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The Airships Akron & Macon
By Richard K. Smith. Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute, 1965. 229 pages. Illustrated. $12.50. Member’s price, $10.00.
REVIEWED BY
Captain Herbert S. Graves, U. S. Navy
0Captain Graves served in Airship Squadrons 12, 22, and 51 during World War II, with two tours of duty as squadron executive officer and two as commanding officer. He was Commander, Fleet Airship Wing One in 19491950. Prior to reporting last year as Assistant Director, Ship's Characteristics Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Captain Graves was Director, School of Warfare, Naval War College.)
The Airships Akron & Macon covers the subject of the rigid airships in an expert manner. The subject of airships has always been a controversial one, and I believe that it just has not been possible for anyone with experience in naval aviation to set forth a position without bias creeping in. The fact that Mr. Smith took on the task was remarkable, and the result is outstanding.
With neither experience in naval aviation nor an understanding of lighter-than-air aeronautics, the author undertook the writing of this book to satisfy his curiosity. He has presented a most controversial subject in a most interesting manner. It was necessary for him to do a prodigious amount of research, as he covered every detail of material previously published on the subject in addition to interviews or correspondence with key personnel still living. The presentation of the large collection of drawings and descriptions of structural methods and procedures demonstrates a depth of engineering understanding expected of an aeronautical engineer with lighter-than- air experience.
One of the U. S. Navy’s flying aircraft carriers—the Alacoti—picks up two of her F9C-2 fighters high over New Jersey on 7 July 1933. The Macon and her sister airship Akron were the first multimillion dollar weapons systems of the 20th century to pass out of existence.
It matters little whether the reader is an “old timer” of the 1920s or 1930s with certain prejudices one way or the other, or is young enough to consider the subject only as a part of aviation history. Mr. Smith has gone to great length to explain the pros and cons, with a limited degree of speculation as to what might have been, and leaves it to the reader to determine for himself whether or not the rigid airship should ever have been a part of our naval program.
The intrigue that existed between the Navy and the Army Air Corps, certain senior officers within the Navy, certain members of both houses of Congress, and the views of Presidents are brought to light. The rigid airships were at all times both political and military.
The reader who is interested in early aviation cannot help but appreciate the problems encountered by a small group of able men sailing uncharted waters as they tried to the best of their ability to develop the “lighter- than-air carrier” into a viable weapon system. Aviators, young and old, will thrill to the description of such planes as the XF9C-1, F9C-2,
N2Y, and the XJW-1 Waco. One can almost feel a sense of participation as the author introduces those intrepid young men and tells of their developing the technique of flying planes onto trapezes protruding below the airships. These landings became a matter of routine, both day and night. This night proficiency reached a high degree of perfection before night landing techniques on surface carriers had been developed. The difficulties which these men faced in developing of tactics, using the weather, improving communication, using radio direction finding, and developing the rudiments of fighter control are covered in detail. The problems encountered and solved may appear routine to present-day aviators, but the young men of the airships Akron and Macon were pioneers.
The loss of the Akron on 4 April 1933, destroyed one-half of the 1926 airship program and killed one-third of the experienced personnel—73 officers and enlisted men including Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, who had supported rigid airship development for 12 years. The loss of the Akron registered deep shock on the public, the Congress, and the Navy; it also seriously hampered the operations of her sister airship Macon. If the Akron had survived there would have been two rigids available for fleet operations, two crews, and two Heavier-Than- Air Units to compete against each other.* There would have been an opportunity to compare performances and it is quite possible that the rigid’s future in the Navy might have been different.
Young officers will appreciate the incident of 1935 which the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet termed “ill-timed and ill advised.” The cruisers Houston (CA-30) and New Orleans (CA-32) were en route from Panama to Hawaii with President Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked in the former. The commanding officer of the Macon determined that this movement offered a fine opportunity to carry out a long-range scouting exercise with side
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benefits in public relations. He obtained permission for an extended overwater flight but kept the true purpose secret so as to prevent cancellation by his superiors. The flight was so well planned that the cruisers were sighted by the airship’s fighters four minutes after launching. The Macon's aircraft dropped the latest newspapers, national magazines, and letters bearing the Macon cancellation addressed to President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The President gave the fliers a “well done” and the CinCUS stood them on their ear. It was a good show for which no one else but the Macon could take credit.
The Macon failed structurally and fell into the sea off Point Sur, California, on 12 February 1935, carrying two men to their death— in contrast with the 73 fatalities in the Akron disaster. The end of the Macon was the end of the rigids; it was also the end of an era of naval aviation and it was the end of an era of aeronautics in the United States. The author, despite his impartiality, makes a case for the rigids by suggesting that the trials were not realistically conducted, they were not exhaustive, nor can they be considered conclusive.
Nevertheless, the decision to abandon the program was final.
Whether or not one agrees with the decision, the departure of the rigids from the scene marks the first instance of a multimillion dollar weapons system of this century to pass out of existence. There have been numerous examples of others phasing out since then; the B-52 and the B-58 jet bombers are headed for a similar fate. If one considers the Akron and Macon as research and development projects then the experiment ranks among the most fascinating in the history of aeronautics.
