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of experience with the same company, which previously paid me ~ ’ 132 per year after only four years "ith the company.
' can hardly wait until I make commander and get a CO job! Then I ^et my very own head and a S3,405 'Xr year pay cut! And to top it off. I'll
j'et SCr|t to one of the highest cost of living,
cost of housing areas in the cmire country-—San Diego, Long c-ach, San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, NewPort, or Norfolk.
, Combine that with my 15% real 'nc°me loss due to RAQ and a conser- ar've K)% because of inflation, and I atT1 looking at a 25% pay cut just to ray in the Navy!
{y orders should read: "Go directly u sea. Do not pass Go. Do not collect x- Tighten your belt. Smile, you are being given the opportunity to make a further personal financial sacrifice in the behalf of your country."
Is it any wonder that we have retention problems? Civilian industry financially rewards people in demanding jobs. The Navy financially cripples them!
We’ve all poured our heart out to our boss, spouse, chaplain, or kid and asked, "Right?” only to be told, "I'm sorry, I wasn’t listening. " Nobody listens any more. But a few do read. If nobody seems to care what you think about anything, perhaps you ought to contribute to "Nobody asked me, hut ..."
Maybe what you have been saying isn’t worth listening to. But, if it is, we may print it and pay you $50.00. If it isn’t, you’ll feel better for having got it off your chest.
I know the Chief of Naval Operations repeatedly pleads for an equitable solution to the Navy pay situation, yet the President and Congress turn deaf ears. What does it rake to make them comprehend the simple facts of life set forth here and their devastating adverse impact. Certainly insensitive, archaic, and ill-informed comments, such as “When I was in the Navy, pay wasn’t an issue," won’t get anyone our votes; they will only ensure our resignations.
Book Reviews
A,a.'a^ Challenge and Western ,, lar>ce Options
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^fhntic Council Working Group on \VtUr'ng the Seas. Boulder, CO.:
Press, 1979. 464 pp. Illus.
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Kiper , 11'vecl by Thomas H. Et/old
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^ /r»w Yale University, Dr.
\\’ac ,s Professor of Strategy at the Naval ii,.jl^'"^l'Se. Newport. Rhode Island. He has a?i,i l’! n,u* m'iewed widely on topics in defense ‘Mnnacy.
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hiSfls arr>bitious work surveys the ()fj,r'es, traditions, and capabilities 'i an^ NATO navies against the eC() ' r°P contemporary political, T|ia°rr|ic, and technological trends. ^ analysis is balanced; the judg- krn are sophisticated; the prose is rkab|y good. In all, it may be the
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most important work on navies and naval issues published in the West in several decades. Without doubt, it is the most important book dealing with rhe present-day naval scene since Admiral Sergei G. Gorshkov’s Sea Power of the State (Naval Institute Press, 1979) reached Western readers.
A brief listing of chapter topics will indicate the breadth of this study: the role of rhe sea in world power relations, Soviet naval evolution, the Soviet fleet today, allocation and missions of the Soviet Navy, Western maritime interests (perhaps the single most valuable chapter in the entire work), implications of Soviet maritime capabilities, the evolution of the U. S. Navy, allocation and missions of U. S. and allied naval forces, comparative allied-Soviet force levels (including merchant marine, bases, and naval components), projected alliance force and technology requirements, anticipated budget constraints, a simplified quantitative analysis of the sea-lane defense problem, an overall assessment of the naval/maritime balance, and, finally, findings and recommendations.
It is impossible in this space to do any real justice to the quality of discussion and analysis of the many vital topics considered in this volume. In its most salient findings, the Working Group contends that “the Soviet Union ... is now capable of seriously interfering with essential shipping and challenging other Western uses of the seas. . . . the West must make renewed commitments to maintaining a favorable naval balance.” For it was because of such a naval balance, the Working Group suggests, “that the postwar balance of power almost defied the logic of distance and geography.”
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The Working Group further recommends, among more detailed suggestions, (1) an improved understanding of the "need for capable naval forces in the Pacific in the event of a ‘NATO war,’ ” that is, a critique of the so-called "swing strategy,” (2) alliance development of “numerically larger navies of less expensive ships,” (3) increased prepositioning of military equipment and national economic
Pentagon officials were concerned ^ Carter’s lieutenants—Vance, 'X/arn i and Earle—were too easily influe
stockpiling, alliance-wide, so as to reduce reliance on seaborne supplies in the earliest stages of conflict. Some of the study’s findings, and most of its recommendations, have nearly as many opponents as proponents. But few study groups—and few individuals, for that matter—exercise as much care in setting out contrasting and opposing views.
Most people, whether naval professionals or not, have little time to read books about the several related topics addressed in this fine volume. If one can read only one such book this year, this book should be that one; if there can be more than one, this volume should be the first. Readers who are not naval professionals will profit especially from the inclusive coverage, with its attention to the basics of naval development and naval thought; this work has deliberately and carefully been made accessible to interested "outsiders.” Naval professionals will perhaps gain most from the balance of the presentation, for objectivity is usually an early casualty of even the most well-intended professional commitment.
