HIST 1220 Lecture 12: Course Notes October 3
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The size of the u. s navy was expanding during the presidency of theodore roosevelt. Him and other world leaders were greatly influenced by a book that was published in 1907, titled, the. Influence of sea power upon history. it was written by alfred mahan who, at one point during his career had been a professor at the naval college in newport rhode island. According to him, the greta world powers of spain, and later on, great britain they were able to construct and maintain their global empires though the strengths of their navies. Thus, becoming influential to world leaders, the turn into the 20th century, justifying expanding the standing the standing size of the u. s navy. The united states becoming much more involved in activities outside the country, so inevitably. Americans eventually would become directly involved in the great war, which later down the road would be better known as world war i.