Nor can the experiment be considered a waste of effort. The Harrigan parachute-boat pack developed in that program has saved the lives of thousands of aviators over the years. There were other important contributions to aeronautical knowledge including the intensification of meteorological investigation and communication improvements. The Aluminum Corporation of America was encouraged to manufacture Duralumin for use in airships at least ten years prior to its use in airplanes. The Bureau of Aeronautics and industry plowed new ground in the development of large aircraft structures. Requirements generated by the rigids were primarily responsible for the pioneering efforts in the study of gust theory and gust effects on aircraft. The development of the Allison V-1710 engine (on the test stand for the Macon), when re-engineered, provided the original power plant for the P-38, P-39, P-40, P-51, and P-63 fighters. Perhaps the most important gain came about as the result of the airship’s need for helium; it was the single requirement that caused the development of the helium resources of the United States.
The airship men failed to prove the system to the Navy’s satisfaction, but they cannot be judged harshly.
Wings of Gold
By Roger A. Caras. Philadelphia: Lippin-
cott, 1965. 240 pages. Illustrated. $4.95.
REVIEWED BY
A. O. Van Wyen
(Mr. Van Wyen has been a member of the Aviation
History Unit in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Air) since August 1944, and head of the
Unit since December 1952.)
Here is a book which the author promises us is the history of U. S. naval aviation. The publisher describes it as “the story of naval aviation from its modest beginnings up through the sleek aircraft and nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of today . . . The author sees men and not machines as the real source of strength and power in our naval air arm, and he makes this a story first of the airmen and then of their planes and equipment. He traces the trends of thought, the development of new and better equipment, the epochal flights.”
Fine words indeed.
How disappointing it is to find a carelessly written, shallowly researched, superficial collection of tales within.
This is a short book—240 pages including 92 pages of photographs and 13 pages of appendixes. It covers the evolution of U. S. Naval Aviation from its beginnings in 1911 to some indeterminate time after World War II. It has all of the lighter-than-air story in a single chapter, “Great Bags of Gas,” which is ln many ways the best in the book. Similar treatment is given to the “Flying Leathernecks,” but with considerably less success.
Far from telling the story of the men of the Navy’s air arm, more than half of those mentioned in the text are either outside naval aviation or had very little to do with its development. Only 15 individuals are identified in the book’s 92 pages of photographs—six of them incorrectly.
The book’s promised “trends of thought” and “development of new and better equipment” receive either superficial treatment or none at all.
Although recently published, the text appears to have been written some time ago. The author uses aircraft designations that became obsolete in September 1962; he reports the Regulus I missile as still in service; he cites the altitude record set in 1959 by the F-4 Phantom II but neglects to mention 16 others the aircraft has made since then; and refers to programs long since cancelled as though they were current.
The book is short on accuracy. The author reports, for example, that “all serious resistance of the Navy to aviation disappeared” after Ely’s flight off the USS Birmingham (CL-2) in 1910—a situation of which many naval aviators apparently were unaware. He has the pilot of the A-l hydroaeroplane searching for a clearing on which he can make an emergency landing; he reports a hypothetical World War I “skirmish” between a German submarine and a Navy flying boat (with a metal hull!) in which the pilot tosses a 20- pound bomb over the side and scores a hit which demolishes the sub; he starts the NC-4 trans-Atlantic flight from what is now Floyd Bennett Field. These—and other errors—appear in only the first 70 pages. There are surprises galore to come.
The photo captions are also inaccurate, but
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photo selection is the real poser. For example, why include the PD, P2D, and P3D, but not the PBY, PBM, and P5M? Or, why show the F2A but not the F4U? Why devote a full page to the KS-80A camera? On the other hand, half a dozen of the photos are unusual in that they have seldom reached public print. Among these are three shots, in series, of Lieutenant Theodore Ellyson’s crash off the first catapult at Annapolis.
With a little more effort spent in study and research and a great deal more care in both the selection of material and its presentation, the author might have carried out his promise and produced a worthwhile result. More books on U. S. naval aviation history are needed. This is not one of them.
An Introduction to Strategy
By General d’Armee Andre Beaufre, French Army. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. 138 pages. $6.95.
U. S. Military Strategy In The Sixties
By Colonel R. N. Ginsburgh, U. S. Air Force. New York: W. W. Norton, 1965. 153 pages. $4.00.
REVIEWED BY
Captain Carl H. Amme, Jr.,
U. S. Navy (Retired)
(Captain Amme is a military analyst in the Defense Analysis Center of Stanford Research Institute. While on active duty he served one tour of duty as an instructor at the NATO Defense College.)
The only thing in common between these two books is the use of the word “strategy” in the titles. The modesty of the title of General Beaufre’s book is misleading. As historian B. H. Liddell Hart points out in the preface to An Introduction to Strategy, it is “the most comprehensive and carefully formulated treatise on strategy, brought up to date, that has appeared in this generation.” The ambitious scope of the title of Colonel Ginsburgh’s book is also misleading, for where the author writes about “military strategy” he does so in a superficial manner without ever defining what he means by the term. The point is important because so much is being written about “strategy,” a term that may have a different meaning to different people, that it is refreshing to see an attempt to codify these different meanings in a systematic manner as does General Beaufre.
