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ALFRED THAYER MAHAN’S MESSIANIC IMPERIALISM: AN ANGLO-SAXON GEOPOLITICAL VISION OF THE OTTOMAN MIDDLE EAST, 1892-1912


FLAVIEN BARDET
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE, BORDEAUX III UNIVERSITY, FRANCE

Issue:

CP, Number 10

Section:

No. 10 (2005)   Editorial

Abstract:

This paper deals with the geopolitical theories of Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) concerning Britain’s imperial needs in the early 1900’s. Through the analysis of Mahan’s geopolitics – based on the idea that sea power, or “control of the seas”, is supreme in international relationships –, the issues linked to Britain’s geostrategic safety in and around Suez in the early 20th century will be tackled. This paper will also highlight the tenuous bonds existing between the concepts of “naval strategy”, “racial” imperialism, and Western “living space”.

Keywords:

British Empire, Christianity, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Imperialism (Britain), Imperialism (Germany), Levant, Living space theory, Mahan, Alfred Thayer, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Racial theories, Ratzel, Friedrich, Strategy, Turkey.

Code [ID]:

CP200510V00S01A0014 [0002110]

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