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{Admiral Hayward graduatedfrom the U. S. Naval Academy in 1930 and has had a variety of assignments in surface warships, in naval aviation, in nuclear weapons development, as an observer with the Royal Air Force, and in research and development. He is now President of the Naval War College.)
This book on the politics and conflicts over the unification of the armed forces of the United States is an excellent portrayal of the various ideologies of the Navy. The book states all the strengths and weaknesses of all the parties involved; it shows how their conception of future wars shaped their positions on unification.
The following quote is particularly pertinent in this area in light of present day “conflicts” among the armed services:
The outcome of a conflict over some proposed governmental course of action does not only affect the goals of the actors immediately involved. It also constitutes public policy. Yet it should be clear that the outcome of the unification conflict, like that of most major policy conflicts in American politics, was not determined primarily through some analytical, problemsolving techniques that consciously discovered an optimum solution for promoting “public interest.” That outcome was determined almost exclusively through bargaining and exertion of other kinds of influence and probably did not represent the preferred solution of even a single one of the participants. Although there have recently been a small number of studies that recognize the various positive functions of political conflict and of the techniques associated with its resolution, the predominant view still appears to be that conflict essentially represents a pathology of the normal policy process.
The events that have occurred since 1946 certainly show that it was fortunate there was “conflict.” There should be conflict in the vital issues that face the U. S. defense establishment in these areas. One has only to read the statements of the extreme positions by some military leaders in light of recent events to realize the nature of the future is really indeterminate. Time has shown that the struggle to maintain the Marines and Naval Aviation has been in the “public interest.” It is of interest to note that of all the World War II leaders, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King was the only one who put in words the role the Navy plays today. When he testified on 7 May 1946, he redefined “sea power.” He told the Congress that the Navy’s functions and capabilities were not restricted to dealing with seaborne objectives and keeping clear the lines of supply for ground and air forces overseas—dealing with “land objectives that can be reached from the sea” was also a function of sea power. It is still a good definition today.
The book closes with comments about the other less extensive conflicts over defense organization in 1949, 1953, and 1958. It is apparent today we have a National Military Establishment run by a Secretary of Defense who has the responsibility, authority and accountability for its effective operations across the entire spectrum of defense affairs. It is the first time in the history of the United States that there has been one man not elected by the people who is the second most powerful man in the country. This book clearly and
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explicitly explains the evolution of current defense organization of the United States and of the conflict that brought it into being.
The note section of this book is one of the most complete I have seen covering sources of interest in this political conflict. The author has done an outstanding job of research and putting the facts together in a most enjoyable and readable manner.
The book should be required reading for all persons involved in the U. S. defense establishment.
Wings for the Fleet
By Rear Admiral George van Deurs, U. S. Navy (Retired). Annapolis, Md.: U. S. Naval Institute, 1966. 175 pages. Illustrated. $12.50. Member’s price $10.00.
REVIEWED BY
Lee M. Pearson
{Mr. Pearson is historian jor the Naval Air Systems Command, Department of the Navy.)
Most pre-World War I naval aircraft were pusher hydroaeroplanes with tail surfaces mounted on bamboo outriggers. Wings for the Fleet is the story of Navy flying with these “bamboo tails.” It deals with the mishaps and achievements, the triumphs and tragedies, and the aspirations and frustrations of the pre-World War I naval aviators.
Naval aviation has its beginnings in 1910— 1911. The background included Eugene Ely’s flights from and to ships, the first appropriations, and the training of the first aviators. Enthusiastic and hard working Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, the first Naval Aviator, trained under Glenn Curtiss at North Island and then accompanied him to Hammonds- port, New York. There Ellyson was joined by the serious and dedicated Lieutenant John H. Towers, Naval Aviator No. 3. The taciturn and mysterious Lieutenant John Rodgers, Naval Aviator No. 2, trained with the Wright Company at Dayton, brought a plane to Annapolis, and then served as mechanic for his cousin Calbraith Perry Rodgers during the first trans-continental flight from mid- September to November 1911. Ellyson and Towers arrived at Annapolis and, after two abortive starts, made a cross country flight to Old Point Comfort. Despite a number of forced landings, they finally arrived back at
Annapolis. Mechanics as well as airplane drivers, they made their own repairs in flight or after landing.