The French general makes clear at the outset that he deals with strategic ideas and not the material or doctrinal manifestations of military thought. His book is analytic rather than expository. He acknowledges the complexity of the subject and asks that his book “be regarded only as a preliminary clearing of the ground.” But it is more than that; it is a book not to be “tasted” but to be “chewed and digested.” His formulation and codification of the various conceptual aspects of strategy provide a useful framework for the professional student of strategy to analyze wars and campaigns, past and present.
General Beaufre deals only briefly with historical examples, since he believes that history can be used to substantiate any conclusions. However, he does draw the general conclusion that many military defeats, particularly French defeats, were caused either by treating strategy as a doctrine based on immutable principles or by placing undue reliance on tactics and equipment. His definition of strategy is important to understand as it is a point of departure for his formulation and analysis: “the art of the dialectic of two opposing wills using force to resolve their dispute.” Whether the objective is offensive, defensive, or maintaining the status quo, the aim of strategy is to force the enemy to accept the terms we wish to impose on him. “In this dialectic of wills a decision is achieved when a certain psychological effect has been produced on the enemy: when he becomes convinced that it is useless to start or alternatively to continue the struggle.” There is a different nuance here than in the classical formula of seeking a “decision as a result of victory in battle.”
The author is also careful to distinguish among various kinds of strategy: total strategy (i.e., national strategy); over-all strategy, the co-ordination of various forms of activity within a certain field (military, economic, political, propaganda); and operational strategy, aimed at preserving freedom of action. The most unique aspect of his theoretical treatment in the first chapter is his categorization of five patterns of strategy that relate to the relative resources available to the opposing sides and the importance of the issue at stake.
In the basis of his theoretical formulation,
General Beaufre discusses in the next two chapters traditional (or conventional) military strategy and nuclear strategy. Nuclear strategy for General Beaufre consists of two parts: deterrent strategy and war strategy. His deterrent strategy is based on the threat of escalation and all the factors of uncertainty in gauging the probable reactions of the enemy. The importance of uncertainty in nuclear deterrence obviously justifies an independent French nuclear force which adds one more uncertain center of decision-making that may add ambiguity to the crisis. His war strategy is based on limitation of the conflict, and he appears to favor the American strategy of a highly developed system of control and flexible response. However, he takes into account the serious European objections to this American strategy, but points out that the two problems, deterrence strategy and war strategy, “are not coincident in time” and that both have the elements of “uncertainty and the possibility of irrational action.”
The chapter on indirect strategy is the most provocative in the book. Indirect strategy is “the art of making the best use of the limited area of freedom of action left us by the deterrent effect of the existence of nuclear weapons and of gaining important and decisive victories in spite of the fact that the military resources which can be employed for the purpose must in general remain strictly limited.” General Beaufre proposes this strategy as the best antidote to what has been called “the nuclear paralysis.” He does not regard this strategy as something separate and distinct from his direct strategy but something to be used in conjunction with it. In sum, he offers a formulation of strategic concepts to fight the Cold War.
General Beaufre’s book is not clear at all times—suffering perhaps by translation into English. But his purpose is clear. This cannot be said of Colonel Ginsburgh’s U. S. Military Strategy in the Sixties. In the first chapter, the author sets the tone of the discussion of military strategy as a “parlor game” and lists seven “rules of the game” that “anyone can play.” Colonel Ginsburgh sets as his purpose to make the game more intelligible to the informed citizen,” and also to provide a “primer for the professional student of strategy.” Perhaps this is the root of his problem. One cannot write successfully about so complex a subject as strategy to a disparate audience made up of “anyones,” “informed citizens,” and “professional students of strategy.” Somewhere the author must make a compromise and in this book he chose to reach the popular reader who regards himself as an “informed citizen.”
We are inclined to be charitable about Colonel Ginsburgh’s book because we recognize the difficulties he must face, as an officer on active duty, in obtaining clearance to publish. We did not expect to find anything controversial or for that matter new on the subject of U. S. military strategy. But we looked for the author’s personal message “between the lines.” It did not come through.
Jane’s Fighting Ships 1965-66
Edited by Raymond V. B. Blackman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 461 pages. Illustrated. $45.00.
Les Flottes de Combat 1966
Edited by Henri Le Masson. Paris: Editions Maritimes et D’outre-Mer, 1965. Illustrated. 52 Francs.
REVIEWED BY
Paul H. Silverstone
{Mr. Silverstone is author of the recently published book U. S. Warships of World War II, which presents dimensions and particulars of U. S. combatant ships, mine, patrol, amphibious, and auxiliary ships which took part in that conflict.)
It is always with a great deal of expectation that one awaits the new edition of Jane's Fighting Ships and the current edition is not disappointing. As the Foreword indicates, there is more new material this year, including 420 new illustrations, than has been the case in recent editions. Further, much new descriptive and informational material is contained in the customary extensive notes appended to each class in the body of the text.
The editor comments on the increasing dependence of naval planners on merchant ship types as auxiliary and experimental vessels. While this has always been true in wartime, this development, he says, “might seem illogical” in time of peace. Perhaps “not traditional” would be a better choice of words, because ease of construction, standardization
and economy of materials, and adaptability of one type to many uses are some of the logical reasons given for this “borrowing” by navies. The U. S. Navy has led in this field, but leafing through the pages, we see merchant types in increasing numbers in service in the Soviet, French, and other navies.
