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An important influence on the military conduct of the American Civil War and Civil Engineering, Mahan is best understood as an educator and technology transfer agent, not a theorist.

Mahan almost singlehandedly compiled and transferred the best of European engineering to the United States and other English-speaking parts of the world.

Virtually all 19th century American engineering schools were started with West Point-educated faculty or adopted its texts.