Aviation moved to San Diego, back to Annapolis, deployed to Guantanamo, returned to Annapolis, and finally found a home at the virtually abandoned Pensacola station. Additional officers were ordered to flight duty: Victor D. Herbster; Alfred A. Cunningham and Bernard L. Smith the first Marine aviators; Godfrey deC. Chevalier, Patrick N. L. Bellinger; and others. Ellyson and Rodgers left aviation but later returned and lost their lives in plane crashes.
These men were all highly individualistic, with differing talents and outlooks. All were dedicated fliers. They experimented with radios, dropped bombs, spotted for gunfire, scouted, and repeatedly crashed and rebuilt their bamboo tails. When trouble with Mexico flared in 1915 they deployed for action, and
Bellinger actually made a few combat reconnaissance flights. When cruisers were equipped with catapults, efforts to operate from ships provided more frustration than success. Throughout, the fliers sought to obtain improved aircraft and following a series of fatal accidents, virtually went on strike until the Navy Department condemned their ill-fated bamboo tails and replaced them with N-9 tractor trainers.
Henry Mustin, an exceedingly able flier and the first commandant at Pensacola, instituted the “Bevo list.” The fliers, required to sign a statement before each flight that they had not had an alcoholic drink for 24 hours, sometimes ate bread and bourbon or martini consomme.
Rear Admiral van Dcurs began flying in the 1920s. He knew and served under the main characters in the book. Thus, he heard their personal lore of naval aviation’s beginnings. An indefatigable researcher, he has examined thousands of documents and talked to still living eyewitnesses. His account of Eugene Ely’s flights from and to warships draws heavily upon interviews with Ely’s widow, Mrs. Mabel Hall Ely.
The evocative style is reinforced with a splendid collection of photographs including series shots of various episodes. An F-4B phantom pilot, used to 130-knot “cat shots,” will find the photographs relating to 30- and 40- knot launches from ship a pleasant form of wardroom relaxation. Ely’s two flights, Elly- son’s take-off from a wire cable, and the later catapult cruisers are all illustrated. Perhaps the high point is the sequence showing Elly- son’s first catapult launch, including the initial position, the plane upending during the power stroke, its splash, and the capsized plane and pilot in the water. Anyone interested in early aviation photographs will find the book a must. The photographs are augmented by adaptations of the 1911 three-view drawings of the Navy’s first aircraft and by characteristics of early bamboo tails and flying boats, as well as a very useful tabulation of the first 34 naval aviators.
In addition to describing the early fliers and their experiences, Wings for the Fleet relates these to Navy Department policy and to the predilections and political maneuverings of departmental officials. The fliers never saw eye to eye with Captain Washington Irving Chambers, the first head of naval aviation. He viewed their problems with sympathy and understanding, but presumed that science and engineering were at least as important as their opinions in developing improved aircraft. His successor, Captain Mark L. Bristol, was an able administrator but wanted results and was little concerned with detailed problems. Chambers and Bristol were continuously needled by Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske, who, attempting to make policy out of visionary imagination, could see no reason why the Navy should not immediately build tremendous air fleets.
Throughout, van Deurs is a partisan of the “brownshoes” in their struggle to obtain satisfactory planes, to devise means of using them, and to influence administration and policy. The aviators’ views are presented with persuasion and logic. The reader acquires sympathetic understanding of how these views came into being and of the intensity with which they were held. It was a non-flier commandant at Pensacola who sought to reduce crashes by ordering the fliers to “slow down on all turns.”
Despite the research that the author carried out, the book must be used with caution. Errors of fact that mar the text are inexplicable in view of Admiral van Deurs capacity for meticulous research. The descriptions of political maneuvering at all levels are largely based upon hypothesis and the entire book is an intermix of documented fact, recollections, and hypothesis. The careful student will wish that more pains had been taken in identifying the sources.
