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John P. Holland
By Richard K. Morris. Annapolis, Md.; U. S. Naval Institute, 1966. 211 pages. Illustrated. $8.50. Member’s price $6.80.
REVIEWED BY
Commander John D. Alden, U. S. Navy (Retired).
(Commander Alden was graduated from Cornell University in 1943 and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served in submarines during and after World War II, served in several billets connected with submarine design, construction, and repair before his retirement in 1965.)
The wizened little Irishman in wing collar, bowler, and walrus mustache, gazing into the future from the hatch of a tiny submarine bearing his name, is an unlikely parent for the nuclear-powered undersea giants of today’s Navy. But the lineage is meticulously traced out by author Richard K. Morris, grandson of Holland’s superintending engineer and faithful friend, Charles A. Morris. Building on the voluminous papers and diaries carefully preserved by his grandfather, Professor Morris has tracked down a wealth of additional detail to fill in the biography of Holland and his pioneering efforts to develop a practical submarine. Not the least of the author’s successes is his unraveling of the devious schemes and controversial dealings of the Clan-na-Gael, or Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish revolutionary society whose funds made possible the construction of John Holland’s first three boats, two of which are preserved in Paterson, New Jersey.
Forced by ill health to abandon a career as a teaching brother in an Irish monastic order, the 32-year-old Holland followed his mother and brothers to America in 1873. When not engaged in his duties as a teacher, he devoted his considerable talents alternately to the problems of submarine navigation and powered flight. The former bore fruit when exiled Irish revolutionaries of his acquaintance recognized the potentialities of a submarine for wreaking vengeance on hated Albion. It was their funds, Holland’s genius, and some timely assistance from John Ericsson of
Monitor fame (another of Europe’s gifts to America in the 19th century brain drain) which perfected, between 1879 and 1883, the 31-foot, three-man boat popularly known as the “Fenian Ram.” Holland played happily with this little craft in the waters of New York harbor until his erstwhile superiors pirated it away one dark night. Thereafter Holland’s energies were devoted to the long and discouraging task of persuading a reluctant U. S. Navy to dip a toe into the waters of submarine warfare.
The Navy comes out with decidedly mixed honors in this story. Far-seeing supporters finally brought the USS Holland, Submarine No. 1, into the Navy in 1900, a rare instance of a warship bearing the name of its living inventor. But before this came about, opponents had delayed matters for many years, and had nearly ruined Holland’s reputation by forcing the abortive construction to Navy specifications of the Plunger, a steam-driven monstrosity.
The successful Holland was completed as a private speculation, while the Plunger lay entangled in constructional difficulties.
Holland’s moment of triumph had barely come when he found himself eased out of the picture and deprived of his patents by his slick business associates, who proceeded to establish the famous Electric Boat Company and obtain a monopoly over early submarine construction. A good deal of dirty linen from these years is aired in the book. Professor Morris’s chief villain appears to be ex-Naval Constructor Lawrence Y. Spear who, Holland believed, tampered disastrously with the inventor’s original designs. Thus, it is claimed, the potential of a high-speed true submarine was frittered away by the production of boats which were nothing more than submersible surface craft until the nuclear-powered Skipjack (SSN-585) in 1958 picked up the streamlined hull form where Holland had left it.
There may well be a germ of truth in Holland’s claim that he could produce a submarine capable of a submerged speed of 22 knots. Two Japanese boats built to his design in 1904, after Holland’s split with Electric Boat, are said to have made 16 knots submerged. Also, it is made clear that great advances in underwater speed and maneuverability were achieved when the Navy finally returned to the relatively short and fat hull form, the fact that this was done with the USS Albacore (AGSS- 569) of 1950 rather than the later Skipjack is not made clear in the book.
On the other hand, this reviewer, on the basis of experience in both fleet boats and “nukes,” is by no means convinced that there was anything wrong in introducing features for extended habitability and surface seakeeping, which Holland contemptuously dismissed as “interesting but useless devices that encumber the present boats.” The differences in opinion are those of a brilliant inventor, who could sail his boat around in harbor waters when he felt like it, and practical operators faced with the task of meeting scheduled commitments under service conditions. Until the development of nuclear power, it is difficult to see how the pure concept of the “true submarine” could have been pursued with the almost fanatical zeal which Holland demanded, given the inadequate technology of the times. Although Holland apparently had some vision of the strategic employment of submarines, his experience with them was in the coastal and harbor defense role. Those who insisted on adding cruising range, habitability, and surface seakeeping characteristics were merely meeting the operational limitations imposed by the need to recharge batteries after a few hours of submerged operations. Holland’s idea of carrying “a sufficient armament at the highest speed to the largest radius, even across the Atlantic, with ample accommodations for its small crew” cannot be faulted. His belief that this could be done in a 96-foot hull has been amply disproved by experience.
There can be no disputing the validity of most of Holland’s grievances. He certainly was given a runaround by the Navy, and his treatment at the hands of his entrepreneurial partners was shabby, to say the least. On the whole, the U. S. Navy and history have given John Holland due recognition as the father of modern submarines. It is an interesting coincidence that Lawrence Spear is also being recognized in the naming of a new submarine tender. There have been three USS Hollands, the original submarine and two tenders.
This book, which is extensively footnoted, includes excellent plans of Holland’s boats, maps of his operating areas, a section of priceless photographs of the infancy of the Navy’s
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submarine force, and considerable background on the efforts of Holland’s predecessors and contemporaries to develop a successful submarine. The only notable omission from this technical genealogy is the little-known USS Alligator of the Civil War. Holland may have been unaware of, and hence uninfluenced by, this somewhat mysterious craft.
In addition to momentous developments and serious controversies, the book abounds with fascinating human vignettes. There is Holland in his Fenian Ram popping up alongside two startled boys in a rowboat, a casual encounter which led to some very practical associations with the Bergen brothers of Bay Ridge, Long Island. Then there is Holland’s offer to take his boat to Santiago de Cuba and personally destroy the Spanish Fleet, which prompted a cartoonist of the day to portray the bespectacled, derby-hatted inventor emerging from the conning tower of his submarine above the simple caption “What? Me worry?”
We can indeed be grateful to Professor Morris for bringing to press this valuable account of a true genius and his part in making the U. S. Navy what it is today.
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The United States Navy in World War II
Compiled and Edited by S. E. Smith. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. 1,049 pages. Illustrated. $12.60.
