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The Admiral's Desk is mainly about naval history, mostly based around the Second World War. Every now and then, there will be other parts of history, like American presidents, wars, and state history. Episodes are every Friday or Saturday night, usually 15-20 minutes long!

Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy flag officer, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact; it was most famously presented in The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783.