Still, serious scholars of naval history and administration will find it useful, as will all students of military innovation. In addition, aviators and Navymen in aviation units, ships, and stations—who succeed in momentarily breaking free from NATOPS, safety instructions, the 3-M system, and similar “literature” —will find a nostalgic glimpse of a simpler past. Men who could not quite know what they were doing, flew, crashed, rebuilt, and flew again. In the process they initiated practices that through 50-odd years of refinement evolved into current techniques and aviation grew from a few bamboo tails to become the mainstay of U. S. Naval power.
This book is exceptionally well illustrated and documented. It should prove of interest to those interested in limited conflict along the Asiatic periphery.
A Perspective on Anti-Submarine Warfare
By Captain Thomas D. McGrath, U. S.
Navy (Retired). Washington, U. C.: Data
Publications, 1966. 132 pages. Illustrated.
REVIEWED BY
Captain Joseph K. Taussig,
U. S. Navy (Retired)
{Captain Taussig graduated from the U. S. Naval
Academy in 1941 and served on active duty until 1954.
From 1952 to 1956 he was Secretary-Treasurer of the
Naval Institute. He is now head of Taussig Associates,
government and business consultants in Washington.)
Captain McGrath has drawn on his varied career experiences—including Chief of Staff, Task Group Alfa, and Commander of the Key West Test and Evaluation Detachment— to compile a series of articles, some already published in such journals as Proceedings and Undersea Technology, and some unpublished, to set forth some provocative dissertation and advanced ideas on the importance of antisubmarine warfare now and in the next ten to 12 years.
With over five years of industrial experience on the “ASW side,” he presents a refreshing balance of the factors of hopes, fears, aspirations, and possibilities in discussing a subject of such great complexity.
Written in a non-technical vein insofar as his treatment of scientific phenomena is concerned, the subject matter will appeal to operational officers, administrative personnel involved in the Navy’s ASW efforts, industrial executives and marketeers. It will also provide some osmotic environmental considerations of fundamental interest to scientists and engineers engaged in solving the technical problems of ASW.
From a general discussion of Task Group Alfa and its operational procedures, the book discusses the threat, the ocean environment, the platforms and systems for ASW, and finally the role of industry as it might contribute to the solution of present and future problems, and as it might organize itself to present its solutions.
If there is a valid criticism, in view of the restricted length imposed by the volume, it lies in a sense of unfulfillment as one’s “favorite topic” is brought up and discussed. It is also impossible to set forth the critical budgetary and organizational restrictions imposed by the national “way-of-doing-things” in such a short dissertation. Possibly, Captain McGrath’s self imposed limitations will stimulate him, and others, to continue the general compilation of further perspectives, in which greater detail on specific topics will be possible.
★
Readiness Is an All-Hands Function
A San Diego-based submarine was engaged in an exhaustive series of independent exercises en route to join the Seventh Fleet. At about sunset, the skipper, who had been personally conducting a day-long series of shipboard drills, running all hands ragged, decided to take a rest.
Passing through the conning tower on his way below from the bridge, the captain ordered the senior quartermaster to run a few minor drills there. Several minutes later, preparing for a relaxing shower, the captain was startled to hear three loud buzzes on the emergency call buzzer. The meaning of the signal in that ship was, “Captain to the bridge.”
In a flurry of shower shoes and litde else, the skipper raced through the control room and up the ladder, where he was greeted by the quartermaster, stopwatch in hand who observed,
“Pretty good, Captain. Only took you nine seconds.”
■----------------------------- Contributed by Lieutenant Commander James N. D’Orso, U. S. Navy
(The Naval Institute will pay $10.00 for each anecdote published in the Proceedings.)
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Aces High
Christopher Shores and Clive Williams. London: Neville Spearman, 1966. 335 pp. Illus. 50 shillings.
