Extracts from Reviews.
Captain Mahan, whose name is famous all the world over as that of the author of "The Influence of Sea Power upon History," a work, or rather a series of works, which may fairly be said to have codified the laws of naval strategy—The Westminster Gazette.
An instructive work of the highest value and interest to students and to the reading public, and should find its way into all the libraries and homes of the land.—Magazine of American History.
Captain Mahan has been recognized by all competent judges not merely as the most distinguished living writer on naval strategy, but as the originator and first exponent of what may be called the philosophy of naval history.—London Times.
The greatest of living writers on naval subjects.... Captain Mahan is the author of books which mark a new era in historical literature. They are to sailors of every navy in the world what Napier's "History of the Peninsular War" was to British soldiers, and something more. Captain Mahan is a born historian.—London Daily News.
The American officer was fitted by nature as well as by training for the work to which he happily turned his hand. Possessed of a charming style; precise and clear instead of verbose; completely conscious of what he intends to convey and perfectly competent to convey it; and dowered with a perspicacious breadth of view which dwells on all that is important and passes over all that is irrelevant, Captain Mahan has given us two very remarkable books.—The Fortnightly Review.
The distinguished author of some of the most important books on naval history and strategy which have ever been published, and which serve as text-books for nearly every naval lecture or article of the present day.—London Globe.
Captain Mahan's book should be read by all who are interested in the development of the navy, and who believe in the importance of the navy as the principal factor of defence.—C.H. Davis, Commander and Chief Intelligence Officer, U.S.N.
An altogether exceptional work; there is nothing like it in the whole range of naval literature.... The work is entirely original in conception, masterful in construction, and scholarly in execution.—The Critic.