Our Far-Flung Ramparts

By George Fielding Eliot
October 1964
We should learn to think of our home continent and its flanking oceans as a single base area which is vital to our security and from which our power can ...

U. S. "Strategies" and Continental Europe

By Lieutenant Colonel M. E. Geneste, French Army
October 1964
Like the four knights, on the badge of France’s 12th Chasseurs, England, France, West Germany, and America must ride in a common direction to meet a common enemy.

What's It Like in a Wet Ship?

By Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Goodspeed, U: S. Navy
October 1964
The officers and men of the Royal Navy cannot imagine sailing and serving in a “dry” ship. I had not finished one week of my two-year tour of exchange duty ...

The Grass Roots Harvest of 1828

By Harold D. Langley
October 1964
In 1827, however, the plight of the frigate Delaware, confirmed an intrepid Secretary of the Navy’s conviction that he must go in search of “robust and healthy landsmen in the ...

The Thin Blue Line

By Commander R. J. Hanks, U. S. Navy
October 1964
And, today, with our Fleet girdling the globe, our line of bluejackets is stretched at least as thin as it was two years ago.

Torpedo Squadron Eight, The Other Chapter

By Lieutenant H. H. Ferrier, U. S. Navy
October 1964
The gallant but little-known role of a six-plane all-volunteer TBF detachment, of which the author and his pilot were members, adds further to the record of the terrible, yet triumphant ...

Ford Island (Pictorial)

By Lt. Cdr. James E. Wise, Jr., USN
October 1964
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Comment and Discussion

October 1964
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Book Reviews and Book List

October 1964
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Skenesborough: Continental Navy Shipyard

By Captain Edward G. Farmer, U. S. Navy (Retired)
October 1964
Mahan summarized the American strategy in resisting the British drive through Lake Champlain in 1776 in these words, . for delay is ever to the advantage of the defense.” American ...

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