Mahan
Alfred Thayer
[they-er] /ˈθeɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history.
Historical Examples
Admiral Mahan pleaded long with his country for an adequate navy.
Defenseless America Hudson Maxim
Captain Mahan’s chosen example is the British occupation of Egypt.
Expository Writing Mervin James Curl
But has not the Sultan a complete defense, according to Captain Mahan’s doctrine?
Expository Writing Mervin James Curl
We have seen what happened, for instance, in the case of Admiral Mahan.
The Fruits of Victory Norman Angell
This year he took the agency for the Mahan pecan and has sold quite a number at $5 each, with one order for twenty trees.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Various
Tirpitz had been deeply impressed by the writings of Admiral Mahan.
Before the War Viscount Richard Burton Haldane
The well-known marine writer, Mahan, emphasizes the fact that a landing operation must be offensive to succeed.
Operations Upon the Sea Franz Edelsheim
Mahan lives in Natick, Massachusetts, where Donovan also has his home.
Football Days William H. Edwards
Mahan says, somewhere, that broadside fighting is going to pay with our low freeboards, because most shots go wrong in elevation.
A Fleet in Being Rudyard Kipling
Mahan himself says it was the worst day he ever had in his life, and he blames himself.
Football Days William H. Edwards
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