REVIEWED BY
Rear Admiral John D. Hayes, U. S. Navy (Retired)
(Admiral Hayes, a 1924 graduate of the Naval Academy, was chief engineer of the cruiser Astoria (CA-34) in early World War II and was in her when she was lost off Savo Island in 1942. He then served with Pacific Fleet Amphibious Forces. Admiral Hayes is a frequent contributor to the Proceedings and the annual Naval Review. In 1964, he won the Naval Institute General Prize Essay Contest.)
The long title of the book provides a good description in itself of another attempt to catch in words one of history’s pivotal events— the four-year struggle of men in ships to project America’s strength and greatness across the oceans that wash our shores in order to impose our will on a strong land power beyond the Atlantic and a strong sea power in the Pacific. The U. S. Navy, with some help from its sea allies in the British Commonwealth, had first to fight with its own arms for possession of those vast oceans; and then had to project American strength in other forms, military and economic, across these oceans. In doing so, the Navy made the United States the major power of the 20th century. Perhaps an even greater contribution is that in World War II the Navy made all of the oceans into one. The control of the ocean that the Free World gained in war has been the one unifying force in the divisive postwar era, carved up by nationalism.
The United States Navy in World War II captures this epoch.
The limitation of this volume is one with which all historians of World War II have to contend and which stems from two causes: (1) the lack of personal source material due to censorship; (2) the rush by the three armed services after World War II to produce official histories instead of collecting and publishing documents as was done after the Civil War. Future historians of World War II will not depend on such official histories to catch the reality of those times; they will go to works like Smith’s book.
The major portion of the material selected for this book was published during the war itself or shortly thereafter. It is of limited value from the factual standpoint; however, historians are not going to use it for that purpose, but rather to catch the spirit of the times and the feelings of the men who participated. The facts can be obtained from other sources.
Heavy dependence had to be placed on correspondents who went along and took the risks with the rest of us like Joe Custer who lost his eye while serving in the Astoria at the Battle of Savo Island. The best material, however, is that produced by actual participants such as James J. Fahey’s Pacific War Diary (1963) and Rear Admiral W. Scott Cunningham’s Wake Island Command (1961). On the other hand, little purpose is served by extracts from volumes, whatever their merit, such as John Toland’s But Not In Shame (1961) and Walter Lord’s Day of Infamy (1957), nor from standard works like Samuel Eliot Mori- son’s History of United States Naval Operations in World War II or Sea Power by E. B. Potter and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The editor made a grave error in failing to include the first work on World War II by a Navy enlisted man, Forest J. Sterling’s Wake of the Wahoo (1960). I class this book with two other great works by U. S. Navy enlisted men, Herman Melville’s White-Jacket and Marcus Goodrich’s Delilah. If you want proof, read the last page of Wake of the Wahoo.
As a member of the Seventh Amphibious Force in the Southwestern Pacific, I resent the fact that this organization was ignored.
Author Smith himself has done an excellent historical job in tying his selections together with his own comments, sometimes a few lines, sometimes several pages. He thus keeps his readers appraised of the strategy which dominated the events reported. Such strategy does not change. On the other hand, the kind of warfare which most of the book relates is as much a part of the past as the tactics of Salamis. But such is not the case with Part II: “The War in the Atlantic,” the battle between the submarine and the merchant ship. There was little change basically in this battle in World War I and II, and there will most likely be little change in such future maritime warfare, except perhaps that it will extend to all oceans. Part II consists of literature that the naval officer of today should by all means
study for his own professional knowledge.
The publisher is to be commended for the book’s excellent photographic coverage, for the 50 pages of index, and for the 18 easily comprehended charts. With these, this thousand-page book is something of a bargain.
Components of Defense Policy
Edited by Davis B. Bobrow. Chicago: Rand
McNally Company, 1965. 445 pages. $6.50
(paper, $3.95).
REVIEWED BY
Captain Frank J. Shaw, U. S. Navy
{Captain Shaw is Special Plans Officer for Commander,
Eastern Atlantic. Previously he was Head, Western
Hemisphere Branch, Politico-Military Policy Division,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.)
One of the more interesting consequences of the nuclear age is that defense planning, formerly considered a preserve of military professionals, is now being debated, investigated, and researched by political and nature scientists. What was once the rude art of war, planned and executed by armed personnel, has evolved into a sophisticated matrix involving such disciplines as economics, behavioral analysis, and international relations. It is, therefore, not surprising that the intellectual community now contributes significantly to all aspects of defense planning and scholars, rather than military officers, are forcefully projecting their views on military organization, nuclear armaments, and guerrilla warfare—subjects on which until only a few years ago they had little precise knowledge.
This book, a collection of essays on defense matters, is a case in point. Davis B. Bobrow, Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, has edited the volume in the form of a textbook which, according to the publisher, is designed for college courses in American foreign policy, American defense policy, international politics, and American military policy. The fact that university curriculums now provide social science courses in defense and military policy is another indication of the extent to which academicians are penetrating the fields of strategy, deterrence, and thermonuclear war.
In an introductory chapter, editor Bobrow presents an overview, or map as he calls it, to
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help us cope with the complexity of defense policy issues. His map attempts to establish a framework for the “bewildering array of questions” that arise when defense policy problems are viewed as essentially problems in political behavior.
The field is vast and the editor has selected some well-known scholars within the social science area of defense analysis. Herman Kahn. Henry Kissinger, Thomas C. Schell- ing, and Morton H. Halperin are but a few of the contributors whose accepted expertise in defense matters has gained them a place in these relatively new intellectual pursuits.
Professor Bobrow’s selections provide a theoretical framework for major categories of defense policy: the strategic context, with allies, enemies, and non-aligned; the internal characteristics of a state; the strategic alternatives of war and peace; and qualitative factors of accurate information, rationality, flexibility and innovation. He has outlined the enormous range of problems and situations relevant to defense policy, so that students
will comprehend that the components of defense are not only complex, but also overlapping and interwoven; that there are no longer any clear lines between military and political decision, and that military capability is the bargaining power of diplomacy.
Among these essays on preparedness for war, strategic alternatives, pre-emption, or counter-insurgency, there are two interpretive compositions on arms control and disarmament. Thus, Components of Defense Policy reveals an ambivalence in objectives. On one hand, we seek massive nuclear superiority; on the other, we hope for disarmament and a desire to eliminate violence. In terms of foreign policy, this is perhaps the most difficult dilemma facing the United States today. These contradictory goals comprise the challenging paradox of our time.
