Alfred Thayer Mahan’s memoir covers his career as a naval officer spanning the transformation of the United States Navy from wooden sailing ships to steam-powered iron warships in the decades after the Civil War. Known primarily as a strategic theorist, Mahan here writes as a personal memoirist, recalling his experiences at sea, his colleagues, and the technological revolution that transformed naval warfare during his lifetime.
Alongside his strategic works, From Sail to Steam reveals the human dimension of one of the most important naval thinkers America has produced. Download this free EPUB for a personal account of the U.S. Navy in an era of extraordinary technological change.