Rise of American Naval PowerPrinceton University Press, 08/12/2015 - 422 من الصفحات Attempts to assemble the historic pattern of contributing factors which shaped the course of American naval development from 1776 to 1918. |
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... force and aggressive fleet strategy to destroy or drive enemy forces from the seas . Mahan supported the principle of concentration of force with the following argument : Individual ships and small squad- rons might supplement land forces ...
... naval force in Europe . . . . " On another occasion , he said : " So long as the British fleet can maintain and assert superiority in the North Sea and around the British Isles , the entire imperial system stands secure . " Mahan was ...
... naval force that could cope with the larger vessels and squadrons of that Navy . It was doubtful if the Colonies could themselves assemble upon the ocean enough force even to compel a concentration of British detachments in American ...
... naval force upon Lake Champlain to resist the expected counter- offensive on the part of the British forces in Canada . And simultaneously , it embarked upon the much larger undertaking of providing a sea - going navy.7 The initiative ...
... force can act decisively , unless it is accompanied by a maritime superiority . For proof of this , we have only to recur to the . . . ease and ... naval force strong enough to compel the British Sea Power and American Independence 13.