* Originally based on writing by Christopher Mahan as a Pierce College English 101 assignment: christophermahan. com

U. S. District Judge James Mahan voided the state ban on advertising by legal brothels on grounds the state did not offer any compelling interest in support of the policy, but the U. S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the state law in March 2010.

Alfred Thayer Mahan, a frequent commentator on world naval strategic and diplomatic affairs, believed that national greatness was inextricably associated with the sea, with its commercial usage in peace and its control in war.

the Emperor of China bestowed military sovereignty over Silla, Imna, Gaya, Chinhan, and Mahan on King Sai of Wa.

Commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1861, Mahan served the Union in the American Civil War as an officer on USS Worcester, Congress, Pocahontas, and James Adger, and as an instructor at the Naval Academy.

Before entering on his duties, College President Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce pointed Mahan in the direction of writing his future studies on the influence of sea power.

Mahan plunged into the library and wrote lectures that drew heavily on standard classics and the ideas of work of Henri Jomini.

Mahan sought to resurrect Horatio Nelson as a national hero in Britain and used the book as a platform for expressing his views on naval strategy and tactics.

In addition to these works, Mahan wrote more than a hundred articles on international politics and related topics, which were closely read by policy makers.

Mahan was a frequent commentator on world naval, strategic and diplomatic affairs.

Mahan represented the United States at the first international conference on arms control that was initiated by Russia in 1899.

Between 1889 and 1892 Mahan was engaged in special service for the Bureau of Navigation, and in 1893 he was appointed to command the powerful new protected cruiser Chicago on a visit to Europe, where he was received and feted.

Mahan died of heart failure on December 1, 1914.

" The Negative Influence of Mahan on the Protection of Shipping in Wartime: The Convoy Controversy in the Twentieth Century.

The Influence of History on Mahan.

" A Note on the " Mercantilistic Imperialism " of Alfred Thayer Mahan ," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol.

* Livezey, William E. Mahan on Sea Power ( Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, reprinted 1981 )

562 pp., chapter on Mahan

* 1935 —-( Mahan class destroyer ) Attack on Pearl Harbor-Battle of the Philippine Sea

* 1935 —-( Mahan class destroyer ) Attack on Pearl Harbor-Battle of Midway-Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands-Operation Crossroads

In his emphasis on sea power, Thucydides resembles the modern naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan, whose influential work The Influence of Sea Power upon History helped set in motion the naval arms race prior to World War I.

Mahan Hall at the United States Naval Academy, named after Admiral Mahan.

* The United States Naval Academy's Mahan Hall was named in his honor, as was Mahan Hall at the Naval War College.

* A. T. Mahan Elementary School and A. T. Mahan High School at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland, were also named in his honor.

* Naval Sea Cadet Corps unit in Albany, New York is honored with his name as the Mahan Division also named after the USS Mahan

" Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Naval Historian " in Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age, ed.

" European Naval Expansion and Mahan, 1889 – 1906.

Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters ( Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1977 ), the standard biography

On Akiyama's arrival in New York, he attempted to contact Alfred Thayer Mahan for advice and recommendations on how to study at either the US Naval Academy or Naval War College.

During the same era, Naval War College instructor Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan was writing influential books on naval strategy and sea power.

A major ally in this effort was naval theorist Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, who had served as a professor at the new Naval War College ( founded 1884 ).

Further work on Corbett appeared with John Hattendorf's essay ' Sir Julian Corbett on the Significance of Naval History ' ( 1971, reprinted 2000 ) and Goldrick and Hattendorf's Conference Proceedings, Mahan is Not Enough ( 1993 ), followed by the revised biography on Corbett in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( 2004 ).

Mahan Hall at the U. S. Naval Academy and the Naval War College were named for his son, Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan ( 2000 ) 184 pages excerpt and online search from Amazon. com

* Herwig, Holger “ The Failure of German Sea Power, 1914-1945: Mahan, Tirpitz, and Raeder Reconsidered ” pages 68 – 105 from The International History Review, Volume 10, Issue # 1, February 1988.

Mahan describes in the preface to The Influence of Sea Power upon History how the Romans used their sea power to effectively block the sea lines of communication of Hannibal with Carthage ; and so via a maritime strategy achieved Hannibal's removal from Italy, despite never beating him there with their legions.

Influenced by the American geostrategist Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ratzel wrote of aspirations for German naval reach, agreeing that sea power was self-sustaining, as the profit from trade would pay for the merchant marine, unlike land power.

Influenced by Mahan, Ratzel wrote of aspirations for German naval reach, agreeing that sea power was self-sustaining, as the profit from trade would pay for the merchant marine, unlike land power.

Mahan argued that radical technological change does not eliminate uncertainty from the conduct of war, and therefore a rigorous study of history should be the basis of naval officer education.

Mahan continued to write voluminously and received honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, and McGill.

Mahan believed that this experience had cleansed him from the desire and inclination to sin.

Mahan was unwilling to help, aside from giving Akiyama a list of books to read.

Mahan Hall, named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan ( NWC President from 1886 – 1889 and 1892 – 1893 ), was completed and opened in 1904, and encompasses the historic Mahan Rotunda and Reading Room, as well as student study areas.

* Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement ( 1980 ; 2000 ) from the Navy League.

Within a week, approximately 40 students and trustee Asa Mahan requested dismissal from the school.

In 1215AD, Kalinga Mahan, a rigid saivist monarch, from India, gained Ceylon and stilled the heathens and gave his hands to the people here.

Commerce raiding was heavily criticised by the naval theorist A. T. Mahan, who regarded it as a distraction from the destruction of the enemy's fighting power.

* 1981: Fayette County completed a brief segment from milepost 56. 15 near Long Branch to milepost 59. 63 ( Exit 60, Mossy ) and from milepost 62. 27 near Kingston to milepost 66. 51 ( Exit 66, Mahan ).

* 1983: A segment between Fayette and Kanawha Counties was dualized from milepost 66. 51 ( Exit 66, Mahan ) to milepost 74. 96 ( Exit 74, Standard ).

Corbett differed from Mahan, however, in placing less emphasis on fleet battle.

At a distance of 22 km from mandi ( Mandi-Jalandhar NH-70 ) is a sub-tehsil of Mandi district. Arnodi " khadd " flows along the tungal valley to meet the river Beas at kun ka tar. Famous temples :- Shiv temple Kotli, Racehra dev temple kotli And Racehra hill, Janitri devi Temple at Janitri Hill, Jhagru Dev Temple, Kasla dev and kamrawh dev temple kotli, surgani devi temple, Mahan Dev temple, Tej bahadur singh Temple, troka wali devi temple, Nagni devi temple etc. Famous fairs :- Saigaloo fair, Mahan Dev fair, Janitri Devi fair.