 He ordered his military leaders to read Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's book, "The Influence of Sea Power upon History", and spent hours drawing sketches of the ships that he wanted built.Bülow and Bethmann Hollweg, his loyal chancellors, looked after domestic affairs, while Wilhelm began to spread alarm in the chancellories of Europe with his increasingly eccentric views on foreign affairs.Wilhelm enthusiastically promoted the arts and sciences, as well as public education and social welfare.