Kyle Harrison
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The Neptune Factor
The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power
- Author
- Nicholas A. Lambert
- Published
- 2024
- Pages
- 440
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Lambert’s reassessment of Alfred Thayer Mahan — arguing that the sea-power doctrine navies built themselves around was a misreading of what Mahan actually said.
Where I saw it: Recommended by @DustinWalper on X (June 30, 2025): “Essential reading for the sea-curious.”
Connections
- World War I — the war fought on the doctrine Lambert reexamines.
- Globalization — sea power as the thing that made trade-based empire possible.