The two excellent articles on disarmament, one by Clark Abt of Raytheon Company and the other by Harvard University’s Thomas C. Shelling, are promising in that the reader is brought to realize that talent, resources, and hard practical thinking are now focused on this aspect of defense. Professor Schelling concludes his article with this caution: “This is not an essay against disarmament, even ‘total disarmament.’ It is simply a warning against the notion that there is any once-for- all solution to the problems of world peace and government.”
Realistically, national security remains inextricably related to military hardware and the professional defense planner will find gainful employment for many years to come.
Professor Bobrow has relied heavily on essayists, whose backgrounds and experience are theoretical rather than practical. One finds no fault with essays of the academicians pondering all-out nuclear war, strategic alternatives or mutual deterrence. The scholar is as well qualified as the military professional when it comes to brooding over thermonuclear holocausts. Nevertheless, contributions by those who actually participate in defense policy decisions would have improved the book’s practicality to the reader. It is also noteworthy that of the 27 contributors to Components of Defense Policy, only one is a professional military officer: Colonel Robert Ginsburgh, U. S. Air Force, whose thought- provoking article depicts the current challenge to military expertise. The Colonel’s theme is that the proliferation of lay strategists has been accompanied by an expansion of civilian influence and a decrease in military influence in the councils of government having to do with national security policy.
One can agree with Colonel Ginsburgh’s assessment of the challenge to military professionalism and the frustrations it has caused within the armed services. The fact remains, however, that there has been a decided shift in defense decision-making away from the military professional and toward the academic strategist. Editor Bobrow’s selection of essayists makes this point perfectly clear.
Sovetskiy Voyenno-Morskoy Flot (The Soviet Navy)
By Vice Admiral Vasiliy Danilovich Yakovlev, Soviet Navy. Moscow: DOSAAF, 1966. 70 pages. Illustrated.
REVIEWED BY
Lieutenant Hunter Alexander, U. S. Naval Reserve
Lieutenant Alexander graduated from Harvard University in 1957 with a B.A. in history and holds an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Russian studies. He has held various billets while on active duty and in the Naval Reserve in the areas of communications, antisubmarine warfare, staff duty, and public information.)
The Soviet Navy has come a long way since the chaos of the Russian Civil War and the dark days of Stalin’s purges. According to Admiral Yakovlev, the real beginning was in 1922 when 2,000 young Communists were mobilized and sent to the Fleet. The following year the cruiser Komintern was placed in commission in Sevastopol and made a short cruise along the Soviet coast of the Black Sea. Later, a number of cruises were made to Italy and France.
From 1929 to 1938, the newly expanded shipyards built more than 500 surface warships and submarines. The great purge of 1936 to 1939, Admiral Yakovlev admits, took a heavy toll of naval officers and left the Navy unprepared for war in 1941. During the 1941— 1945 war, the Navy “defended the strategic flank of the Soviet Army,” yet was still able to send 500,000 men to the front. Perhaps the most successful naval action described by Admiral Yakovlev was the landing on the Kerch Peninsula which led to the liberation of the Crimea.
The second half of the book deals with the current capabilities of the Soviet Navy and is marred by bombastic claims unsupported by evidence. Admiral Yakovlev devotes five- and-a-half pages to submarines, two to naval missile-launching aircraft, one-and-a-half to surface ships, one to antisubmarine ships and less than half a page each to coastal missile units and naval infantry (marines).
Admiral Yakovlev indicates that the Soviet Navy is now built around the submarine and claims: “Atomic submarines are able to successfully operate under the ice-covered Arctic to seek and destroy enemy submarines which might attempt to operate in these areas.”
It has been pointed out by Thomas W. Wolfe in Soviet Strategy at the Crossroads (1964) that the Soviets are paying more attention to antisubmarine warfare in order to counter the U. S. Polaris threat. This theory seems to be supported by Admiral Yakovlev’s book although it does not deal systematically with strategy.
While the main emphasis is on submarines, particularly nuclear-powered submarines with “long-range missiles and homing torpedoes with nuclear warheads,” considerable attention is paid to shore-based aviation. Admiral Yakovlev claims that one of his planes in an hour can search 80,000 to 100,000 square kilometers of ocean with its radar. Other aircraft with air-to-surface nuclear weapons can destroy surface ships, he claims, without coming within range of the surface-to-air missiles of the ships.
Among the events left out of this book were the 1921 Kronstadt mutiny of Russian sailprs against the Bolshevik government and the 1928 decision of Stalin to build for the Soviet Union a modern navy.
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Air War Games
Donald F. Featherstone. New Rochelle, N. Y.: Sportshelf, 1967. 144 pp. Illus. $8.00.
A recognized British war game expert and author (.Naval War Games, etc.) presents this latest volume which will intrigue war game buffs from “nine to ninety.” This is “an effective means of fighting air battles with model aircraft.”
The Amateur Weather Forecaster
Ernest S. Gates. London: Harrap (U.S.A. distribution by Sportshelf), 1967. 94 pp. Illus. $2.00 (paper).
A brief booklet, heavily illustrated, which outlines in appropriate detail a do-it-yourself skill which will stimulate interest in weather forecasting.
The American Naval Revolution
Walter B. Herrick, Jr. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1966. 274 pp. Illus. $7.50.
A scholarly study of the crucial 1890-1898 evolution of the U. S. Navy, this work narrates and analyzes the growth of that force from the world’s twelfth to the sixth navy. Professor Herrick has based his excellent work on careful evaluation of a vast array of unpublished official and private papers, plus an impressive list of published sources. This is a welcome work of lasting substance.
The Arrogance of Power
Senator J. William Fulbright. New York: Random House, 1967. 265 pp. $4.95. $1.95 (paper).
The controversial chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee effectively summarizes his views on the dangers and problems facing America’s unprecedented power status. Many of the views here expressed were contained in the Senator’s Herter Lectures delivered in 1966 at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1965
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Historical Staff. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 681 pp. $2.25 (paper).
A remarkably detailed chronology of the U. S. 1965 space program. Highlights of that year included: Mariner IV’s first close-up view of Mars; the orbiting of ten Gemini astronauts in five spectacular flights; communications and meteorological satellites, progress and milestones in the Apollo program. An excellent reference work.
Winston S. Churchill: Youth 1874-1900
Randolph S. Churchill. Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin, 1966. 614 pp. Illus. $10.00.
The first of a multi-volume biography prepared by the great statesman’s son. This volume is heavily based on the Prime Minister’s letters, scores of which are included. This finest of insights into Churchill’s formative years will offer the reader a sound basis for the future volumes in what will undoubtedly become the definitive biography of this unique figure.
Civil War Chronology 1861-1865 (Part VI— Special Studies and Cumulative Index)
Naval History Division. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 477 pp. Illus. $2.50 (paper).
