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In what way did Alfred T. Mahan's theory on sea power influence President Theodore Roosevelt?

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Sea power influence's concept has an enormous influence in shaping the strategic thoughts of navies across the world. Specially in United States, Germany, Japan and Britain, ultimately causing a European naval arms race in 1890s which culminated the First World War. 
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