In Alfred Thayer Mahan's book,The Influence of Sea Power in History, he wrote that "the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores." Which of these BEST summarizes Mahan's concern about the U.S. Navy? A) A strong army was more important than a strong navy. B) An overactive U.S. Navy stood in the way of expansion. C) U.S. would need overseas naval bases for refueling and resupplying. D) Naval fleets would no longer be needed by the end of the 20th Century.

In Alfred Thayer Mahan's book, "The Influence of Sea Power in History," he wrote that "the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores." The BEST statement that summarizes Mahan's concern about the U.S. Navy is "the U.S. would need overseas naval bases for refueling and resupplying.

There is always a visionary man that can change the future of a country with one vision and his conviction. That was Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), a Navy officer that wrote the book "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History," and influenced many other military men in America and Europe. Considered a good strategist for his innovative military concepts of the time, he envisioned the necessity for the United States Navy to have bases abroad to be effective in the case of any mobilization to other parts of the world. Otherwise, the American response would be very slow.