The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future, by A. T. Mahan This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future Author: A. T. Mahan Release Date: May 2, 2005 [EBook #15749] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN *** Produced by Steven Gibbs and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN SEA POWER, PRESENT AND FUTURE. B y CAPTAIN A.T. MAHAN, D.C.L., LL.D. United States Navy. Author of "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783," "The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire," of a "Life of Farragut," and of "The Life of Nelson, The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain." London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, L i m i t e d . 1897. Copyright, 1897, By Alfred T. Mahan. Copyright, 1890, 1893, By Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Copyright, 1893, By The Forum Publishing Company. Copyright, 1894, By Lloyd Bryce. Copyright, 1895, 1897, By Harper and Brothers. All rights reserved. University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. PREFACE.