HIST-UA 9 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Native Hawaiians, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer
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Mahan didn"t think that the united states had a powerful navy to be a large powerhouse in the world. Mahan wrote the influence of sea power upon history (1890) that said countries with sea power were the greatest influences in history. Since the united states had two oceans, it depends on the sea power. States to get power by making a canal to connect both the oceans. He wanted the u. s. to make bases on the canal and then mahan wanted the united states to take over pacific islands such as. The things that mahan proposed for a sea power were a strong navy, foreign commerce and a stable/productive economy. Mahan was an admiral for the united states navy. Even though he felt that the united states weren"t strong enough, the united states became the third strongest naval power in 1900: queen liliuokalani.
