Defense Organization Issues

By Capt. Albert T. Church, Jr., USN, and Capt. Lloyd R. Vasey, USN
February 1961
Since 1947, the organization for the defense of this nation has undergone continual change. The major changes, of course, have been effected by the legislative process of the Congress; each ...

Project Poseidon

By Timothy E. Shea
February 1961
If there is one word which describes the state of mind of the average citizen as he reflects on the uncertainties of a troubled world, it is the word “confusion.” ...

The New Japanese-American Treaty

By August C. Miller, Jr.
February 1961
“ in the western Pacific the key to its defense is Japan ... it [is] absolutely mandatory . . . to our safety that the Japanese nation does not fall ...

More Fun Than Fury in the Fish War

By Frank Goldsworthy
February 1961
The 1960 Law of the Sea Conference at Geneva has ended in failure and confusion, but the most pressing and dramatic of the international disputes which the Conference was intended ...

Japanese Submarine Tactics

By Kennosuke Torisu, assisted by Masataka Chihaya
February 1961
One of the most interesting, unanswered questions having to do with Japanese submarine operations in World War II concerns the sinking of the cruiser, USS Indianapolis, by I-58 ...

U.S. Sloop of War Wasp

By James M. Perry
February 1961
Commodore Isaac Hull, commanding officer of the little navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, had good news to report to Washington on the morning of 2 May 1814. He wrote ...

Lebanon and Quemoy--The Navy's Role

By Capt. Elward F. Baldridge, USN
February 1961
When President Camille Chamoun of Lebanon received the news of the Iraqi coup on Monday morning, 14 July 1958, he became convinced that his government would be the next to ...

Comment and Discussion

February 1961
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Book Reviews and Book List

February 1961
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The First U.S. Governer of California

By Chaplain F. F. Smart, Jr., U.S. Navy
February 1961
One of the most fascinating, as well as important, parts played by the U. S. Navy in our national development concerns the acquisition of California. The bald facts are common ...

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