Uniform with "Lessons of the War with Spain and Other Articles."
THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN
SEA POWER, Present and Future.
By Capt. A.T. Mahan. With two maps showing strategic points. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt top. $2.00.
CONTENTS
| I. | The United States Looking Outward. |
| II. | Hawaii and our Sea Power. |
| III. | The Isthmus and our Sea Power. |
| IV. | Anglo-American Alliance. |
| V. | The Future in Relation to American Naval Power. |
| VI. | Preparedness for Naval War. |
| VII. | A Twentieth Century Outlook. |
| VIII. | Strategic Features of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. |
All the civilized world knows Captain Mahan is an expert on naval matters. His present position on the Board of Strategy, directing the American fleets, has made him even more conspicuous than usual. These papers, in the light of the present war, prove Captain Mahan a most sane and sure prophet. It seems hard to imagine any topics more fascinating at the present time. No romance, no novel, could possibly equal such essays as these, by such an author, in present public interest. So many of his theories have come to reality as to be positively remarkable.—The Criterion.
The last paper, "Strategic Features of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico," written only last year, deals with problems that now confront the people of the United States in the shape of practical questions that will have to be decided for the present and the future. It is well within the bounds of truth to say that an intelligent comprehension of these questions is not possible without a reading of the present volume.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
His paper on Hawaii is timely at this moment, as it treats of the annexation of the Sandwich Islands from the point of view which our statesmen might well take, rather than from the professional view which a naval officer might be expected to hold.—Philadelphia Telegraph.
The substance of all these essays concerns every intelligent voter in this country.—Boston Herald.