A biographical directory of the more than 1,000 aces of the Allied forces in World War II.
Albert Ballin
Lamar Cecil. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1966. 325 pp. $7.50.
This biographical study of one of 20th century Germany’s most influential shipping magnates provides new and important information on Anglo-German relations from the late 1890s into World War I.
The American Heritage Picture History of World War II
C. L. Sulzberger. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. 640 pp. Illus. $20.00.
The most complete one-volume, pictorial coverage of the entire war. An admirable companion to its counterpart on World War I, which appeared in 1964; superb illustrations including excellent battle maps.
An Angel on Each Shoulder
William Willis. London: Hutchinson, 1966. 223 pp. Illus. 30 shillings.
The adventure story of a hardy seaman who sailed a balsa raft for 12,000 miles in 204 days from Peru to the Cape York region of Australia. His mid-1966 effort to cross from New York to England in a small boat was unsuccessful.
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Ian H. Nich. London: The Athlone Press, 1966. 360 pp. 63 shillings.
A scholarly study of the competitive Far Eastern policies of the powers at the start of the 20th century and of the factors and forces that made possible the Anglo-Japanese alliance of 1902.
The Arctic Frontier
Edited by R. S. J. MacDonald. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966. 311 pp. $7.50.
A series of essays dealing with the physical and economic aspects of the Arctic and, particularly, with themes involving the question of those floating ice islands which are becoming of increased interest to exploring nations. The strategic role of the region is the central theme of one of the essays.
Boeing Aircraft Since 1918
Peter M. Bowers. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, 1966. 444 pp. Illus. $9.95.
The latest in the Putnam aircraft series, this excellent volume describes Boeing aircraft from the Model I(B&W)—Boeing and Westervelt—to the 737 jet airliner. Commander G. Conrad Westervelt, U. S. Navy, collaborated with Boeing as a private individual in 1916. Boeing built a fine line of Navy fighters in the 1930s before turning to Army/Air Force bombers and then jet airliners.
Brassey’s Annual:
The Armed Forces Yearbook
Edited by Major-General J. L. Moulton (late Royal Marines), et al. New York: Praeger, 1966. 400 pp. Illus. $16.50.
This 77th edition contains an exceptionally gratifying number of outstanding articles covering a wide range of military themes. Of particular note are: “The French Navy”; “The Strength of the Royal Navy, 1906—66”; “Progress with Polaris”; “Developments in Maritime Forces”; “Convoy—-An Historical Survey”; “The British Merchant Fleet”; “Building the United States Fleet, 1947-67”; “The British Aircraft Carrier”; and “The Training of Naval Officers.”
Cannonade
Fairfax Downey. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1966. 381 pp. Illus. $6.50.
A prolific writer on military themes effectively summarizes great artillery actions of history and pays particular attention to famous cannons and master gunners; a well-readable and well-illustrated volume.
China and Nuclear Proliferation
Morton H. Halperin. Chicago: University of Chicago Center for Policy Study, 1966. 48 pp.
A brief pamphlet which served as the basis for a 1966 faculty-student seminar at the University of Chicago which was part of that institution’s concentrated examination of Modern China. The author, a Harvard political scientist, wrote China and the Bomb (1965).
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WINGS FOR THE FLEET
By Rear Admiral George van Deurs, U. S. Navy (Retired). A narrative of Naval aviation’s early development, 1910-1916. The story of 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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Civil Affairs and Military Government:
Central Organization and Planning
F. S. V. Donnison. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (U.S.A. distribution by British Information Services), 1966. 400 pp. SI 1.00.
This final volume in the Civil Government sub-series of the official history of World War II traces the evolution of the British civil government machinery in London and also deals extensively with Anglo- American co-operation and organization for civil government in liberated areas.
Communist China: A Strategic Survey,
A Bibliography
The Army Library. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 143 pp. Illus. $2.25 (paper).
An annotated bibliography listing books, articles, studies, and documents which delve into the economic, sociological, military, and political fabric of Communist China; maps, charts, and reference data are included.