A sizeable volume of which one-fifth is devoted to a cumulative index to the previously published and useful five-volume chronologies. As a welcome bonus, more than a dozen special studies are also found herein. They range from contemporary accounts and
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By Rear Admiral George van Deurs, U. S. Navy (Retired). A narrative of Naval aviation’s early development, 1910 1916. The story t>f the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of the men who ventured into the air in the Navy’s first frail aircraft. They patched cooling systems with chewing gum, they lived by “crash, repair, and fly again,” but they succeeded in developing this new service into an effective arm of the Fleet. Over 100 photographs were selected from official and private sources to illustrate this book.
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William Dampier
Christopher Lloyd. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1967. 164 pp. $5.00.
A brief but adequate biography of the late 17th and early 18th century Englishman who was a buccaneer, a naval officer, an explorer, a natural scientist, and a travel writer. He circumnavigated the world three times and was the first Englishman to visit Australia. The author, a distinguished naval historian at Britain’s Royal Naval College at Greenwich, has produced a readable biography of one of Britain’s most versatile sea dogs.
Down to the Sea in Subs
Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, U. S. Navy, (Retired). New York: Norton, 1967. 376 pp. Illus. $6.95.
A delightful and informative autobiography by the man who, as Commander, Submarine Force Pacific Fleet during much of World War II, directed the successful submarine program against Japan. This book has all of the charm, humor, common sense, and genuine wisdom that have characterized the author’s career as well as his several other books dealing with the Pacific War.
The Dress of Naval Officers
Commander W. E. May, Royal Navy. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (U.S.A. distribution by British Information Services), 1966. 44 pp. Illus. $1.50 (paper).
The Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, England has prepared this chronology and illustrated history covering Royal Naval Officers’ uniforms from their introduction in 1748 to the present.
The Elizabeth
Neil Potter and Jack Frost. London: Harrap (U.S.A. distribution by Sportshelf), 1967. 180 pp. Illus. $6.75.
A brief but useful coverage of the career of the great Cunard liner which was launched in 1938 and, in addition to extensive tourist service, sailed a half million miles during her six years as a World War II troopship; “surely the most expensive troopship ever built.”
Hardluck Ironclad
Edwin C. Bearss. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967. 208 pp. Illus. $5.95.
An intriguing story of the sinking in December 1862 of the Federal ironclad Cairo and her eventual discovery and salvage in 1964. The author, one of the prime workers in the Cairo's location and recovery, traces in detail the story of the Western Flotilla.
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Hell Is a Very Small Place
Bernard B. Fall. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1967. 515 pp. Ulus. $8.95.
The most thorough and far-reaching study yet published on the eventful siege of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam in 1954. The author, a recognized authority and writer on Southeast Asia, was given unusual access to French documentary materials in the preparation of this detailed and stimulating volume. Among other penetrating ideas Fall expresses is the thought that the defeat at Dien Bien Phu may have been necessary in order to prevent a much larger Free World defeat throughout Southeast Asia a decade and more later.
A History of the Soviet Army
Michel Gardner. New York: Praeger, 1966. 226 pp. $7.50.
A well-written history with emphasis on the Soviet Army of 1964; the Russian-born author rose from private to colonel in the French Army.
In the Name of Science
H. L. Nieburg. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1966. 431 pp. $7.95.
A University of Wisconsin political scientist expresses grave doubts about the significance of the growth of the scientific-military-industrial complex in America. Mr. Nieburg is highly critical of the “Contract State” which, he asserts, is constantly “milking” the American taxpayer for incredibly vast sums and all in the name of necessities, particularly in arms and space. He has remarkably kind and generous comments to offer in behalf of Secretary McNamara whom he refers to as “the unflinching hero of the campaign to reform and control the Contract State.”
Jane’s All The World’s Aircraft
Edited by John W. R. Taylor. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 557 pp. plus index. $45.00.
The latest edition of this unique annual, first published in 1909. Covering now “every man-made object that flies,” this book remains the “Bible” of aircraft, drones, sailplanes, guided missiles, rockets, and space vehicles, aero-engines and air cushion vehicles. The Editor’s perceptive Foreword is, as always, a welcome insight into the profound contents of this excellent reference work.
Japan’s Quest for Autonomy
James B. Crowley. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966. 428 pp. $9.00.
A scholarly re-evaluation of Japan’s national policies during the 1930s. Basing his writings on extensive use of documentary sources both official and non-official, the Yale Professor offers new and intriguing information and analysis on such themes as the several naval disarmament conferences and treaties, and the Manchurian problem. He questions a number of the traditional concepts regarding the bases of Japan’s national policies.
Kamikaze
Aeronautical Staff of Aero Publishers. I’allbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1966. 50 pp. Ulus. $3.00 (paper).
A profusely illustrated, slim book setting forth, by brief text and numerous sketches and photographs, the concepts, uses, and achievements of three of World War II’s weapons: The Oka Suicide Flying Bomb used extensively by Japan, the German Bachem Ba 349 “Natter,” and the piloted flying bomb, the FZG “Reichenberg.” Neither of the latter German planes achieved any successes resembling the Japanese suicide planes.
Kasserine Pass
Martin Blumenson. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1967. 341 pp. Ulus. $5.95.
A frequent writer on the U. S. Army’s European role in World War II here presents the first full story of the February 1943 battle in Tunisia, which saw experienced German armor inflict a humiliating defeat on the green U. S. forces that had invaded North Africa a few weeks earlier. In Blumenson’s words, “American soldiers learned the trade of war at the hands of a master craftsman [Rommel], who showed them, by the disaster he wrought, the extent of their mismanagement and inefficiency.” The same author’s Duel For France was well received in 1963.
Management’s Self-Inflicted Wounds
Colonel Charles F. Austin, U. S. Army. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1966. 319 pp. Ulus. $7.95.
An experienced authority on management problems examines with remarkable freshness and with impressive incisiveness 76 managerial “boss-types.” For each, after exposing the “wound,” or characteristics, he presents the treatment which will—possibly—heal the “wound.” This is one of those presentations which may appear to be superficial but which is really packed with true-to-life situations. Any reader, be he the boss or the bossed, will profit from this volume.
March to the Sound of the Drums
Colonel H. L. Oppenheimer, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve. Danville, Illinois: Wabash Press, 1966. 333 pp. Illus. $6.75.
A collection of short stories and selected articles designed “to cover the motives, the lives, and the problems of the professional soldier in different cultures, in different environments and at different ranks.” Many of the stories are centered on the South Seas region where the author served. Most readable.
