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- Title
Through the Lens of Sea Power and Maritime Strategy: Alfred T. Mahan and Julian S. Corbett on the Napoleonic Wars.
- Authors
McCranie, Kevin D.
- Abstract
Both Alfred T. Mahan and Julian S. Corbett used the Napoleonic Wars to provide concrete illustrations of their theoretical arguments. This should not be surprising. When the two wrote at the dawn of the twentieth century, the Napoleonic Wars were the most recent great power conflict with a significant naval element. Though both explained the wars through a combination of naval, land, diplomatic, and economic tools of power, Mahan and Corbett weighted these instruments differently. This reflected Mahan's theory of sea power and Corbett's ideas about maritime strategy. Understanding how they explained the Napoleonic Wars and interpreted the outcome allows for a stronger understanding of their arguments and agendas while serving as a powerful corrective to land power-centric interpretations of those wars.
- Subjects
SEA power (Military science); MAHAN, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914; NAPOLEONIC Wars, 1800-1815; MARITIME law; DIPLOMATICS
- Publication
Northern Mariner / Le Marin du Nord, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 3/4, p335
- ISSN
1183-112X
- Publication type
Article