Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

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  1. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    39:41Mahan and Corbett spoke to different naval audiencesNotable Point
  2. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    0:00Mahan's case for naval preparednessChapter
  3. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    1:17Mahan on diplomacy, public pressure, and principleNotable Point
  4. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    20:04Balanced fleets turn Mahan's warning into force designChapter
  5. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    1:27:24Mahan and Corbett: similar theory, different audiencesNotable Point
  6. Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes
    5:16Doctrine, design evidence, and learning from RajputNotable Point
  7. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    18:02A battleship fleet needs enough escortsNotable Point
  8. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    10:11Mahan and Corbett emphasize different parts of sea powerNotable Point
  9. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
  10. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    0:00How naval theorists sell sea powerChapter
  11. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    43:32The Manchester School and America's inward turnChapter
  12. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    48:44Mahan's Christian and imperial argument for organized forceChapter
  13. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    52:02Mahan takes sea power to his audienceChapter
  14. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:13:03Germany's commercial routes and the force needed beyond the North SeaChapter
  15. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:16:30Interior lines and Britain's dependence on the fleetNotable Point
  16. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:18:34Armstrong restores Mahan's commerce balanceNotable Point
  17. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:22:26A recollection of selective Mahan quotation in CongressNotable Point
  18. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:24:05German fleet building reshapes international alignmentsChapter
  19. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:28:43The Monroe Doctrine and the German risk fleetNotable Point
  20. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:34:22Naval policy is national strategyChapter
  21. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    22:52Mahan and Sims argued beyond a battleship-only fleetChapter
  22. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    29:26Sims and Mahan provide complementary primary-source views of sea powerNotable Point
  23. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:23:35Japanese doctrine required attrition before decisive battleQ&A
  24. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:24:18Mahan, Corbett, and the wider study of naval deterrenceNotable Point
  25. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:20:16Mahan's naval influence and the neglected fleet screenNotable Point
  26. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    10:08Historical study sharpened Hornby's command judgmentNotable Point
  27. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    1:06:16Hornby judged Nelson brilliant but too erraticNotable Point
  28. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    19:50Why war-fighting equations undercount presenceNotable Point
  29. Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction
    46:35Corbett and Mahan explained sea power for the NavyNotable Point
  30. A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin
    1:47:13Why naval theory cannot be taught in isolationQ&A
  31. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    1:46:13MacDonald's political weakness becomes bargaining leverageChapter
  32. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    17:38John Knox Laughton turns naval history into command educationChapter
  33. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    45:19Richmond uses cruisers to frame presence and deterrenceNotable Point
  34. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:30:07How audience shapes the lessons in an official reportNotable Point
  35. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    35:59Why advocacy does not guarantee strategic commandNotable Point
  36. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    4:21:31Mahan's Civil War service and possible link to FarragutNotable Point
  37. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    15:45How would Mahan approach today's naval affairs?Q&A
  38. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    22:07What Mahan would recognize in China and sea blindnessChapter
  39. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    27:09Mahan separated technological change from strategic purposeNotable Point
  40. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    34:17Why Corbett is often easier to read than MahanNotable Point
  41. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    38:28Mahan and Corbett wrote for opposite naval problemsChapter
  42. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    42:37The continental United States that Mahan asked to look outwardNotable Point
  43. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    50:18Structured disagreement reveals where Mahan and Corbett agreeNotable Point
  44. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    55:04Mahan as a modern public communicatorNotable Point
  45. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    58:05Mahan's religion complicates a simple account of his racial viewsNotable Point
  46. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:56:48Mahan and Sims made trust the center of leadershipChapter
  47. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:59:30Sims taught future junior officers how to exercise initiativeNotable Point
  48. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    2:05:44Reading supplies experience beyond an officer's own careerNotable Point
  49. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    11:18Sea power is more than decisive battleChapter
  50. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:19:33Logistics arguments need more than a sloganChapter
  51. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:50:07Naval policy needs evidence deeper than headlinesChapter
  52. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    19:17Early theorists shape the language of later doctrineNotable Point
  53. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    15:21Shokaku scarcity and the Yamato resource tradeoffNotable Point
  54. Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)
    1:58:41Grenada and the danger of unverified fleet intelligenceNotable Point
  55. Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)
    2:09:21Mahan, French caution, and the purpose of a naval battleNotable Point
  56. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    9:38Kantai Kessen and expected American behaviorQ&A
  57. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    13:39Mahan and Corbett beyond the usual labelsNotable Point
  58. USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World
    3:14:18Nelson's Tenerife defeat becomes a submarine prankNotable Point
  59. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    49:49Mahan and Corbett frame different carrier argumentsNotable Point
  60. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:38:25Reginald Custance beyond Mahan and CorbettQ&A
  61. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    35:25Mahan and Corbett framed different carrier prioritiesQ&A
  62. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    3:35A successor force for New IronsidesQ&A
  63. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    1:45A strategy reading list for technological transitionNotable Point
  64. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    0:01Cold War theory and the memory of world warChapter