Corregidor: The Saga of a Fortress
James H. and William M. Belote. New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 273 pp. Illus. $6.95.
A professional historian-brother team has written the only thorough coverage of the World War II career of that Manila Bay “Rock,” Corregidor. Basing their extensive research on dozens of personal interviews and on the mountains of documentary materials, the authors relate the pathetic story of the unwarranted pre-war dependence on Corregidor, its heroic stand and surrender in May 1942, and its stubborn resistance to re-capture by American airborne assault in February 1945. This is a stirring record, especially well told.
Deadly Logic
Philip Green. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1966. 361 pp. $6.00.
An American political scientist differs vigorously and cogently with the so-called “theory of nuclear deterrence” advanced by the “new strategists”—Herman Khan, Thomas Schelling, Henry Kissinger, and Albert Wohlstetter.
Diplomats, Scientists, and Politicians
Harold Karan Jacobson and Eric Stein. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1966. 512 pp. $8.50.
Two University of Michigan political scientists have compiled the story of the Moscow test ban negotiation of 1963. Their sources are public records and extensive interviews with key participants, and their detailed work describes the confusion and controversy, the search for compromise, and the agreements and stalemates that have characterized this phase of the Cold War.
The Fighters:
The Men and Machines of the First War
Thomas R. Funderburk. London: Arthur Barker, 1966. 200 pp. Illus. 45 shillings.
The author introduces the first aces of the war, the “circuses” into which some of them formed themselves, the aircraft they flew, and their tactics.
The Fighting Man
Jack Coogins. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1966. 372 pp. Illus. 39.95.
This “illustrated history of the world’s great fighting forces through the ages” covers a broad canvas from ancient times to Vietnam. The author’s unique drawings and sketches add appreciably to the value of the text. His previous work was Arms and Equipment of the Civil War (1962).
The Floating Republic
G. E. Manwaring and B. Dobree. London: Frank Cass, 1966. 229 pp. 50 shillings.
A re-publication of a 1935 account of the Royal Navy’s mutinies at Spithead and The Nore in 1797.
Glossary of Oceanographic Terms
U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 204 pp. $2.25.
An excellent reference volume with appendixes of abbreviations and acronyms common to oceanography, and a list of oceanographic organizations. Edited by B. B. Baker, Jr., W. R. Deebel, and R. D. Geisen- derfer.
The Great Days of the Cape Horners
Yves Le Seal. London: Souvenir Press, 1966. 22 pp. Illus. 37 shillings sixpence.
An illustrated, well-written account of the square riggers and the fearless seamen who manned them. Unusual in this volume is its reliance on French sources.
The Happy Warrior
Ian Hamilton. London: Cassell, 1966. 480 pp. Ulus. 50 shillings.
A biography by the nephew of the key figure of the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign of World War I. Sir Ian’s long life extended from Indian Mutiny days until after World War II.
H. M.S. Victory
Arthur Bugler. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (U.S.A. distribution by British Information Services), 1966. 402 pp. Illus. $32.00..
The fullest, most illustrated account of the building, restoration, and repair of Nelson’s flagship, which was originally constructed in 1765. She was permanently docked at Portsmouth in 1922 and since then has suffered but survived vigorous attacks from German bombs and death-watch beetles. This handsome volume contains 56 half-tone plates and 28 line drawings plus 14 of the latter in a separate case. The only comparable work of this nature is The Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships (1955).
International Communism and American Policy
Bernard S. Morris. New York: Atherton, 1966. 180 pp. $5.95.
A timely and provocative examination of the schism in the international Communist movement, placed in historical and institutional perspective with relative position of the United States.
Men of The Pentagon
C. W. Borklund. New York: Praeger, 1966. 236 pp. $5.95.
The publisher of Armed Forces Management magazine summarizes and evaluates the Pentagon roles of the eight U. S. Secretaries of Defense.
Marine Sciences Research
Atomic Energy Commission. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 18 pp. \bji (paper).
