The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence
1913
The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence
1913
Alfred Thayer Mahan's 1913 analysis rewrites the Revolutionary War as a maritime conflict. Most histories fixate on Saratoga and Yorktown, but Mahan demonstrates that control of the lakes and coastal waters determined the fate of armies on land. He traces how Benedict Arnold's desperate stand on Lake Champlain bought the infant republic precious time, how British naval supremacy strangled American commerce, and how the French alliance, secured through a combination of naval diplomacy and mutual strategic interest, ultimately made victory possible. This is strategic history at its most rigorous: Mahan connecting individual engagements to grand strategy, and drawing lessons about sea power that would shape American naval policy for generations. For anyone interested in the Revolutionary War, military history, or the foundations of American sea power, this book reveals a dimension of independence that land-focused narratives routinely obscure.
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