Making Atomic Strategy

By Lieutenant Commander R. G. Alexander, U. S. Navy
October 1955
The United States has announced that its military strategy in future wars will be shaped around the use of atomic weapons in the event of enemy attack. While some may ...

Korea and Japan: Neighbor's Keepers?

By Hyman Kublin
October 1955
During the past few years, while the forces of Communism have registered tremendous gains in the Far East, the need for unity among the free nations of the world has ...

Horatio Nelson

By Michael Lewis
October 1955
On October 21st, 150 years ago, Horatio Viscount Nelson, Vice-Admiral of the White, was killed in action off Cape Trafalgar. At that moment he was already the great national hero ...

Discipline And The Division

By Lieutenant (JG) Julian L. Simon, U. S. Navy
October 1955
Commence firing”, the Captain ordered the Gunnery Officer. “Commence firing”, Mr. Guns passed down to the mounts, and five seconds later the battery gave out a clap of thunder and ...

The Reverse Of The Medal

By Major Reginald Hargreaves, M.C.
October 1955
That war has come to owe an enormous debt to industry is so obvious a truism that it has found universal and unqualified acceptance. Nowadays strife between nations in many ...

Fishermen Off The Capes

By Lieutenant (JG) Walter Dear, II, U. S. Naval Reserve
October 1955
The Virginia Capes Operating Area, known as the Southern Drill Grounds to many Navy men, has been used for years as a sea school for firing exercises, experimental work, and ...

Training In Sailing Vessels Carries On

By Commander Francis E. Clark, U. S. Navy
October 1955
Training in seamanship under sail for young men is not dead, but is still very much alive! We are aware that the age of nuclear power has arrived and may ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

October 1955
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Book Reviews

October 1955
HORATIO NELSONA Bibliographical SurveyBy MICHAEL LEWIS*A complete list of all Nelson sources has never been compiled. It would not be possible, and the reason is interesting. Nelson ...

Professional Notes

October 1955
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