by Nicholas A. Lambert

Winner of NOUS' 2024 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature

Capt. A.T. Mahan's central argument was that the outcome of rivalries on the seas have decisively shaped the course of modern history. Although Mahan's scholarship has long been seen as foundational to all systematic study of naval power, Neptune Factor is the first attempt to explain how Mahan's definition of sea power shifted over time.

Ordering Info: Naval Institute Press

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2024