Distant Rampart

By Harold W. Rood
March 1967
The central strategic objective of the United States is-as it always has been-the prevention of direct attack upon the United States. The fashionable phrases of present-day defense planning notwithstanding, the ...

Kiska Dry-Run

by Lieutenant Commander Charles M. Blackford, III U. S. Coast Guard Reserve (Retired) & Illustrations by Fred Freeman
March 1967
"I saw a quick flash of light on the mountainside ... I felt sure it was a signal for the Japanese guns to open up on us.”

The People Factor

by Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr., U. S. Navy and Captain Allan Slaff, U. S. Navy
March 1967
For Secretary Nitze, the prospect of developing means of retention in the Navy of high quality and highly trained officers and men is the most serious problem facing him.

Comment and Discussion

March 1967
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Book Reviews and Book List

March 1967
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