Who Rules the Waves? How America Became a Global Superpower
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Saturday, October 17, 2026
The Peter Boyles Show - October 17, 2026 HR 2: Who really rules the world's oceans, and how did America become a global superpower? Peter Boyles continues his fascinating conversation with Baylor University historian Professor David Smith, author of "Mahan: The Life of Maritime Strategy's Greatest Revolutionary".
From Manifest Destiny and the British Empire to Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, the rise of American naval power, and the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, discover how Alfred Thayer Mahan's revolutionary ideas helped shape American foreign policy and military strategy. One man's vision. Two centuries of naval power. A world still shaped by the oceans.
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