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Naval education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Abstract of Lectures on Strategy, by Alfred T. Mahan

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG15_01_30_01
Dates: 1899

Mahan, Alfred T.: Abstract of his Lectures - Strategy of the Caribbean and Napoleon's Campaign of 1796, 1896

 File — Box 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Abstract of six lectures on strategy that were given by Captain A. T. Mahan at the Naval War College. Over some time, Mahan delivered a course of lectures upon strategy that clearly and forcibly set forth the great truths of the art of war. The whole course was divided into two series, the first being, "The Strategic Features of the Caribbean" and the second series was devoted to "Some Considerations of the Art of War, Naval and Land, with Illustrations from Bonaparte's Italian Campaign of 1796-1797."

It is not apparent who compiled this abstract.

Dates: 1896

Mahan, Alfred T.: Abstract of Lectures on Strategy, 1899

 File — Box 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Abstract of six lectures on strategy that were given by Captain A. T. Mahan at the Naval War College. Over some time, Mahan delivered a course of lectures upon strategy that clearly and forcibly set forth the great truths of the art of war. The whole course was divided into two series, the first being, "The Strategic Features of the Caribbean" and the second series was devoted to "Some Considerations of the Art of War, Naval and Land, with Illustrations from Bonaparte's Italian Campaign of 1796-1797."

It is not apparent who compiled this abstract.

Dates: 1899

Alfred Thayer Mahan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-017
Abstract

This collection consists of lectures, letters, and other documents kept by Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, renowned maritime historian, and past president of the Naval War College.

Dates: 1814-1914 and undated

Necessity and Objects of a Naval War College, by Alfred T. Mahan

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG16_01_01_09
Dates: 1888 Aug 6

Russell, Edgar Farr, Jr.: The influence of Mahan upon sea power, 1967 Apr 1

 File — Box 276, Folder: 1
Identifier: RG-13- File N420 .F8 1967 no.32
Scope and Contents

Student paper by Edgar Farr Russell, Jr. from the Defense Intelligence Agency on the influence on Mahan upon sea power. In this paper, Russell analyzes the effects of Mahan's background, education, and naval service to reveal the nature of his intellectual development and concludes that Mahan's influence is still in effect with the United States generally following his precepts. He ends with a recommendation that courses on Mahan's theories and doctrines be instituted at NWC and other military academies.

Dates: 1967 Apr 1

The Necessity and Objects of a Naval War College, 1888 Aug 6

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: RG-16
Scope and Contents

Address by Captain A. T. Mahan, as President of the Naval War College at the opening of the Fourth Annual Session of the U.S. Naval War College on 1888 Aug 6.

This item was reprinted from the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Vol. XIV, No 4, Whole No. 47.

Dates: 1888 Aug 6