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The Influence of Seapower Upon History

By: Alfred T. Mahan
Narrated by: Jonathan Reese
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In 1886, the U.S. had no navy to speak of. But it did have Alfred T. Mahan, a captain of the U.S. Navy who had spent much of his career observing the exemplary fleets of the British Empire. At age 46, Mahan was just 10 years short of retirement age when the newly formed Naval and War College at Newport, Rhode Island, asked him to lecture on naval history and tactics. Out of these lectures grew a book that would change the world. It's no exaggeration that The Influence of Seapower Upon History affected the outcome of both great world wars. When it was first published in 1890, prime ministers, kings, admirals, and chancellors eagerly studied its strategies, which England first employed to rule the seas. Likewise, all the major powers have used it to shape imperial policies.(P) Books on Tape, Inc. Armed Forces Military Naval Forces World War Royalty British Empire Imperialism Royal Navy

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It was a book needed by not only Americans also the world to examine and peel back naval doctrine Mahan was brilliant and his understanding of Naval power will dominate geopolitics for another one hundred years. A must read for anyone interested in naval history.

How Navies define Nations

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Influence of Seapower Upon History to be better than the print version?

The audio edition is easier to start with. The original book is good if you like to study the details on seabattles in the 1700's.

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This book covers most of the reasons why the worldmap looks like it does today. This book is essential reading for presidents and prime ministers.

Great book

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Narrator did fine. The recording was very hard to listen to. A lot of old recording scratching in the background

Poor recording

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This book is good. The narration is quality, though there is some background noise throughout the recording. The general text of the book is mostly of quaint historical interest; at the time of writing, the major policy debate was how primarily coal-driven ironclads will influence naval combat in the future. It is kind of disconcerting that this is marketed under "Audible Kids" - to find a child's voice introducing one to a long, professional exposition of the war of Spanish succession is odd.

Quaint historical interest

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Previous reviews noted poor audio quality. I found no issues. The narrator was good too.

Audio quality is fine.

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I’m unimpressed with the narrator not taking the time to learn the proper pronunciation of some key places mentioned but overall it wasn’t terrible. Audio quality was poor, but sufficient for scholarly purposes.

Not too bad, informative but poorly read.

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I needed an audio copy of this book so I could read it for class during a long drive. I was psyched to find it on Audible unabridged. Unfortunately, the recording sounded like it was a hissing copy of an old cassette tape. And the reader was slow and had no dynamism in his voice. A must read for history majors, but a better copy should be found.

Great book, poor quality recording

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Good book and narrator, bad recording. I wish someone would fill in after the American revolution.

Good book and narrator, bad recording

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the audio in this recording was so ass that I had to stop. might be a great book, but get it elsewhere.

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While a great book, I could not stand the narrator. His sing-songy approach to the reading was very very distracting, so regrettably, I had to stop listening. Hope I?ll find the same title sans this narrator!

good book, terrible narrator

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