The Atomic Energy Commission’s marine sciences research program integrates marine biological studies with associated work in chemical and physical oceanography. This brief study summarizes descriptions of selected projects representative of the biological, chemical, and physical program categories which serve to illustrate the over-all marine science research program.
The Military Attache: A History
Alfred Vagts. Princeton N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1966. 350 pp. $8.50.
A well-known military and diplomatic historian (Defense and Diplomacy, 1956; Landing Operations from Antiquity to 1945, 1946) describes the role of the service attache to modern times. Vagts repeatedly shows how the attache is often caught between his responsibilities to his ambassador and his loyalties to his military seniors.
The Modern United States Marine Corps
Colonel John A. DeChant, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve. Princeton, N. J.: Van Nostrand, 1966. 230 pp. Illus. $6.95.
A broad, sweeping, illustrated history of the Marine Corps from earliest days to its current roles around the world. Of particular value is the author’s many pages of “Occupational Specialities” and his listing of units in the Fleet Marine Forces. Also offered is a chapter on “Marine Corps Heroes.” A useful volume which was not intended to provide depth and scope into the subject.
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Mr. Pepys’ Navy
Leslie Wilcox. London: Bell, 1966, 208 pp. Illus. 45 shillings.
A vivid reconstruction from Pepys’ renowned diary, and from other contemporary sources, of the day-today administration of the Royal Navy to which Pepys devoted his life during the Restoration era of the 17 th century. The author also illustrates his book with almost fourscore drawings.
Navy Board Contracts 1660-1832
Bernard Pool. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1966. 158 pp. $9.00.
The first detailed study of the Contract Board which handled the civil administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1832. This board had vast powers, for much of the purchase of supplies and the building and repair of ships were let to contract. The author’s detailed account concludes with the impression that the Board generally served well the interests of Navy and country.
The Navy Year Book and Diary 1967
London: The Navy League, Grand Bldg., Trafalgar Sq., London W. C. 2, 1967. 216 pp. plus 1967 calendar. Illus. $3.50 (paper, $2.10).
The British Navy League’s annual yearbook consisting of nine informative essays and statistical sections on the Royal Navy and the British merchant marine. Also included is an 111-page 1967 calendar designed for diary use.
The New Economics of National Defense
John C. Clark. New York: Random House, 1966. 242 pp. $5.95.
The most penetrating and authoritative analysis since the now somewhat dated Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age (1960) by Messrs. Hitch and McLean. The author of this latest study is Dean of St. John’s University College of Business Administration. His book includes a host of references and a most useful bibliography.
Newton D. Baker and The American War Effort, 1917-1919
Daniel R. Beaver. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1966. 273 pp. Illus. $6.50.
A well-researched account of the role of Wilson’s Secretary of War (1916-1921) and his influence during the World War I days of U. S. preparation and participation.
The Papers of Woodrow Wilson (2 vols.)
Edited by Arthur S. Link. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1966. $15.00 per volume.
The first two of what will be 40 volumes of all of Wilson’s important letters, writings, speeches, and public papers. While several volumes must appear before
Wilson as the wartime president will be featured, the emergence of these published and edited papers is of significance to students of American history and of the World War I era in particular.
Peking and People’s Wars
Brigadier General Samuel B. Griffith, II, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired). New York: Praeger, 1966. 142 pp. $4.95.
An authority on Communist China and the translator of Mao Tse-tung on Guerrilla Warfare (1961) presents this brief analysis of the 1965 statements of official spokesmen of the Chinese Communist Party on the subject of revolutionary strategy. The principal figure quoted and analyzed is Vice Premier Lin Piao.
The Plane That Changed the World
Douglas J. Ingells. Fallbrook, California: Aero, 1966. 256 pp. Ulus. $9.75 (paper, $4.95).
A longtime American aviation journalist has written a complete biography of the DC-3 through its numerous variations from the early 1930s to today. The illustrations are especially worthwhile.