NATO and Europe
General Andre Beaufre, French Army. New York: Knopf, 1966. 170 pp. $3.95.
A noted French military authority (authored Introduction to Strategy and Deterrence and Strategy) sets forth in brief his strong recommendations for a revised
NATO, one wherein the military structure is not so heavily controlled by Americans. Beaufre sketches a host of political and military benefits to be gleaned.
Naval Documents of The American Revolution, Volume II
Edited by William Bell Clark. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 1,463 pp. Illus. $8.50.
The second volume in the Office of Naval History’s major undertaking to bring into print all of the pertinent documents on this theme. This particular volume covers the three following areas and eras: American Theatre: September 3, 1775-October 31, 1775; European Theatre: August 11, 1775-October 31, 1775; and, American Theatre: November 1, 1775- December 7, 1775. Several statistics-laden appendixes enhance the over-all value of the collection of primary source materials. (For a review of the initial volume in this series see page 121 of the April 1965 Proceedings.)
Oar Maces of Admiralty
National Maritime Museum. New York: British Information Service, 1966. 31 pp. Illus. $1.70.
A highly specialized, illustrated pamphlet setting forth the history and significance of the unique collection of oar maces which long symbolized law and authority and reminded all of “the sway of the ancient sea laws.”
The Origins of The World War
Sidney B. Fay. New York: The Free Press, 1966. 583 pp. in each of two volumes. $2.95 per volume (paper).
A welcome paper edition of Harvard University’s distinguished Professor Fay’s major work first published in the late 1920s. Volume I covers the “Before Sarajevo” story and Volume II the “After Sarajevo” theme. These “revised editions” contain only minor changes from the original volumes.
Overtaken by Events
John Bartlow Martin. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1966. 821 pp. Illus. $7.95.
This book constitutes the most authoritative account of the Dominican crisis from the fall of Trujillo to the 1965 dispatch of troops by President Johnson. Martin, a professional journalist, is well versed on the Dominican Republican and served as ambassador there from 1961 to 1964. With the April, 1965 crisis Martin was suddenly brought back to Washington and dispatched to Santo Domingo to handle American interests; this is Martin’s story of what occurred.
Peace and War
Raymond Aron. New York: Doubleday, 1967. 820
pp. $10.00.
A major French political scientist presents a remarkably comprehensive and, in some respects, refreshingly new analytical treatment of international relations. Aron’s determination to shun the usual theories of international relations and to let specific examples and hard facts do the talking goes far to make this volume something quite different from just “another international relations text.” Much of what Aron writes will inspire considerable serious thinking.
Pirates of the Eastern Seas
A. G. Course. London: Muller, 1966. 350 pp. Illus. 30 shillings.
A modest account of the history of piracy in the Indian Ocean and the Far East.
Politics, Strategy and American Diplomacy
John A. S. Greenville and G. B. Young. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1966. 352 pp. $7.50.
This volume consists of refreshing examinations of eleven episodes in American diplomacy during the critical period of American emergence as a major power. Of particular interest are the chapters dealing with “Stephen B. Luce and the Foundation of the Modern American Navy,” “The Influence of Strategy Upon History,” and “The Quest for Security: Admiral Dewey and the General Board, 1900—1917.” A most stimulating collection of perceptive essays.
Responsibilities and Response
General Maxwell D. Taylor, U. S. Army (Retired). New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 84 pp. $3.50.
Based on his 1966 lectures delivered at Lehigh University, this brief volume summarizes General Taylor’s current thinking on America’s power role in world affairs. As one of the principal architects of the “doctrine of Flexible Response” as a replacement to “Massive Retaliation,” the author expresses his practical views on what U. S. policy should be: first, toward the “multipolar power” position in general, and secondly, toward current Southeast Asian challenges in particular.
River Boats of America
Frank Donovan. New York: Crowell, 1966. 298 pp. Illus. $6.95.
An enchanting, well illustrated survey of river craft “from flatboats to floating palaces, from the Cotton Blossom to the Staten Island Ferry.” A superb coverage of a unique aspect of America’s water transportation history.
Sailing Yacht Design
Douglas Phillips-Birt. London: Adlard Coles, 1966. 280 pp. Illus. $12.50.
A second edition of a British reference work by the Editor of the Yachting World Annual; originally published in 1951. It covers hull and rig design; is well illustrated and has useful tables and a chapter on motor sailer design.
Sea Power and Its Meaning
Admiral J. J. Clark, U. S. Navy (Retired), and Captain D. H. Barnes, U. S. Naval Reserve. New York: Franklin Watts, 1966. 138 pp. Illus. 15.95.
A distinguished Pacific War carrier division commander joins forces with a skillful journalist to summarize in brief the principles underlying today’s meaning of sea power. This is little more than an introduction to the subject.
The Sinews of War: Army Logistics, 1775-1953
James A. Huston. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1967. 789 pp. Illus. $5.75.
A detailed study of the U. S. Army’s logistical experience from the time of its birth through the Korean War. Here for the first time is a detailed and skillfully researched account of military procurement starting with the practice of the Continental Army’s relying on privateers and secret purchases abroad, the major industrial conversion and expansion of the Civil War, the great industrial mobilization efforts of the two World Wars and the “creeping mobilization” of the Korean War. Of particular interest is the tremendous impact on Army logistics of the continuing revolutions in technology, transportation, communication and organization. A weighty book of consequence.
Splendid Sisters
Alan Mitchell. London: Harrap (U.S.A. distribution by Sportshelf), 1967. 192 pp. Illus. $6.75.
The full story of the planning, construction, and operation of two of Britain’s better-known liners, the Shaw Savill Line’s Southern Cross and Northern Star which are engaged in the Britain-to-Australia-and- New Zealand run.
The Struggle for Crete
I. McD. G. Stewart. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 518 pp. $11.20.
A detailed account of that unique occasion when an island protected by a strong naval force was captured entirely by airborne assault. The German assault on Crete between 20 May and 1 June 1941 was a classic and cosdy operation, made possible by British misconceptions and delays. Stewart was on Crete during the battle; contains excellent maps and photographs.
This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury
L. S. Swenson, Jr., J. M. Grimwood, and C. C. Alexander. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 681 pp. Illus. $5.50.
This official history of the first American manned- spaceflight program deals extensively with the research, development and operations of the project. Also included are several appendixes containing details on such items as the Mercury tracking net, cost summaries and personnel growth. A selected bibliog-
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The Uncommon Defense and Congress
Edward A. Kolodziej. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1966. 630 pp. $7.50.