As the editor points out, the world is not at peace, but “in a state of carefully controlled war.” He exhorts the “English-speaking and European nations” to maintain sufficient forces to preserve the status quo among the new states of Africa and Asia. These older nations have traditionally maintained the largest merchant fleets, and their navies grew up to protect this fruitful commerce. If naval power has any relation to the size of one’s maritime commerce, then we may expect to see a continuation of the enlargement of Soviet naval power coincident with the decline of British naval power, which the editor deplores. As a further indication of this change, this year, for the first time, a Soviet passenger vessel will commence regular transAtlantic service; simultaneously, there is talk about discontinuing American-flag transAtlantic passenger service.
Turning to the body of the book, the high standard of descriptive and illustrative material gives us a wealth of information about the large and small ships of all but a few of the world’s navies.
The section on the United States covers 110 pages, almost one-quarter of the book. The latest ship types and plans are included, with many interesting new pictures.
As reported in Jane’s Fighting Ships, the variety of types of modification performed on the Gearing, Sumner, and Fletcher class destroyers is confusing to follow. A complete revision of these class listings would be of enormous help, instead of attempting to spell out the various changes by means of notes appended to large lists of formerly similar ships. It is also most misleading to include under aircraft carriers those ships of the Essex class which have been converted to other duties and are no longer available for use as fleet carriers. A more realistic picture would be given if the three tSkrex-class amphibious assault ships were grouped next to the Iwo Jima class, and the four aircraft transports listed with other AVTs and AKVs further back with the auxiliaries. The same is also true with other classes and ships, notably the communications ship Annapolis (AGMR-l) and the former cruiser Atlanta (now IX-304).
The illustrations in the Soviet section are highly interesting and informative, particularly those of the cruiser Dgerzhinski, the new Kynda-class missile destroyer, and the Petya- and Mirka-class frigates.
Important new conversions which are illustrated include the Dutch guided missile cruiser De Fjven Provincien and the British repair ship Triumph, which presents a new silhouette. It is worth noting that much of her repair equipment is in a state of preservation, although she has been commissioned as a maintenance ship.
Errors seem to have been kept to a minimum, but aside from a few typographical mistakes, one annoying discrepancy in particular has been retained, concerning the Yugoslavian submarine Sava. She is still described as “ex-Tritone” in the British annual, although this submarine was sunk off the coast of Algeria. The Sava has been identified elsewhere as ex-Nautilo.
It would be most helpful for the editor to revive the listing of ships deleted from the previous edition. Also helpful would be lists for each navy of pennant numbers in numerical order, as is now given for the larger countries.
The Foreword to the 1966 edition of Les Flottes de Combat presents an excellent summary of current naval developments. M. Le Masson, referring to the necessity of keeping a navy up to date, notes the tremendous increase in costs, especially for research, and says that the British and French are wearing themselves out by trying to keep up with the United States and the Soviet Union.
He describes the ambitions of Western naval strategy as composed of an independent striking force, or deterrent, and forces of general intervention. The former is now composed of ballistic missile submarines, while the latter is made up of attack carriers, antisubmarine escorts, and amphibious forces.
The Soviet submarine fleet “continues to improve in quality and power if not in numbers,” the editor writes. The Soviet Navy’s 60 ballistic-missile submarines, some nuclear powered, despite their inferiority to U. S.
Referring to the situation of the Royal Navy, the editor foresees the establishment of one or more mobile bases in the Indian Ocean to provide support for the new fleet of commando carriers, County-class missile destroyers and Fearless-type amphibious ships. Included in this force would be a logistic force with new fleet replenishment ships of the Olynthus class and repair ships such as the Triumph.
The French Navy has established the Experimentation Center of the Pacific which will represent a focus attention for many years to come. Many newly built or converted ships have been commissioned for this specific purpose. A notable conversion is that of the cruiser De Grasse to a command ship, the details of which recall the similar changes made to the USS Northampton (CLC-l) after World War II. Although the De Grasse was begun 28 years ago, she has been in service for less than ten years, and is now to undergo a radical change.
One of the most positive features of Les Flottes de Combat is the fine line drawings of some of the new types of major warships. The French destroyer La Galissonniere is depicted clearly with notations explaining the significant features of her armament and electronic equipment. Other types similarlydelineated in-
Solaris submarines, represent a major threat. Soviet surface ships are now seen at sea far from their bases. A striking force of Kynda- and Kashin-class ships is viewed as a particularly dangerous offensive force, armed ■with nuclear and anti-aircraft missiles. Also pointedly noted are the large motor boats of the Komar and Osa types, armed with surface-to-surface missiles.
elude the Albany (CG-10), Long Beach (CGN-9), Bainbridge (DLGN-25), Belknap (DLG-26), Leahy (DLG-16), and Brooke (DEG-l) types in the American section, and the Soviet Kynda- class frigates.
In the American section, the types are clearly set out, and there is an interesting table in the front listing by numbers the ships built prior to 1945 and not reconstructed.
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Compiled by Robert M. Langdon
Aircraft Annual 1966
John W. R. Taylor (Ed.). New Rochelle, N. Y.: Sportshelf, 1966. 96 pp. Illus. $3.75.
