The book was an overnight sensation, but not just in America.
Mahan looked at the history of Great Britain and realized something profound: Britain didn't rule the world because they had the best soldiers, but because they owned the
By looking back at the age of sail (1660–1783), Mahan actually predicted the age of steel—and every aircraft carrier patrolling the globe today is, in a way, a ghost of his 1890 theories.