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…showed last 75 words of 1070 total…at his concepts for they probably also saw the navy as a symbol of power and status for a country. These concepts which Mahan embraces were ones of expansionism with a tinge of patriotism. Mahan wrote in order to preserve America's role in world politics and to secure the rapidly expanding American markets. This symbolized a strong loyalty to the United States and an attempt to promote American interests, during the age of American expansionism.