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THE

INTEREST OF AMERICA

IN
SEA POWER,

PRESENT AND FUTURE.

BY

CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN, D.C.L., LL.D. ( '
ffltatttfj States Nafcg,
AUTHOR OF "THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, l66o-
1783," "THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION AND EMPIRE," OF A "LIFE OF FARRAGUT,"
AND OF "THE LIFE OF NELSON, THE EMBODIMENT
OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN."

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPA

1917,