Sired himself by a noted military intellectual, Mahan’s most significant contribution to history was his usage of it. In fact prior to the revelation that was to transform him from a somewhat irrelevant naval officer to a figure of global renown, Mahan the naval sea captain was destined for the appendixes of history, barely an afterthought for the generations of naval historians to come. His sea-going career can be characterised predominately by insignificance bordering on ineptitude. Carr IntroductionĬapt Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN, hardly seems at first glance an appropriate subject for a history essay framed by the concept of leadership. ‘The function of the historian is neither to love the past nor to emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it as the key to understanding the present.’ E.H. (submitted as an entry in the RANC Graduation Naval History Competition, 2007) Publication September 2008 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)Īcademic leadership, writings on the history of seapower and his influence on the international struggle for command of the sea pre-WWI Leadership style, US Navy RAN Ships None noted. Garden Island Northern Hill and Garden Tour.Anniversary Cruise: Sydney under Japanese Attack Royal Australian Naval Transmitting Station ACT.Admiralty House, Garden and Fortifications.Spectacle Island Explosives Complex NSW.HMAS Sydney II and the HSK Kormoran Shipwreck Sites.
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