(A) ** to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
(B) the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
(C) imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
(D) the nation’s economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
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Concept note-1: -Mahan emphasized that naval operations were chiefly to be won by decisive battles and blockades. In the 19th century, the United States sought greater control over its seaborne commerce in order to protect its economic interests which relied heavily on exports bound mainly for Europe.
Concept note-2: -In The Influence of Sea Power upon History, Alfred Thayer Mahan studied the rise and fall of naval powers. He concluded that supremacy at sea was essential for a nation’s political and commercial success.
Concept note-3: -Mahan wanted the United States to build a blue-water navy. He wanted the nation to promote and subscribe to policies that would require the development of a large navy consistent with his theories as expressed in The Influence of Sea Power. As he later wrote: Navies are instruments of international relations . . .
Concept note-4: -By arguing that sea power-the strength of a nation’s navy-was the key to strong foreign policy, Alfred Thayer Mahan shaped American military planning and helped prompt a worldwide naval race in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.