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Nicholas Lambert is a naval historian and a leading authority on the strategic implications of globalization. He received his B.A. with a double major in economics and in history, his M.A. in history and economics, and his D.Phil. in modern history from Worcester College, University of Oxford. Afterwards, he held an Olin Fellowship at Yale University. In addition to The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of $ea Power (Naval Institute Press, 2023), he has written three other research monographs: Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War (Harvard University Press, 2012), in which he pioneered the concept of weaponizing the infrastructure of the global trading system, and which was awarded the Norman B. Tomlinson Prize; The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to its Worst Defeat of the First World War (Oxford University Press, 2021), which was awarded the John Lyman Prize; and Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution (University of South Carolina Press, 1999), which received both the Norman B. Tomlinson Prize and the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award. He is also the author of twenty research articles in leading journals. His most recent commentary has appeared in Wall Street Journal and the Proceedings of the US Naval Institute. Lambert resides outside Philadelphia with his family, having previously lived in Washington, DC, as well as India, Taiwan, and Australia. From 2016 to 2018, he held the 'Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair in Naval Heritage' at the US Naval Academy, and is privileged to be an honorary member of the Class of '57
"“Often quoted but seldom read, Alfred Thayer Mahan is sometimes dismissed as little more than a pedantic and parochial advocate of big fleets and decisive naval battles. In this brilliant new intellectual biography, Nicholas Lambert demonstrates, to the contrary, that Mahan was actually a profound analyst of the strategic implications of globalization. Original, provocative, and compelling, Lambert’s book traces the evolution of Mahan’s thought and demonstrates its contemporary relevance. Essential reading for scholars, strategists, and naval officers alike.”—Prof. Aaron L. Friedberg, Princeton University. Author of Getting China Wrong and A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia ""Although the title suggests a rather narrowly focused account, The Neptune Factor is a far-reaching reappraisal of Mahan and his interpreters from the 1890s to the present. Lambert’s insightful and readable book places Mahan’s work firmly within the context of his times. In the course of so doing the author explodes a number of widely accepted Mahan myths and shows the origins and processes of the American naval revival and subsequent rise to world power status to have been far more nuanced and complicated than suggested by earlier authors. Both historians and warfighters should benefit by reading this provocative book.""—Prof. Ronald H. Spector (Emeritus), author of Professors of Warand Eagle Against the Sun ""This book is essential reading for all serious students of naval history and contemporary geopolitics. Nick Lambert’s discovery of important new archival sources and a careful reconsideration of Mahan’s well-known published writing, has enabled him to produce a transformative study of Captain Alfred Mahan’s signature idea—namely the concept of Sea Power. He shows that Mahan, far from being a simplistic advocate of decisive battle, had a sophisticated understanding of the connections between naval force and international economics. Lambert’s revelations will go far to restore Mahan’s stature as the premier thinker on the role of navies in world affairs.""—Prof. Jon T. Sumida (Emeritus), author of Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered"
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