Word: mahan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, the great U.S. writer on sea power, gave this definition of a popular theory which he rejected-the theory of the Fleet in Being...
...power has not displaced sea power-air power is sea power. The principles of naval warfare as laid down by Mahan still hold-only the weapons have changed...
...plains of later American thought look barren. The Beards in the part of the book devoted to the 19th Century choose quotations to illustrate the various facets of American civilization, including the works of many an intellectual maverick, from Frederick Turner's theory of the frontier to Admiral Mahan's theories of the influence of sea power. Mahan's faith in a British and American crusade committing the U.S. to a "world-spanning imperialist mission in the name of Christ and civilization" is posed against Mark Twain's dour disbelief in extending the blessings of civilization...
Harry's full name is Harold Bradshaw and he mans the hamburger stand at the store. Being born and brought up in Cambridge, Harry made the prediction confidently. He has seen all of Harvard's greats--from Mahan and Brickley, through Casoy and Wood, and down to Peabody, and he calls the team that meets Yale tomorrow, "one of the hardest pulling teams I have ever seen...
...Harvard-Yale rivalry, which has extended since the time "Harvard was old Harvard when Yale was but a pup." Football games between the Crimson and the Blue have made the names of Charley Brickley, the great place-kick specialist, Charlie Buell, another great kicker and field general, and Eddy Mahan, the wonder back, familiar to generations of Harvard...