The Rise of American Naval Power, 1775-1918
Harold and Margaret Sprout. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1966. 398 pp. $2.95 (paper).
The re-publication of a long out-of-print volume which first appeared in 1942. The Sprouts’ unique study has for a quarter century been regarded as one of the most important works dealing with American naval history.
The Sea
Robert C. Miller. New York: Random House, 1966. 316 pp. Illus. $15.00.
A marine biologist and oceanographer demonstrates a genuine knack for explaining scientific phenomena simply and clearly in this superb volume containing 243 illustrations, 83 of which are in color. Dividing his coverage into the four categories: “Of Time and the Waters,” “The World of Water,” “The Life of the Sea,” and “Man and the Sea,” Dr. Miller delves adroitly into marine biology, oceanography, meteorology, deep sea exploration, and the general business of fisheries; one of the more attractive and informative sea books.
Sea Rescue
Gardner Soule. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1966. 206 pp. Illus. $4.50.
An entertaining and informative survey of modern sea rescues and techniques. While neither profound nor exhaustive, this book sets forth in admirably simple language the stories of a number of modem sea rescues and the techniques employed, but the basic necessity of man’s heroism comes through effectively.
Sino-Soviet Military Relations
Edited by Raymond L. Garthoff. New York: Praeger, 1966. 285 pp. $7.50.
One of America’s most respected Soviet experts—- author of Soviet Military (1966) Policy, and Soviet Strategy in the Nuclear Age (1962)—has selected and edited ten essays which trace the book’s central theme from World War I into the present and provide a glimpse of the possible future. Four significant and germane documents are printed in full; also notes, bibliography, and index.
Sino-Soviet Rivalry
Edited by C. J. Zablocki. New York: Praeger, 1966. 242 pp. $5.95.
A Wisconsin Congressman has edited 20 writings related to the Sino-Soviet split and has produced a most useful collection underscoring the schism’s implications for U. S. policy.
Stockpiling Strategic Materials: Politics and National Defense
Glenn H. Snyder. San Francisco: Chandler, 1966. 314 pp. $6.00 (paper, $3.00).
A study examining the stockpiling act of 1946, the organization and administration of the program, and the development of the program and the stockpiles from 1946 to 1965; based on detailed interviews and Symington subcommittee hearings in 1962 and 1963.
Strategic Terminology
Urs Schwarz and Laszlo Hadik. New York: Praeger, 1966. 159 pp. $6.75.
A trilingual glossary of the most significant terms being employed in today’s writings and discussions related to the broad field of strategy.
Strategy and Compromise
Samuel Eliot Morison. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966. 120 pp. $1.65 (paper).
The paper edition of this excellent synthesis of World War II strategy.
Three Days to Catastrophe
Douglas Clark. London: Hammond & Hammond. 1966. 228 pp. 25 shillings.
A brief historical account of how Britain nearly became entangled with the Soviets during the Russo- Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940. According to. Clark, only the March armistice prevented what would have been a most difficult position for the increasingly hardpressed British.
Trade in the Eastern Seas 1793-1813
C. Northcote Parkinson. London: Frank Cass, 1966. 435 pp. 75 shillings.
The re-issue of a significant British work which first appeared in 1937.
Underwater Work
John E. Cayford. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1966. 272 pp. Illus. $6.00.
A practical operating manual for those Scuba and shallow water divers who have had experience in underwater work or who plan to enter the business of underwater work on a full-time basis or as a sideline; contains index and bibliography.
Voices Prophesying War 1763-1984
I. F. Clarke. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. 254 pp. $10.00.
An intriguing study of two centuries of fictional writings relating, often with incredible foresight, to the “shape of things to come” in the wars of the future. Probably few readers can come up with more than a handful of writers of the H. G. Wells or Jules Verne variety, but author Clarke produces a list of several hundred such writers and adroitly evaluates their remarkable influences.
Yorck and The Era of Prussian Reform
Peter Paret. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1966. 443 pp. $8.50.
