William Sims's Victory at Sea offers a contemporary American account of naval operations in World War I. Alfred Thayer Mahan's collected articles in The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future provide a companion with a wider geographical focus. The quoted passage separates effects on trade from questions of imperial security. It contrasts Britain's Suez-centered imperial communications with another canal's influence on the eastern Pacific and the United States. The second canal's name is unclear in the available text, so the comparison supports the geographical argument without securely identifying that canal.
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Sims and Mahan provide complementary primary-source views of sea power
Sims offers a contemporary American account of World War I at sea, while Mahan's collected articles consider trade, imperial security, and canal geography.