(A) discouraging expansionism and trade with other nations.
(B) preaching isolationism as a way to defend against foreign aggressors.
(C) arguing for the elimination of the army in favor of the navy.
(D) ** convincing government officials to strengthen the U.S. Navy.
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Concept note-1: -Alfred T. Mahan book The Influence of Sea Power upon History helped push the United States toward a position of world power by? convincing government officials to strengthen the U.S. Navy.
Concept note-2: -Mahan argued that British control of the seas, combined with a corresponding decline in the naval strength of its major European rivals, paved the way for Great Britain’s emergence as the world’s dominant military, political, and economic power.
Concept note-3: -The book was published by Mahan while president of the US Naval War College, and was a culmination of his ideas regarding naval warfare. Mahan began the book with an examination of what factors led to a supremacy of the seas, especially how Great Britain was able to rise to its near dominance.
Concept note-4: -In 1890 Mahan published his college lectures as The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783. In this book he argued for the paramount importance of sea power in national historical supremacy. The book, which came at a time of great technological improvement in warships, won immediate recognition abroad.
Concept note-5: -Mahan’s books influenced U.S efforts to become a world power primarily by? Advocating overseas expansion.