A well-documented investigation of the role Congress, through its power of the purse, has played in strategic policy since World War II. The author supports a more aggressive role by Congress.
The U. S. Air Force in Space
Lieutenant Colonel Eldon W. Downs, U. S. Air Force. New York: Praeger, 1966. 150 pp. Illus. S5.95.
The Editor of the Air University Review has assembled under one cover 15 of the Review’s space articles and has arranged them according to the major themes: Manned Space Operations, Exploring the Space Environment, Theory of Space Operations, and Space Applications. This is a useful anthology.
The United States and China in World Affairs
Robert Blum; Edited by A. Doak Barnett. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 287 pp. $6.50.
This fifth volume in the series The United States and China in World Affairs traces the problems involving Communist China and the United States since the former’s take over in 1949. Highly useful summaries of such knotty problems as the United Nations, Taiwan, U. S. Commitments in Asia and others are dealt with concisely and meaningfully.
A World of Nuclear Powers?
Edited by Alastair Buchan. Englewood Cliffs, N. L: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 176 pp. $3.95 (cloth); $1.95 (paper).
An American Assembly volume dealing with the basic question: What would the world be like if every nation had the atomic bomb? Succinct chapters written by recognized authorities deal with: capabilities of the non-nuclear powers; the nuclear debates in Germany, India, Sweden, and Japan; nuclear proliferation and world politics; alternatives to proliferation, and the role of the non-nuclear powers.
PERIODICALS
"Can NATO Be Restored?”
John Davis Lodge in Orbis, Fall 1966.
A prominent American political figure (former Governor of Connecticut and former U. S. Ambassador to Spain) suggests a number of practical and constructive actions that may be taken to preserve and “strengthen the Western alliance ... in spite of France’s decisive actions.” Lodge believes that circumstances “will require France to return to the fold if the European Community in which de Gaulle professes to believe is to survive.” "De Gaulle’s NATO Policy in Perspective”
Elliott R. Goodman in Orbis, Fall 1966.
A broad survey of De Gaulle’s attitudes from his pre- 1958 years through his years as leader of France. A most useful complement to the Beaufre book and to the Lodge article mentioned above.
"Inshore and River Warfare”
Anthony Harrigan in Orbis, Fall 1966.
A strong and sensible plea that the United States bring its naval power to bear on the inland waters of Southeast Asia. The author reviews broadly the uses of such warfare during World War II and after.
"Oared Vessels in the Elizabethan Navy”
Tom Glasgow in Mariner’s Mirror, November 1966.
A brief but well-researched article dealing with galleys, brigantines or brigandines, rowbarges, pinnaces, galleasses and frigates. The author states that the pinnace was the only oared vessel used extensively by that Navy.
"Our Dialogue with Japan”
Edwin O. Reischauer in Foreign Affairs, January 1967.
The 1961—65 U. S. Ambassador to Japan sets forth his impressions of the evolution of Japanese-American relations during his years in Tokyo. He sees the two states moving toward a kind of relationship with the United States has with the United Kingdom.
"Planning Our Military Forces”
Harold Brown in Foreign Affairs, January 1967.
The Secretary of the Air Force presents a strong recommendation for insuring that future weapons and forces will be adaptable to the right range of defense needs; that is, “by insuring flexibility.” A most appropriate and thought-provoking article by a man who has had extensive experience in the field of research and development.
"Soviet Aid to Vietnam”
Albert Parry in The Reporter, January 12, 1967.
A fact-laden, current summary of the extent and nature of the military and economic aid reaching Vietnam. A worthwhile supplement to the “Wars of Liberation” article below.
"Wars of Liberation and Soviet Military Aid Policy”
Stephen P. Gilbert in Orbis, Fall 1966.
The author expounds the theme that despite rumblings from Communist China, “the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union alone, can seriously challenge the United States in all-out military action, whether in Vietnam or elsewhere.” Much of that challenge, he reveals, is through the significant foreign military aid the Soviets have and are extending to some twenty-odd less-developed states.
Round-Shot to Rockets.......................................................................................... $3.00 ($2.40)
By Taylor Peck. A history of the Washington Navy Yard and U. S. Naval Gun Factory. 1949. 267 pages. Illustrated.
Sea of the Bear........................................................................................................ $5.00 ($4.00)
By Lt. Cdr. M. A. Ransom, USCG (Ret.), with Eloise Engle. On board the Coast Guard Cutter Hear forty years ago, a young sailor describes his first cruise to the Arctic Ocean. 1964. 119 pages. Illustrated.
Shipping in the Port of Annapolis 1748-1775 .................................................... $6.50 ($6.50)
By V. W. Brown. 1965. 72 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Soldiers of the Sea................................................................................................. $14.00 ($11.20)
By Col. R. D. Heinl, Jr., USMC. A definitive history of the U. S. Marine Corps, 1775-1962. 693 pages. Illustrated.
Sons of Gunboats................................................................................................... $2.75 ($2.20)
By Cdr. F. L. Sawyer, USN (Ret.). Personal narrative of gunboat experiences in the Philippines, 1899-1900. 1946. 153 pages. Illustrated.
Thence Round Cape Horn.................................................................................... $7,50 ($6.00)
By R. E. Johnson. The story of U. S. Naval Forces in the Pacific Ocean during the period 1818-1923. 1964. 276 pages. Illustrated.
Uniforms of the Sea Services................................................................................ $24.50 ($19.60)
By Col. R. H. Rankin, USMC. 1962. 324 pages. Special collector’s copies, signed by the author—$30.00
The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915 ........................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Capt. S. H. Evans, USCG. A definitive history (With a Postscript: 19151949). 1949. 228 pages. Illustrated.
Wings for the Fleet: A Narrative of Naval
Aviation’s Early Development, 1910-1916......................................................... $12.50 ($10 00)
By R.Adm. George van Deurs, USN (Ret.). 1966. 185 pages. Illustrated.
WORLD WAR II—KOREA (U. S.)
Most Dangerous Sea..................................................................................... $6 00 ($4 80)
By Lt. Cdr. A. S. Lott, USN. A history of mine warfare and an account of '
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The Sea War in Korea.......................................................................................................................
By Cdr. M. W. Cagle, USN, and Cdr. F. A. Manson, USN. 1957. 555 naires Illustrated. 8 ’
The United States Coast Guard in World War II........................................................................
By M. F. Willoughby. 1957. 347 pages. Illustrated.
United States Destroyer Operations in World War II . . .
By Theodore Roscoe. 1953. 581 pages. Illustrated.
