

with additional men or supplies with ease through a strong navy, it can also prevent the enemy from doing the same. Not only can a country supply armies, forts, cities, etc.

According to Mahan, oceans lakes and rivers are pathways, not barriers, but nations must have the initiative to take advantage of them. In the late 19th century, United States navy captain and theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote that he could see a direct link between national prestige and maritime (naval) authority. Often historians discuss force in the form of armies, but in all three of the major wars in early American history, the navy had a very or even equally important impact on the course of the fighting. Prussian general and military theorist Carl von Clausewitz defined war as "simply the continuation of political intercourse with the addition of other means," most often meaning violent force. The purpose of war is rarely ever to simply kill or capture the more people than the other side. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Support the American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act.Protect the Heart of Chancellorsville Battlefield.Phase Four of Gaines’ Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign.Help Restore History at Gettysburg, Cold Harbor & More.Help Save 125 Battlefield Acres in Virginia.Help Preserve 32 Acres at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion Hill.Don’t Let Data Centers Destroy the Wilderness.Help Preserve 29 Acres at Gettysburg & Second Deep Bottom.Send Students to Learn History Where It Occurred.