This book’s 14 essays deal with an equal number of diverse aspects of air power today and throughout the past century. Each essay is brief, to the point, and illustrated. While this annual is pleasant and rewarding, its value might well be enhanced were it to contain a summary of major aviation events of the past year, even a modest bibliography, and, especially, an index.
American Military Thought
Walter Millis (Ed.). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. 628 pp. $7.50.
A well-known military analyst’s edited survey of military writing from the era of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington to that of John F. Kennedy and Robert S. McNamara.
Astounding Tales of the Sea
Edward Rowe Snow. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1965. 268 pp. Illus. $4.50.
A collection of 18 stories of shipwrecks and other sea disasters beginning with a Defoe tale of 1703 and concluding with a yacht disappearance in 1964.
Business & Law for the Shipmaster
Captain F. N. Hopkins M.I.N. Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1966. 794 pp. 90s.
A second edition and thorough updating of a handbook which answers a host of questions involving the intricate details associated with such themes as registry, classification, crew management, health, customs, wreck, salvage, pilotage, marine insurance.
California and Use of the Ocean
La Jolla, California: University of California Institute of Marine Resources, 1965. 470 pp.
A thorough investigation of the resources of the sea tn relation to the future development of California through 1980.
The Compact History of the Korean War
Harry J. Middleton. New York: Hawthorn, 1965. 304 pp. Maps. $5.95.
A U. S. journalist and former U. S. Army historian presents a concise and well-balanced account of both the military and diplomatic phases of the war.
The Compact History of the United States Coast Guard
Howard V. L. Bloomfield. New York: Hawthorn, 1966. 352 pp. Illus. $5.95.
A broad-sweeping survey of the Coast Guard from its founding in 1790 to the present.
Decision at Leyte
Stanley L. Falk. New York: Norton, 1966. 330 pp. Illus. $5.95.
The author of Bataan: The March of Death (1962) successfully relates the detailed story of World War IPs largest and most complicated naval battle together with its land and air counterparts.
Defense and Disarmament:
The Economics of Transition
Roger E. Bolton (Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 192 pp. $4.95 (paper, $1.95).
A group of American experts present their views on the economic and political advantages—and the dangers—of disarmament. Their arguments are illustrated by suggestions for the long-range adjustment of defense to civilian production should disarmament become a reality.
The Dimensions of Conflict in Southeast Asia
Bernard K. Gordon. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 224 pp. $4.95 (paper, $2.45).
A U. S. political scientist’s analysis of international politics within the area concerned. Gordon urges that Southeast Asia be regarded as an important group of national states, rather than as a stage for the great power struggle. He maintains that the area must develop a regional concept to enable it to emerge as a stabilizing force for itself.
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East Asia: The Modern Transformation
John K. Fair bank, Edwin 0. Reischauer, and Albert M. Craig. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 955 pp. Illus. $10.50.
The second volume of A History of East Asia (Vol. I published in 1960) by three Harvard historians. This volume covers the period from the coming of the Europeans (16th to 18th centuries) to the present. Major attention centers on China and Japan; detailed bibliography.
East Asia’s Turbulent Century
Young Hum Kim. New York: Appleton-Century- Crofts, 1966. 352 pp. $3.95 (paper).
An American political scientist’s analysis of the diplomacy and international relations in East Asia from 1844 to 1965. The history of each country and its international role are presented along with 51 primary documents, virtually all of which illustrate U. S.-East Asian relations.
English Sea Power in the Early Tudor Period 1485-1558
Elaine W. Fowler. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 1965. 69 pp. Illus. $1.00.
A brief, authoritative treatise dealing with the broad outlines of the pre-Elizabethan era which saw the foundation of what would be England’s rise to the world’s leading sea power. Contains 26 unusual illustrations from the Early Tudor era; useful bibliography. The author is a staff member of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C.
Foreign Policy and the Democratic Process
Max Belojf. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. 144 pp. $1.45 (paper).
An Oxonian professor speculates on the future form of national conflicts and what their future weapons and techniques will be when the nuclear weapons have removed the sanction of total war.
Formosa Betrayed
George H. Kerr. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. 514 pp. $6.95.
The author, a Far Eastern specialist for more than three decades, a former assistant U. S. naval attache in Taipei, and later U. S. vice-consul in Taipei, presents a critical account of the Chinese Nationalist use of Formosa since 1949.
The Gatling Gun
Paul Wahl and Daniel R. Toppel. New York: Arco, 1966. 176 pp. Illus. $12.50.
The intriguing story of the Gatling gun and its colorful inventor; covers the story from the weapon’s first use in the American Civil War to the guns of today’s supersonic jet fighters which still use the Gading principle.
The Grand Design: A European Solution to German Reunification
Franz Josef Strauss. New York: Praeger, 1966. 105 pp. S3.95.
A West German political leader who was Minister of Defense from 1958 to 1962, outlines the present European political situation and suggests a United States of Europe, eventually to include the states of Eastern Europe.
HMS Saracen
Douglas Reeman. New York: Putnam’s, 1966. 320 pp. $5.95.
