US Navalism in the Late 19th Century and the Rise of American Hegemony
At the end of the 19th century,the United States was plagued by internal contradictions such as economic crisis and social unrest,and faced maritime military threats from the great powers.In this context,American navalism emerged.It combined British sea power thinking with domestic progressive ideas,and advocated gaining naval supremacy,building a powerful fleet,and encouraging the innovation of military technology and external expansion.US navalism carried a distinct elitist character and served the interests of the elite class,with naval officers and professional politicians as its core supporters.To garner public attention and support for the navy,navalists utilized newspapers,journals,and naval public events to link their ideology with patriotism,thus promoting it throughout American society.In the 1880s,navalism began to influence domestic politics,facilitating the construction of an ocean-going navy,and in the 1890s,it started to interfere with foreign policy.It developed rapidly in the resolution of the Samoan crisis and the Venezuelan crisis,and directly stimulated the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898,which led the United States to walk on the path of"interventionist"hegemony.
Sea Power TheoryNavalismInterventionismUS Foreign PolicyAmerican Hegemony
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