  65. What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?
    12:08Reading Mahan through his essaysNotable Point
  66. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    45:13Northcliffe brought naval thought to a mass readershipNotable Point
  67. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    2:50:48Sea control limits American alliance choicesNotable Point
  68. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    14:25Corbett and the political case for naval powerChapter
  69. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:36:24Reading Mahan and Corbett togetherQ&A
  70. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    31:37Giving naval power a language for democratic politicsNotable Point
  71. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    36:44The Green Pamphlet turns principles into a war courseChapter
  72. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    51:29Concentration means rapid union, not one massChapter
  73. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    29:39Annual manoeuvres as doctrine laboratoriesChapter
  74. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:48:20Roosevelt, Hawaii, and the danger of unsupported forward basingNotable Point
  75. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:01:24The strategic range inside a Mahan collectionNotable Point
  76. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:09:20Why Mahan and Corbett addressed different audiencesChapter
  77. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:10:02Waterborne trade and the vulnerability of coastal shippingChapter
  78. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:13:03Why merchant shipping creates demand for a navyChapter
  79. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:15:03Trading colonies and strategic naval stationsChapter
  80. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:22:32How institutions made Mahan and Corbett seem opposedNotable Point
  81. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:27:39How rare were decisive naval battles?Q&A
  82. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:31:07Why Mahan preserved contradictions between his essaysNotable Point
  83. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:35:10Mahan on preparation before a crisisChapter
  84. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:38:20Mahan's argument for fighting over principleNotable Point
  85. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:46:01Mahan's six elements of sea powerNotable Point
  86. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:47:27Why Mahan treated Trafalgar as decisiveChapter
  87. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:50:36Reading Mahan as a theorist and naval educatorNotable Point
  88. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:51:20British victory and Mahan's appeal to CongressQ&A
  89. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    1:52:07Nelson's pursuit and Napoleon's invasion planChapter
  90. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:03:38Reading and translating Castex's naval theoryChapter
  91. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:42:25An unread presentation copy and Mahan's influenceNotable Point
  92. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    3:59:00Mahan's influence on capital-ship treaty categoriesQ&A
  93. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    0:29Why a continental power still needs a navyChapter
  94. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    7:20Mahan and Corbett addressed different political problemsChapter
  95. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    11:00A naval officer shaped by the War CollegeChapter
  96. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    14:56Why naval theory needs explainers as well as instinctive leadersNotable Point
  97. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    18:20USS Chicago and Mahan's practical credibilityNotable Point
  98. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    20:16Why a navy needs persuasive communicatorsNotable Point
  99. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    23:24Writing sea power for the people who funded itChapter
  100. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    25:41How to choose an edition and start reading MahanNotable Point
  101. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    29:19The Influence of Sea Power as a political interventionChapter
  102. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    30:20Reading Mahan's history with historical cautionNotable Point
  103. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    34:06Mahan's later works and strategic dialogue with CorbettNotable Point
  104. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    48:22Mahan cultivated an American sea-power cultureChapter
  105. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    2:21:27Assessing Barfleur-La Hogue's strategic effectNotable Point
  106. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    17:15Did Mahan shape the thinking behind Coronel?Q&A
  107. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    31:36USS Olympia and a cruiser-centered American forceChapter
  108. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:11:53Who deserves command credit for Santiago?Notable Point
