE HEART OF THE EURASIAN LAND MASS, ACCORDING TO MAHAN'S PRINCIPLES, GIVES IT A PREEMINENT POWER PROJECTION CAPABILITY. MAHAN ADVOCATED THAT THE U.S. ROLE TOWARD RUSSIA SHOULD BE ONE OF CONTAINMENT, BECAUSE OF RUSSIA'S INCOMPARABLE LAND POSITION. HE ALSO FORESAW THAT A MODERNIZED CHINA WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME A CONCERN FOR THE UNITED STATES.

This book focuses on the religious beliefs and writings of naval historian and theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan. Mahan was a devout Christian and an active Episcopal layman. His religious beliefs had a major influence on his theories of sea power, naval command, war, and politics. Some historians and biographers have completely ignored his these beliefs. Others have acknowledged them, but viewed them as irrelevant to Mahan's thinking on naval matters. Some have acknowledged them as important, but viewed them as being a negative influence on Mahan. All these views are wrong. Mahan devoted a lifetim