A successful British writer interweaves the careers of World War I-era monitor and one of her more dedicated officers in this novel. They serve together in the Dardanelles campaign of 1915 and one war later in the Mediterranean where both achieve distinction.
Heritage of Valor
Colonel Budd J. Peaslee, U. S. Air Force (Retired). Philadelphia: Lippincott, 228 pp. Illus. $5.50.
The first comprehensive history of the U. S. Eighth Air Force, from its beginnings in January of 1942 to the end of World War II. The author commanded the 384th Bomb Group which made the famous Schweinfurt raid in 1943.
A History of Space Flight
Eugene M. Emme. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. 224 pp. Illus. $2.95.
A brief introductory account by the NASA historian whose previous works, The Impact of Air Power (1959) and The History of Rocket Technology (1964), were especially well received. Contains a detailed bibliography and chronology of space events since 1957.
The History of Treaties and International Politics
Mario Toscano. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. 850 pp. $15.00.
A prominent Italian political scientist presents a study of documentary and private diplomatic sources relevant to the First and Second World Wars; analyzes a wide range of primary literature of more than a dozen nations.
History of the World’s Shipping
Admiral Pierre Bar jot, French Navy, and Jean Savant. New Rochelle, N. Y.: Sportshelf, 1966. 430 pp. Illus. $21.50.
A most unusual volume devoted to the history of sea power from ancient times through the 1960s; contains hundreds of illustrations including a number of unique photographs of ships and personalities. Its text is adequate but often erratic, and its or-
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ganization is incredibly jumbled. Still, this misnamed pictorial catch-all is intriguing, for its shortcomings are balanced by its unique offerings.
The Hump
Bliss K. Thorne. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. 188 pp. Illus. $5.50.
A worthwhile personal account of flying the great Himalayan airlift of World War II.
The Incredible War of 1812
J. Mackay Hitsman. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1965. 265 pp. Illus. $7.50.
A Canadian Army historian’s concise coverage of the war, with particular attention to the land engagements along the U. S.-Canadian border. The naval events are not neglected; maps and bibliography
The International Brigades:
Spain, 1936-1939
Vincent Brome. New York: Morrow, 1966. 336 pp. Illus. $6.00.
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A basic text in logistics written for the naval officer seeking knowledge in this critical field. Emphasizes applied logistics within the Navy, describes joint, national, and international logistics planning. List Price $7.50 Member’s Price $6.00
An intimate view of the Spanish Civil War through the eyes of the Loyalist forces which resisted Franco’s Nationalists. Employing the anecdotal style, Brome focuses on the foreign volunteers—some 40,000—who fought on the Loyalist side. He relates how many of
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ISHERWOOD
these became disillusioned with the Communist role before the war ended in triumph for Franco.
International Peace Observation
David W. Wainhouse, et al. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. 680 pp. $10.00.
Several American authorities examine in detail past experience in the conduct of peace observation and fact-finding minions of the League of Nations, Organization of American States, and United Nations. They also present authoritative views of the future role of “peace observations.”
International Relations in the New Africa
I. William gartman. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 175 pp. Cloth $5.95. Paper $2.45.
A U. S. political scientist examines post-1956 events in West and Northwest Africa and summarizes the new states’ efforts to deal with problems of national security, boundaries, national self-interests—all in the midst of conflicting ideologies.
John Roach: Maritime Entrepreneur
Leonard Alexander Swann, Jr. Annapolis, Md.: U. S. Naval Institute, 1965. 301 pp. Illus. $7.50. Member’s price $6.00.
A biography of a leading U. S. shipbuilder. Between 1862 and 1886, Roach built a host of ships at his New York and Chester, Pennsylvania, shipyards, and was closely associated with the U. S. Navy during the Civil War and later when the “New Navy” appeared in the 1880s.
The Last 100 Days
John Toland. New York: Random House, 1966. 622 pp. Illus. $10.00.
The author of But Not in Shame (1961) and other significant histories bases this reconstruction of the last 100 days of Europe’s World War II on more than 600 interviews with “the men who served Hitler and those who defeated him.”
Last Round Against Rommel:
Battle of the Normandy Beachhead
Alexander McKee. New York: The New American Library, 1966. 336 pp. Illus. 15$. (paper).
The American edition of Caen: Anvil of Victory, which is a detailed reconstruction of a significant portion of Operation Overlord and the British phase of the campaign through until mid-August 1944.
Leningrad 1941: The Blockade
Dmitri V. Pavlov. Chicago, 111.: The University of Chicago Press, 1965. 186 pp. Illus. $4.50.
A major addition to Russian-written history of World War II. The 900-day blockade of Leningrad brought death to one quarter of the city’s million
inhabitants. The author was chief of food supplies for both civilian and military populations of Leningrad during the siege.
Men of Space, Vol. VII
Shirley Thomas. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1965. 240 pp. Illus. $6.95.
The latest volume in a who’s who series presenting biographical material about the men who are playing important roles in the U. S. space program. This volume, like its six predecessors, includes pilots, scientists, lawyers, and administrators.
Military Transports and Training Aircraft
F. G. Swanborough. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, 1965. 120 pp. Illus. $6.50.
The fourth volume in the same author’s pictorial survey of the world’s aircraft currently in use. This book covers the support aircraft which are needed to maintain flight crew efficiency and to establish lines of supply. Seventy-nine aircraft of 17 nations are presented in data and photographs.
