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The interest in sea power, present and future by alfred thayer mahan. Rear admiral mahan (1840 1914) was officer in us navy and leading theorist on matters relating to american naval power and. American foreign policy as commandant of naval war college, mahan taught future president theodore roosevelt and almost certainly influenced roosevelt"s thinking. Mahan thought that us should also follow this course, developing its naval power rather than being concerned with control of north. Canal ( the isthmus ) his arguments presaged the standard american defence of the spanish-american war (1898) Theodore roosevelt (1858 1919) became president of the us in 1901 after assassination of president william mckinley a republican, roosevelt was known as a reformer within the party and sought to bring party"s ideals into 20th century. Roosevelt worried through much of his presidency over tendency of european powers, especially germany, to interfere with latin.
