Word: mahan
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...this fight much more than narrow departmental esprit de corps, more than the questionable methods that were used by the Navy in its desperate attempt to make its points. At Annapolis he absorbed the great U.S. tradition of sea power-the tradition that led U.S. Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan to explain to the British how they won and held their empire, the tradition which explains Winston Churchill's grasp of strategic problems...
Capital Gains. In Cleveland. Richard L. Mahan was charged with passing a bad check written on a new $25 check-writing machine which he had bought with a bad check...
...years, the U.S. Navy has turned out plenty of fighting admirals but only one great scholar, 19th Century Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. His Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783 (1890) was not only the nearest thing the Navy had ever had to a formal philosophy of naval power, it also won friends & influenced people in favor of a mighty U.S. fleet. Last week the U.S. Navy, which thinks it could use more friends, revealed that it was looking for some new Mahans...
...Academy, it will grant a series of five-year fellowships, named in honor of the late Defense Secretary James V. Forrestal, for research and analysis in naval history. The Academy planned to pick its Forrestal fellows both from the Navy and from university faculties. It hoped their work, like Mahan's in his day, would help in determining what the Navy's role should be. The only obstacle to making the grants at once: no Government funds were available. The Navy was looking for contributions...
...responsible for the coaching and its success. . . . Perhaps I am spoiled as I have seen West Point play three games this year. . . . There are at least a score of available, experienced coaches and successful professional players, including some former Harvard players, such as Charley Buell, Charley Crowley, Eddie Mahan and "Chuck" (sie) Peabody who could make good and restore Harvard football prestige, but unfortunately Valpey is not one of them...