The Obligations of Power
Harlan Cleveland. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. 162 pp. $4.50.
The current Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization summarizes and analyzes the U. S. role in today’s world of disorder.
The Officer as a Leader
Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall, U. S. Army (Retired). Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 1966. 320 pp. $6.50.
A leading military historian summarizes what he believes to be significantly appropriate from all U. S. wars from the Revolution to Vietnam. He interweaves that practical experience with the behavioral sciences’ findings of the art and science of making one’s self an effective leader.
Old Ship Prints
E. Keble Chatterton. New York: Tudor, 1966. 182 PP- $7.95.
A history of sailing ship art from 15th century wood cuts to the lithographs of the late Victorian Age; more than 100 illustrations.
Pendulum Gravity Measurements at Sea, 1936-1959
John Lamar Worgel. New York: Wiley, 1965. 422 PP- Illus. $28.00.
A scientific study based on the records of 3,000 new gravity measurements made with pendulums in submarines. The results have led to a structure upon which surface-ship observations can be formed for oceanographic study; numerous charts, plans, and Profiles.
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Ships That Sail No More
Giles T. Brown. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1966. 300 pp. Illus. $7.50.
A detailed account of the rise and fall of U. S. Pacific coastal shipping lines which were particularly active from 1910 to 1940.
A Short History of the Near East
Philip Hitti. Princeton, N. J.: Van Nostrand, 1966. 278 pp. $6.95.
Princeton University’s renowned historian of the Near East has written an admirably concise history from earliest times to the present.
Soviet Military Policy
Raymond L. Garthojf. New York: Praeger, 1966. 276 pp. $6.50.
An outstanding American authority on Soviet military affairs (authored Soviet Strategy in the Nuclear Age 1900) presents a broad picture of the Soviet use of military force—or threats to employ force—in war, peace, and revolution. Garthoff succeeds in co-ordinating historical, political, sociological, and the “Kremlinogical” approaches to present a unique analysis of the complex theme.
The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-1939
Gabriel Jackson. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1965. 578 pp. $12.50.
The latest and best in the one-volume histories of the Spanish Civil War.
The Theory and Practice of War
Michael Howard (Ed.). New York: Praeger, 1966. 377 pp. $10.00.
Fifteen essays offered as a tribute to British military analyst B. H. Liddell Hart on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The writers represent divergent categories and generations whose work has been influenced and inspired by Liddell Hart. Of particular interest is “The American Approach to War, 1919-1945” by Army historian Maurice Matloff.
Undersea Victory
W. J. Holmes. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1966. 512 pp. $7.50.
A comprehensive coverage, based on personal accounts, official, and quasi-official publications, of the submarine aspects of the Pacific War, 1941-1945. The retired U. S. naval officer, best known for his writings under the pseudonym of Alec Hudson, gives particular attention to the ineffective U. S. torpedoes and to the superior torpedoes and optical instruments of the Japanese. The book follows a well- organized chronological arrangement. There are nine useful charts and a good bibliography, but no photographs in the volume.
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The United States and the Arab World
William R. Polk. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1965. 320 pp. $5.95.
A moderately successful attempt to present “the essential facts, ideas, and emotions and guesses which one needs to understand the relations between the U. S. and the Arab World.”
The United States and Japan
Herbert Passin (Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966. 174 pp. Cloth $3.95 (Paper, $1.95).
The latest American Assembly inquiry of current U. S. relations with specific areas or nations. The six principal themes dealt with are: “The Image,” “The Legacy of Occupation,” “Political Relations,” “Political Economy,” “The View from Japan,” and “The Future.” In sum, a stimulating introduction to the subject.
U. S. Coast Guard
Captain Walter C. Capron, U. S. Coast Guard (Retired). New York: Watts, 1965. 218 pp. Illus. $5.95.
A brief coverage relating the role of the Coast Guard from the 1790s to the present; little more than a light introduction to the subject.
United States Foreign Policy:
Perspectives and Analysis
William P. Gerberding. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. 400 pp. $7.95.
An analysis and discussion of contemporary foreign policy problems, explaining how foreign policy is formulated, and tracing the background and origins of the Cold War.
U. S. Policy in Latin America
Edwin Lieuwen. New York: Praeger, 1965. 150 pp. $4.95.
The author of Generals vs. Presidents (1964) and Arms and Politics in Latin America (1960) traces the major stages of U. S. policy from the 18th century to the 1960s. After examining the role of the OAS, the impact of Castroism and the Alliance for Progress, he summarizes his views of the long-term implications of U. S. intervention in the Dominican Republic.
Yacht Racing Rules and Tactics. 5th Edition
Gordon C. Aymar. Princeton, N. J.: Van Nostrand, 1966. 134 pp. Illus. $6.95.
The latest edition of a standard reference work.
PERIODICALS
Antarctic Journal of the United States
January-February 1966
The first number of this new journal contains several articles of particular interest including: “The U. S. Program for Antarctica,” “Plans and Events of the 1965-1966 Summer Season,” and “Organizational Developments in the United States Antarctic Program, 1954—1965.” Published by the National Science Foundation, this joint Navy-NSF publication succeeds the Bulletin of the U. S.-Antarctic Projects Officer and the Antarctic Report.
