WI: President Mahan??

(Before Start, Blame Turtledove for this)

Well reading a little about turtledove and the (In for some)Famous, Timeline-191(or WW1 at Inverse), and again i Notice About the POTUS Alfred Tayer Mahan, I'm like Militray history otaku, read about their military theories and all, and who will be him make the theories in praxis??(in TL-191 verse, they have a lot of credibility/necessity because the eternal threat of the RN) but in a World with butterflies post-ARW(not the turtledove one) have the enough fame/prestige to be elected(maybe like Grant in the GOP or with the Democrats for Cliche sake??), and the Period between post reconstruction and before the end of century(maybe he can make possible an Early S-A War??)

that are my doubts, what do you can make possible
 
With few exceptions the navies of the world have produced few leaders that actually rose to become leaders of nations. The most likely US naval leader was George Dewey, and that was probably before anyone really asked him his position on anything. A.T. Mahan would be a hard sell, the navy tends to be more insular than the army and its members are usually far more unknown to the public.

Mahan clearly demonstrated that he as a superb academician and that isn't entirely translatable into the mix of administration, strategy and tactics.
 
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