United States Submarine Operations in 'World War II......................
By Theodore Roscoe. 1949. 577 pages. Illustrated.
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WORLD WAR II—(OTHER NATIONS)
Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945 .......................................
By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 440 pages. Illustrated.
The French Navy in World War II.........................................................................
By Rear Adm. Paul Auphan, French Navy (Ret.), and Jacques Mordal. Translated by Capt. A. C. J. Sabalot, USN (Ret.). 1959. 413 pages. Illustrated.
The Hunters and the Hunted.................................................................................
By Rear Adm. Aldo Cocchia, Italian Navy (Reserve). An account of Italian Submarines in World War II. 1958. 180 pages. Illustrated.
The Italian Navy in World War II...........................................................................
By Cdr. Marc’Antonio Bragadin, Italian Navy. 1957. 380 pages. Illustrated. Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story .... By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Roger Pineau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 266 pages. Illustrated.
White Ensign, The British Navy at War, 1939-1945
By Capt. S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., RN (Ret.). 1960. 480 pages. Illustrated.
SEA POWER
Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement....................................
Edited by Cdr. W. C. Blattmann USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paperbound.
Geography and National Power............................................................................................................................ $3.50.. ($2.80)
Edited by Prof. W. W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. A summary of the physical, economic, and political geography of the world. 3rd Ed., 1962.
180 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Logistics................................................................................................................................................. $7.50. ($6.00)
By Vice Adm. G. C. Dyer, USN (Ret.). 2nd Ed., 1962. 367 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Review 1962-1963 ............................................................................................................................. $10.00. ($8.00)
14 essays. 3 appendixes. 1962. 373 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1964 $10.00 ($8.00)
12 essays. 5 appendixes. 1963. 393 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1965 ................................................................................................ $12.50 ($10.00)
12 essays. 3 appendixes. 1964.417 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1966 .......................................................................................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
11 essays. 4 appendixes. 1965. 353 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1967 $12.50 ($10.00)
12 essays. 4 appendixes. 1966. 335 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
SEAMANSHIP
The Art of Knotting and Splicing.......................................................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Cyrus Day. Step-by-step pictures and text. 2nd Ed., 1955. 224 pages.
Heavy Weather Guide...................................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Capt. E. T. Harding, USN, and Capt. W. J Kotsch, USN. 1965. 210 pages.
Illustrated.
Naval Shiphandling.......................................................................................................................................... $7.00 ($5.60)
By Capt. R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN. 3rd Ed., 1965. 533 pages. Illustrated.
NAVIGATION—PILOTING
Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting.......................................................................................................................... $8.00 ($6.40)
Prepared by Cdr. J. C. Hill, II, USN, Lt. Cdr. T. F. Utegaard, USN, and Gerard Riordan. 1st Ed., 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.
The Rules of the Nautical Road............................................................................................................................ $7.00.. ($5.60)
By Capt. R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lt. Alfred Prunski, USCG. 3rd Ed., 1954. 536 pages. Illustrated.
Simplified Rules of the Nautical Road.................................................................................................................. $2.00 ($1.60)
By Lt. O. W. Will, III, USN. 1963. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOKS
The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy................................................................................................................... $2.60.. ($2.08)
Revised by Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN, and W. J. Miller, JOCM, USN (Ret.).
17th Ed., 1964. 684 pages. Illustrated.
The Coast Guardsman’s Manual........................................................................................................................... $4.75.. ($3.80)
Prepared under the supervision of The Chief, Training and Procurement Division, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard. Original edition prepared by Capt. W. C. Hogan, USCG. 4th Ed., 1964. 885 pages. Illustrated.
Command at Sea................................................................................................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)
By RAdm. H. F. Cope, USN (Ret.). Revised by Capt. H. Bucknell, III,
USN. 3rd Ed.. 1966. 540 pages.
Division Officer’s Guide....................................................................................................................................... $3.00.. ($2.40)
By Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 5th Ed., 1962. 282 pages.
The Marine Officer’s Guide.................................................................................................................................. $7.50.. ($6.00)
Revised by Rear Adm. A. A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), and Col. R. D. Heinl, Jr.
USMC (Ret.). 2nd Ed., 1964. 614 pages. Illustrated.
The Naval Aviator’s Guide................................................................................................................................... $6.50.. ($5.20)
By Capt. M. W. Cagle, USN. 1963. 305 pages. Illustrated.
The Naval Officer’s Guide.................................................................................................................................... $7.75.. ($6.20)
By Rear Adm. A. A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), with Rear Adm. W. P. Mack, USN.
6th Ed., 1964. 650 pages. Illustrated.
Watch Officer’s Guide.......................................................................................................................................... $3.00.. ($2.40)
Revised by Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 9th Ed., 1961. 302 pages. Illustrated.
REFERENCE
Almanac of Naval Facts........................................................................................................................................ $3.50.. ($2.80)
1964. 305 pages. Paperbound.
Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations..................................................................................................... $15.00 ($12.00)
Compiled and edited by Col. R. D. Heinl, Jr., USMC (Ret.) 1966. 367 pages.
List of Rubrics (800). Index of Sources (1,200).
The Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection o£ Ship Models...................................................................................... $3.00 ($2.40)
U. S. Naval Academy Museum. 2nd Ed., 1958. 117 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Terms Dictionary........................................................................................................................................... $5.50 ($4.40)
By Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Cdr. T. J. Bush, USNR. 1966.
379 pages. Paperbound.
Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages................................................................................................................... $8.50 ($6.80)
By E. L. Bloomster. 1940. 280 pages. 425 silhouette drawings. Trade edition.
The Ships and Aircraft of the U. S. Fleet............................................................................................................. $3250 ($2.80)
By James C. Fahey. 8th Ed., 1965. 64 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors
Vol. IV—1950-1958 ........................................................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
Compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harriotte W. B. Smith. 1959. 291 pages. Illustrated.
LEADERSHIP
Naval Leadership, 2nd edition................................................................................................................................. $4.50 ($3.60)
Compiled by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, Capt. F. J. Mulholland, USMC, Cdr.
J. M. Laudenslager, MSC, USNR, Lt. H. J. Connery, MSC, USN, R. Adm.
Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.), and Assoc. Prof. G. J. Mann. 1959. 301 pages.
Selected Readings in Leadership............................................................................................................................ $2.50 ($2.00)
Compiled by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Capt. F. J. Mulholland, USMC.
Revised by Leadership Committee, Command Department, U. S. Naval Academy. 1960. 126 pages. Paperbound.
