The Mahan Doctrine

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In 1890, an obscure professor at the US Naval War College published a book that at first seemed fairly innocuous. However, it turned out his book found an audience. An extremely powerful audience. Its success led to further research, which in turn ushered in a revolution in naval warfare, which influenced the world’s great powers for over a century. Learn more about the Mahan Doctrine and how it influenced 20th-century warfare on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Chubbies Get 20% off your purchase at Chubbies with the promo code DAILY at checkout! Aura Frames Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/DAILY. Promo Code DAILY DripDrop Go to dripdrop.com and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order. Uncommon Goods Go to uncommongoods.com/DAILY for 15% off! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1890, an obscure professor at the U.S. Naval War College published a book that at first seemed fairly innocuous.
0:07.8	However, his book found an audience, an extremely powerful audience, and its success led to further research, which in turn ushered in a revolution in naval warfare, which influenced the world's greatest powers for over a century.
0:22.0	Learn more about the Mahan Doctrine and how it influenced 20th century warfare on this episode
0:27.1	of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:43.7	Hello. Overwhelmed by investing.
0:47.0	If you're anything like us, the hardest part is getting started.
0:49.6	That's why we created the Investing for Beginners podcast.
0:53.5	Our goal is to help simplify money so it can work for you.
0:56.1	We invite guests to demystify investing.
0:59.9	At least like the minimum 10% into the 401k.
1:01.4	I'm Dave Ahern.
1:02.6	And I'm Andrew Sather.
1:06.8	And we hope you join us on the Investing for Beginners podcast.
1:14.8	On the Investing for Beginners podcast. Alfred Thayer Mahan was an unlikely person to lead a revolution in warfare.
1:19.9	Born in 1840 to a family steeped in military tradition, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy
1:24.8	in 1859 and served with modest distinction during the Civil War.
1:29.8	His career was unremarkable until 1885 when he was appointed to lecture on naval history and tactics
1:35.4	at the newly established Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. It was in preparing his lectures that Mahan experienced his intellectual breakthrough.
1:44.8	Studying the Anglo-French conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries,
1:48.3	he discerned patterns that previous historians had overlooked.
1:51.9	In 1890, he published these insights in The Influence of Sea Power Upon History,
1:57.8	1660 to 1783,
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