Mahan gives battle more emphasis than Corbett, but that emphasis does not exhaust his writing. His American audience needed persuasion about the value of sea power. Corbett addressed a British audience already familiar with maritime dependence and could spend more time on subtler questions. Their different audiences help explain differences of emphasis without making the writers complete opposites.
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Why Mahan and Corbett addressed different audiences
Mahan's emphasis on battle reflects his effort to persuade an American audience of the need for sea power.