ENGINEERING
Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants................................................................... $6.00 ($4,801
By Cdr. C. N. Payne USN. 1958. 187 pages. Illustrated.
Fundamentals of Construction and Stability of Naval Ships..................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Prof. T. C. Gillmer, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd Ed., 1959. 373 pages.
Illustrated.
Internal Combustion Engines.................................................................................................................................. $6.00 ($4,801
By Cdr. P. W. Gill, USN, Cdr. J. H. Smith, Jr., USN, and Prof. E. 1. Ziury's.
4th Ed., 1959. 570 pages. Illustrated.
Introduction to Marine Engineering........................................................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.80)
By Prof. R. F. Latham, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 208 pages. Illustrated. ' '
SCIENCES
Elements of Applied Thermodynamics............................................................................................................................. ($4.00)
By Prof. R. M. Johnston, U. S. Naval Academy, Capt. W. A. Brockett, USN, and Prof. A. E. Bock, U. S. Naval Academy. 3rd Ed., 1958. 496 pages!
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Fundamentals of Sonar............................................................................................................. $10.00 ($8.00)
By Dr. J. W. Horton, 2nd Ed., 1959.417 pages. Illustrated.
The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services........................................... $7.50 ($G.00)
By Capt. C. W. Shilling, MC, USN. 2nd Ed., 1965. 307 pages. Illustrated.
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables.............................................................. $1.65 ($1.32)
By the Department of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy. 1945. 89 pages.
Ocean Sciences......................................................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
Edited by Capt. E. J. Long, USNR (Ret.). Written by 18 eminent oceanographers. Fills the gap between popular and technical writing. 1964. 304 pages. Illustrated.
The Rule of Nine......................................................................................................................... $.75 ($.60)
By William Wallace, Jr. An easy, speedy way to check addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. 1959. 27 pages. Paperbound.
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A Brief History of Courts-Martial..................................................................... $.50 ($.40)
By Brig. Gen. James Snedeker, USMC (Ret.). 1954. 65 pages. Paperbound.
International Law for Seagoing Officers..................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Cdr. B. H. Brittin, USN, and Dr. Liselotte B. Watson, 2nd Ed., 1960.
318 pages. Illustrated.
Military Law.............................................................................................................................. $2.00 ($1.60)
Compiled by Capt. J. K. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.) and Cdr. H. B. Sweitzer,
USN. Edited by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Lt. Cdr. R. I. Gulick, USN.
Revised by Lt. Cdr. J. W. Des Jardin, USN. 2nd Ed., 1963. 94 pages.
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Dialogues on Russian Culture................................................................................................. $2.00 ($1.60)
By Assoc. Prof. W. H. Buffum, Assoc. Prof. H. R. Keller, and Prof. C. P.
Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. In Russian with English notes for rapid reading at the second-year level. 1956. 97 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese........................................................................................ $4.50 ($3.60)
By Assoc. Prof. J. Riccio, U. S. Naval Academy. 1957. 299 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Phraseology..................................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
Common naval terms and phrases in English-French-Spanish-Italian-Ger- man-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages. Paperbound.
Russian Conversation and Grammar, 3rd edition, 1960 By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy
Vol. One—109 pages. Paperbound......................................................................................... $2.50 ($2.00)
Vol. Two—121 pages. Paperbound............................................................................................ $2.50 ($2.00)
Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology............................................................. $4.00 ($3.20)
By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd Ed., 1954. 140 pages.
SERVICE LIFE
The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations................................................................ $5.00 ($4.00)
Edited by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957. 244 pages.
Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage....................................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)
By Vice Adm. L. P. Lovette, USN (Ret.). 4th Ed., 1959. 358 pages. Illustrated.
Prayers at Sea............................................................................................................................. $3.50 ($2.80)
By Chaplain Joseph F. Parker, USN. 1961. 287 pages.
The Sailor’s Wife....................................................................................................................... $1.50 ($1.20)
By Lucy Wright. Practical explanations of daily problems facing Navy wives and how to solve them. 1962. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Service Etiquette........................................................................................................................ $6.50 ($5.20)
By Capt. Brooks J. Harral, USN, and Oretha D. Swartz. Revised by Oretha D. Swartz. Guide to correct social usage on official and unofficial occasions for men and women in all the services. 2nd Ed., 1963. 447 pages. Illustrated.
Welcome Aboard....................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval officer’s bride. 6th Ed.,
1964. 263 pages.
Intramural Programs . . . $4.00 ($3.20)
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1948. 289 pages. Illustrated.
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Annapolis Today............................................................................. $6.00 ($4.80)
By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. Complete description of U. S. Naval Academy activities. 1963. 329 pages. Illustrated.
The Book of Navy Songs............................................................... $3.00 ($2.40)
Compiled by the Trident Society of the Naval Academy. 160 pages. Illustrated. Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members.
The Prayer of a Midshipman......................................................... $.25 ($.25)
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USS Long Beach (August 1964) by C. G. Evers............................... $5.00 ($4.00)
Flying Cloud (April 1964) by Warren Sheppard................................ $5.00 ($4.00)
Aristides (April 1965) by Robert Salmon (26 X 21..................... inches) $5.00 ($4.00)
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Complete sets of 12, on 13 X 13-inch mats, for any of the following years:
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 ............................ '................................... $9.50 ($2.00)
Full color renderings, suitable for framing. Carefully researched and authentic to the last detail. Painted by Melbourne Smith, a licensed Master in Sail in Canada. Six 18 X 211/6-inch prints, matted, in a portfolio with a separate sheet, also suitable for framing, giving specifications on each ship and details from her history. Priced as follows:
Six Frigates of the American Sailing Navy 1776-1825. Sold only as a set . . . $35.00 ($28.00)
Raleigh-1776; Constitution—1797; Essex—1799; Philadelphia—1800; President—1800, and Brandywine—1825.
Six Schooners of the American Sailing Navy 1775-1838. Sold only as a set . . . $35.00 ($28.00)
Hannah-1775; Fixen-1803; Alligator-1821; Grampus-1821-, Boxer-1831, and Flying Fish—1838.
Portfolios of the American Sailing Navy
MISCELLANEOUS
How to Write a Research Paper................................................... $1.00 ($.80)
Prepared in the Department of English, History, and Government, U. S.
Naval Academy. 1963. 80 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Institute Insignia. Sold only to Members.
Cuff Links---------- $2.50 Tie Bar-- $1.50 Tie Tac_ $1.50 Lapel
Button----------- $1.00 Lapel Clutch Pin $1.00 (No discount)