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Alfred Mahan was a US Navy Commander and a naval historian whose
perspective has impacted this source in that he was a firm believer that the United States would soon need a strong navy to secure the economic, and political interests of the United States, and could have a kind of navy that could be compared to strong European navies such as Great Britan's.
In Alfred Thayer Mahan's book, "The Influence of Sea Power in History," he wrote that "the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores." That is why he believed that the United States would need overseas naval bases for refueling and resupplying.
Considered a good strategist for his innovative military concepts of the time,Thayer envisioned the necessity for the United States Navy to have bases abroad to be effective in the case of any mobilization to other parts of the world.
