The record for the largest continuously placed underwater concrete pour was completed 18 October 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana by contractor C. J. Mahan Construction Company, LLC of Grove City, Ohio.

The key leader was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz ( 1849 – 1930 ), who greatly expanded the size and quality of the Navy, while adopting the sea power theories of American strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Mahan was the largest, consisting of 54 states, and assumed political, economic, and cultural dominance.

Dönitz, as a follower of the guerre de course theories of Théophile Aube, was interested in doing as much damage to the enemy merchant fleets as possible whereas Raeder, as a follower of Mahan.

Brown's father became a supporter of the Oberlin Institute ( original name of Oberlin College ) in its early stage, although he was ultimately critical of the school's " Perfectionist " leanings, especially renowned in the preaching and teaching of Charles Finney and Asa Mahan.

He was voiced by Rafael de Penagos ( in the original Spanish version ) and Kerry Mahan ( in the English-language version ).

At a time when industrialisation was reaping major advances in naval technology, one American strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, almost single-handedly brought the field of naval strategy up to date.

Mahan pushed the concept of the " big navy " and an expansionist view where defence was achieved by controlling the sea approaches rather than fortifying the coast.

At West Point, he was an energetic and ambitious cadet, deeply interested in the teachings of Dennis Hart Mahan and the theoretical strategic principles of Antoine-Henri Jomini.

The Navy was modernized in the 1880s, and by the 1890s had adopted the naval power strategy of Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan -- as indeed did every major navy.

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.

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.

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.

After the death of King Kō of Wa, his younger brother Bu acceeded to the throne ; King Bu requested to have Baekje added to the list of protectorates included in the official title bestowed upon the King of Wa by mandate of the Emperor of China, but his title was only renewed as " Supervisor of All Military Affairs of the Six Countries of Wa, Silla, Imna, Gara, Chinhan, and Mahan, Great General Who Keeps Peace in the East, King of the Country of Wa.

However, the fact that " native heritage " is primarily interpreted by the Samguk Sagi to mean " Three Kingdoms heritage " brings us to the work ’ s ostensibly broader purpose, and that was to promote Three Kingdoms, in contrast to the competing neighbors like Buyeo, Mahan, Gaya, which were absorbed into Three Kingdoms, as the orthodox ruling kingdoms of Korea, and to thus solidify the legitimacy and prestige of the Goryeo state, as Three Kingdoms ’ s rightful successor.

Alfred Thayer Mahan ( September 27, 1840 – December 1, 1914 ) was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called " the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century.

Alfred Thayer Mahan was born in West Point, New York, to Dennis Hart Mahan ( a professor at the United States Military Academy ) and Mary Helena Mahan.

Upon being published, Mahan struck up a friendship with pioneering British naval historian Sir John Knox Laughton, the pair maintaining this relationship through correspondence and visits when Mahan was in London.

Mahan was later described as a ' disciple ' of Laughton, although the two men were always at pains to distinguish between each other's line of work, Laughton seeing Mahan as a theorist while Mahan called Laughton ' the historian '.

Mahan believed that national greatness was inextricably associated with the sea, with its commercial usage in peace and its control in war.

* 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.

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 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.

Mahan on Naval Strategy: selections from the writings of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan ed by John B. Hattendorf ( 1991 )

" 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.

Mackinder's doctrine of geopolitics involved concepts diametrically opposed to the notion of Alfred Thayer Mahan about the significance of navies ( he coined the term sea power ) in world conflict.

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

This theory involved concepts diametrically opposed to the ideas of Alfred Thayer Mahan about the significance of sea power in world conflict.

Though Larry Mahan was the first to have six world all-around titles, Ferguson earned the distrinction of winning six consecutively.

Mahan wrote in his book that not only world peace or the empire, but Britain ’ s very survival depended on the Royal Navy ruling the waves.