U. S. naval captain Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
a. free trade was essential to a nation's economic health.
b. control of the sea was the key to world dominance.
c. the United States should develop a "two ocean navy."
d. an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific was crucial to America's defense.
e. the U.S. should construct a fleet of steel battleships.
b
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