A U. S. military historian explores late 18th and early 19th century Prussian history as affected by a prominent field marshal. This is a significant and solid study of particular importance to students of the philosophy of war.
PERIODICALS
"Archipelago Concept of Limits of Territorial Seas”
Captain John R. Brook, U. S. Navy, in Naval War College Review, December 1966.
The author, currently a JAG official, explores in depth this knotty and intriguing problem. He investigates virtually every appropriate nation’s viewpoints and practices, and urges that the United States, as a major maritime power, continue to insist on the general principle of free transit through archipelago waters.
"Arctic Basin Research”
Louis Quam in Naval Research Reviews, October 1966.
A summary of Arctic scientific investigation from 1947 to the present.
"International Law, the O.A.S. and the Dominican Crisis”
Charles G. Fenwick in Naval War College Review, December 1966.
A highly respected authority presents cogent arguments defending the U. S. “intervention” of April 1965.
"The Omega Navigation System”
J. A. Pierce and A. Shostak in Naval Research Reviews, October 1966.
A description of the development and operation of this world-wide, VLF navigation system.
"Our Leaky Pipeline to Vietnam”
Lester Velie in Reader's Digest, December 1966.
A highly critical indictment of the neglect of the U. S. merchant fleet as shown by its inadequate performance in the Vietnamese War.
"Plans and Events
of the 1966-1967 Summer Season”
Antarctic Journal of the United States, November- December 1966.
A broad, detailed survey of the U. S. Antarctic Research Program of this year. Coverage includes scientific, logistic, mapping, and training programs.
"Skybolt and American Foreign Policy”
Raymond C. Williams in Military Affairs, Fall 1966.
A brief, well-documented account of the Anglo- American political strife associated with the U. S. abrupt cancellation of a missile in 1962; the author is quite critical of the McNamara role.
"Technology in China”
Genko Uchida in Scientific American for November 1966.
A Japanese analyst reports on a study of China’s struggle to become an industrial power. He estimates that a breakthrough to economic growth driven by industrial investment may be five to ten years off.
"What Is International Law?”
James F. Hogg in Naval War College Review, December 1966.
A most worthwhile examination and explanation of the modern concepts of international law as set forth by a visiting professor at the Naval War College.
MISCELLANEOUS
U. S. Naval Operations: Pacific Ocean Areas— World War II
Compiled and drawn by M. E. Metzler. Available from compiler-artist at 3718 W. Olive Avenue, Fresno, California 93705 1966. $5.00.
This is a large-sheet map, packed with World War II naval statistics, personnel, battle sketches, and ship silhouettes. Ideal for wall display, this sheet will be a unique source of information for all World War II naval buffs.
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. 1). 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 U. S. mine warfare operations in World War II and Korea. 1959. 322 pages.
Illustrated.
The Sea War in Korea.......................................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Cdr. M. IV’. Cagle, USN, and Cdr. F. A. Manson, USN. 1957. 555 pages.
Illustrated.
The United States Coast Guard in World War II......................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By M. F. Willoughby. 1957. 347 pages. Illustrated.
United States Destroyer Operations in World War II................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1953. 581 pages. Illustrated.
United States Submarine Operations in World War II................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1949. 577 pages. Illustrated.
Special Price—2-volume set: Destroyer and Submarine books................................................................................ $20.00 ($16.00)
WORLD WAR II—(OTHER NATIONS)
Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945 ............................................................................................ $7.00 ($5.60)
By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 440 pages. Illustrated.
The French Navy in World War II.......................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
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.................................................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
, 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............................................................................................................................ $5.75 ($4.60)
By Cdr. Marc’Antonio Bragadin, Italian Navy. 1957. 380 pages. Illustrated.
Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story .... $7.50 ($6.00)
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 .......................................... $4.50 ($3.60)
By Capt. S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., RN (Ret.). 1960.480 pages. Illustrated.
SEA POWER
Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement.................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
Edited by Cdr. IV7. C. Blattmann USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paperbound.
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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. I 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).