"Flying Spies”
Flying Review International, February 1966 A fact-filled, well-illustrated article dealing with the aircraft which, as a necessary part of the Cold War, allegedly violate foreign air spaces while on surveillance missions; contains technical details of current “spy” aircraft. The issue also carries the closely related article “A Watch from the Sky,” which summarizes the “straight-forward” military and naval search and reconnaissance aircraft of today.
"Insurgency”
Walter Darnell Jacobs in Marine Corps Gazette, February 1966
A University of Maryland political scientist urges that contemporary strategists may have overlooked the important Communist military doctrine which excludes the utilization of regular forces in so-called “wars of liberation.”
"Military Coups in Africa”
Edmund Schwargenbach in Swiss Review of World Affairs, February 1966
A most timely article by a leading international law authority; catalogs the causes of internal vulnerability of the African states; notes that Communist Chinese influence is usually curtailed by the coups.
"North Country Resupply”
John W. Dennison in Air University Review, January-February 1966
A brief summary of current Arctic logistics; the role of msts ships receives particular attention.
"Contemporary Practices of the United States Relating to International Law”
The American Journal of International Law, January 1966
A useful documentary summary which appears in each issue of this quarterly journal.
"Seapower—Key to New Ocean Markets”
Rear Admiral Turner F. Caldwell, U. S. Navy, in Under Sea Technology, January 1966 A worthwhile summary of the many oceanographic activities of the U. S. Government; of particular interest is the listing of asw systems and weapons.
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Edited by Prof. R. W. Daly, U. S. Naval Academy. The story of the Union s first ironclad told through the letters of Paymaster W. F. Keeler, USN, to his wife, Anna. 1964. 278 pages. Maps.
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Almanac of Naval Facts......................................................................................................
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Thence Round Cape Horn.......................................................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
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We Build A Navy.................................................................................................................... $2.75 ($2.20)
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Geography and National Power.................................................................................................. $3.50 ($2.80)
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Naval Logistics .......................................................................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
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Elements of Applied Thermodynamics................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
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Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. Written in Russian with English notes to facilitate rapid reading at the second-year level. 1956. 97 pages. Illustrated.
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)
English-French-Spanish-Italian-German-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages. Paper- bound.
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..............................................................
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
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval officer’s bride. 6th Ed., 1964. 263 pages.
($5.20)
($4.80)
SPORTS—ATHLETICS
Physical Education Series: |
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Baseball . . . 1963. 152 pages. Illustrated. | $4.50 | ($3.60) | on Land and Sea .... 2nd Revised Ed., 1956. | $4.50 |
Boxing............................... Revised. 1950. 288 pages. | $4.00 | ($3.20) | 366 pages. Intramural Programs . . . | $4.00 |
Championship Wrestling . . 1964. 230 pages. | $4.50 | ($3.60) | Revised, 1950. 249 pages. Modern Fencing | $3.50 |
Conditioning Exercises . . 3rd Ed., 1960. 275 pages. | $4.50 | ($3.60) | 1948. 289 pages. Illustrated. Soccer .... | $4.50 |
Gymnastics and Tumbling . 2nd Revised Ed., 1959. 414 pages. | $4.50 | ($3.60) | 3rd Ed., 1961. 172 pages. Squash Racquets .... 1958. 50 pages. Illustrated. | $1.60 |
Hand to Hand Combat . 1943. 228 pages. | $4.00 | ($3.20) | Swimming and Diving . . 3rd Ed., 1962.345 pages. | $4.50 |
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($1.28)
($3.60)
Annapolis Today............................................
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 qq
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
The midshipman’s prayer printed on quality paper, suitable for framing.
Reef Points
$6.00
The Handbook of the Brigade of Midshipmen, 1964-1965
Compiled by the Reef Points Staff.
$1.35
($4.80)
($2.40)
($.25)
($1.35)
U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
FULL-COLOR REPRODUCTIONS
Proceedings Cover Paintings
Separate prints, 26 X 22 inches, suitable for framing:
USS Enterprise (June 1962) by C. G. Evers........................................................
USS Bainbridge (November 1962) by C. G. Evers................................................ ’
USS Thresher (March 1964) by C. G. Evers....................................................................... j
(No discount on Thresher prints. All proceeds to Thresher Fund.)
USS Long Beach (August 1964) by C. G. Evers....................................................................
Flying Cloud (April 1964) by Warren Sheppard.....................................................................
Aristides (April 1965) by Robert Salmon...................................................................... ’ ’
Complete sets of 12, on 13 X 13-inch mats, for any of the following years' 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 . ' .
Six Frigates of the U. S. Navy 1776-1825. Sold only as a set...................................................
All six renderings carefully researched and authentic to the last detail. Originals painted by Captain Melbourne Smith, a licensed Master in Sail in Canada. All prints on 18 X 211^-inch mats in a portfolio with a separate sheet, also suitable for framing, giving specifications for each individual ship and details of her history.
MISCELLANEOUS
How to Write a Research Paper...........................
Prepared in the Department of English, History, and Government, U. S. Naval Academy. 1963. 80 pages. Paperbound.
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Naval Institute Lapel Button.......................................