REFERENCES
There is at present no printed source for the life of Mahan except his autobiographical record “From Sail to Steam,” which is confined almost entirely to the period preceding his retirement in 1896. Aside from book reviews, the more important critical essays and tributes are as follows:
“Mahan’s Counsels to the United States,” G. S. Clarke, Nineteenth Century, Review, February, 1898.
“Mahan on Sea Power,” S. G. W. Benjamin, New York Times Book Review, January 18, 1902.
“La Maîtrise de la Mer,” Auguste Moireau, Revue des Deux Mondes, October, 1902.
“Some American Historians,” Professor H. Morse Stephens, World’s Work, July, 1902.
“Lee at Appomattox and Other Papers,” Charles Francis Adams, 1903, p. 356 ff.
“The Writings of Mahan,” New York Nation, December 10, 1914.
“A Great Public Servant,” Theodore Roosevelt, Outlook, January 13, 1915. See also Outlook, December 9, 1914.
“Alfred Thayer Mahan—In Memoriam,” United States Naval Institute, January–February, 1915.