Over 100 Years Later, Teddy Roosevelt’s Line on Naval Power and Peace Remains One of the Greatest Military Quotes in All ...
Summary and Key Points – “A good navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guarantee of peace.” Theodore Roosevelt’s line sums up a presidency, 1901 to 1909, that turned Alfred Thayer Mahan’s 1890 sea-power thesis into policy. Harrison Kass traces …