... posts in the Pacific, as a means to stimulate trade with China. This book placed a strong emphasis on the idea that a strong navy stimulated trade, and influenced policy makers such as Theodore Roosevelt and other key proponents of a large navy. Mahan argued that having command of the sea was a sole determining factor in the United Stated fulling its manifest destiny in becoming the ... ...

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