  109. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:28:13Why did a cruiser war produce a battleship obsession?Notable Point
  110. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:09:30Who deserved credit for Santiago?Notable Point
  111. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:29:49A cruiser war produces a battleship-minded navyNotable Point
  112. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    3:39:44When naval historians were public celebritiesQ&A
  113. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:29:26Reading Gorshkov, Mahan, and Corbett to assess ChinaQ&A
  114. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:30:40A route from Clausewitz to modern naval theoryQ&A
  115. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    2:45:08Why Hood did not overturn the treaty balanceQ&A
  116. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    20:45Kantai Kessen and its dangerous assumptionChapter
  117. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    3:14:50Geography determines whether war can stay limitedNotable Point
  118. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    23:23From European rivalry to control of the worldChapter
  119. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    6:03Mahan and the selling power of decisive battleNotable Point
  120. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    19:37Mahan on sea power, commerce, and historical comparisonChapter
  121. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    21:52Mahan's audience beyond the NavyNotable Point
  122. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    27:24Why Mahan questioned the steam-age naval meleeNotable Point
  123. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    36:42Would Mahan have ordered dreadnoughts in 1905?Q&A
  124. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    40:21Did Mahan expect one war-winning battle?Q&A
  125. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    55:54Did Mahan help turn the Panama Canal into policy?Q&A
  126. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:08:57Mahan's case against coastal battleshipsQ&A
  127. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:16:55Nelson's temperament under fire in Mahan's character studyNotable Point
  128. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:16:55A compact route into Mahan's wider workChapter
  129. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    1:54:12Mahan and Roosevelt as historical advisersQ&A
  130. Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 63
    2:42Maritime strategy beyond the battle fleetNotable Point
  131. Bruships 63: Trailer
    0:58Strategy, policy, and operations beyond battle narrativesNotable Point
  132. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    28:20Q&A: can theorists lack command experience?Q&A
  133. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    1:35:21Sea power as a prerequisite for maritime strategyNotable Point
  134. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:08:41Q&A: Mahan already had the War of 1812 warningQ&A
  135. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:35:18Strategy must fit national circumstancesChapter
  136. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    43:30Why a destroyer class carried Mahan's nameNotable Point
  137. A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759
    0:20Why Quiberon Bay mattered in 1759Chapter
  138. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    4:54:29Can the Belt and Road Initiative bypass sea power?Q&A
  139. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    38:42Kantai Kessen was not simply Mahan plus the Jeune ÉcoleQ&A
  140. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    2:50:22Why Mahan was American rather than BritishQ&A
  141. Bruships 44: Strategy
    3:09:18Beachy Head was a victory without strategic decisionChapter
  142. Bruships 44: Strategy
    3:13:26French sea control failed to stop William's strategic movementNotable Point
  143. Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s
    3:07Mahan, Togo, and the limits of battle-centered historyNotable Point
  144. Battle of Quiberon Bay
    6:11Mahan's "Trafalgar before Trafalgar" labelNotable Point
  145. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    3:29:38Mahan and Corbett begin from different strategic positionsQ&A
  146. The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style
    1:13Force K as sea control in practiceChapter
  147. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    44:15Mahan, Corbett, and what follows the fleet battleNotable Point
  148. Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro
    27:42Cape Passaro and British Mediterranean sea controlChapter
  149. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    5:31Books preserve professional naval judgmentNotable Point
  150. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    33:16The New Orleans class tried to be too many thingsQ&A
  151. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 3
    16:18Reading Mahan beyond command of the seaChapter
  152. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    1:08:32Corbett, Mahan, and what sea control is forQ&A
  153. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:29:24Royal Navy thought beyond Corbett and MahanQ&A