The thesis of The Influence of Sea Power upon History was A) America’

The thesis of The Influence of Sea Power upon History was

A) America’s “New Navy” program was a useless waste of taxpayer money.
B) countries rise to world power through expanding their foreign commerce and protecting that commerce with a strong navy.
C) to achieve world power status, the United States needed to build a naval academy to train naval officers.
D) historically, naval power has been vastly overrated.

ANSWER
B