Endgame
Strobe Talbot. New York: Harper & Row, 1979- 319 pp. Append. Ind. $15.00 ($13.50).
Reviewed by Major Terrence Murray, U. S. Marine Corps.
Major Murray, a I90H graduate of the Naval Academy, is currently the Operations Officer at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D C.
The Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan and its less recent, but continuing adventures in Africa, the Mideast, and Asia by proxy armies underscore the increasing boldness of Soviet foreign policy since the late 1950s and 1960s. This ambitious, contemptible aggression is predicated, in part, on the Soviet presumption of nuclear superiority or, as a minimum, parity with the United States. Strobe Talbot’s penetrating analysis of the SALT II negotiations substantiates, in large measure, the Soviet Union’s claim to overall nuclear equality with the United States and to massive nuclear advantage in ICBMs. Combined with conventional superiority in so many areas, this represents an ominous threat to the West unless the United States’ strategic and conventional disparities are rapidly redressed.
In a thoroughly researched, fast- moving narrative, Talbot examines the last two and a half years of the seemingly interminable, often convoluted SALT II process. From Secretary Harold Brown’s office on the west side of the Potomac to Cyrus Vance’s secluded study at Foggy Bottom, Talbot follows the key players of Carter’s team, exposing their strengths, weaknesses, and eccentricities, while showing the maneuverings of U. S. and Soviet officials in Washington, Moscow and, ultimately, Geneva.
Talbot characterizes the roles and interaction of key administration officials, of government branches, agencies, and departments, and of the SALT delegation itself, which was led initially by Paul Warnke and Ralph Earle, a lawyer who had worked on the negotiations since 1972. More importantly, he shows where President Carter interjected himself into the negotiations and imposed his philosophy, where he allowed his representatives freedom to deal, and where he permitted them only to echo his thoughts.
But Talbot’s findings frequently produce lingering questions on SALT which are either sketchily addressed or inadequately answered. Why was B-I bomber development scrapped with so little opposition from outside the Pentagon? Why was the neutron bomb surrendered without a real fight? Why was Lieutenant General Ed Rowny’s (Joint Chiefs of Staff representative on the delegation) the only strident voice of discord concerning so many crucial concessions made during the talks? How could the United States send a negotiating team which went only reluctantly head-to-head with the Soviets on the hard, crucial issues? In the aftermath of the Carter-Brezhnev signings in Geneva last June, the questions still persist.
Despite the unanswered questions, however, the study is both fascinating and intimidating. Locked within the negotiations, the world’s two superpowers had become space-age gamblers, tabulating a sometimes arcane and “dizzying array of permutations and combinations” of friend!)' and opposing nuclear weapons and weapon systems, then weighing die probability of survival should an a!!' out confrontation occur.
But more than quantitative ^
qualitative factors were at play f°r 1 _ U. S. delegation. The research sU^ gests that political and even psyc ^ logical pressures to reach an agreem ^ were also present and influenced course of negotiations. Moreover, machinations of the negotiating Pr^ cess demonstrate that the drive reach a settlement can militate agal striking a balance which offers mea(1 ingful protection. j
General Rowny was a frequent ‘ outspoken critic of the delegnt,°t' leadership under Warnke and La Reflecting on Rowny’s displeaS ^ Talbot observes, “They were much c^ inclined to advocate a position beC‘l^( it promised to be negotiable ra than one that was, in his view, in national interest . . . .” In addR1 _
y Soviet sensitivities and stubbornness> letting, the Soviet Union’s temperamental, obdurate disposition set e tor>e and limits of negotiations. While the focus of the SALT negoti- atl°ns, as Talbot explores them, was ltBMs, initiatives were offered by rh sides to extend controls to SLBMs. rimately, proposed restrictions were ^'nimized. This was to American advantage for two basic reasons. First, it lected Soviet research and develop- ^nt from their strongest asset, and-based ICBMs, forcing them to c°ncentrate on new technologies. Sec- >t protected the United States °m having to restrain further devel- °Prnent of the only trump card in its nUclear arsenal. "The looming vul- erability of Minuteman, the postponement of MX, the cancellation of e B-1 and the limitations in SALT on JU‘Se missiles—all these develop- ^ents impelled the U. S. toward a eavjer rejiance on ,-^g seagoing, crwater, most elusive, least vul- a°*e> therefore most survivable leg ‘ts strategic triad.” ndgame confirms that our other v . Ce8'c weapon systems are more snerable than our SLBMs. It also fegests that even should we strike an tiQ Ptable bargain on strategic limitary ns’ the Soviet Union will always SUire the closest scrutiny. It is hard
prologue to the future, we must find consolation in the knowledge that Senate ratification is required before the proposed SALT II agreements become law.
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V‘ets will exercise, even with an ac- when they have sufficient con-
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r^’Ptfcnt to fight three wars simul- Uh'i°USly’ an<^ when their strategic . nsophy has always been that “more s better."
Stfls undeniable that we need f0r^eSic accords in some equitable ».i 11' The real question, however, is r or not we can tolerate SALT II
^the: ^ith
ci ‘ts current provisions, which in' e excessive constraints on air-
autlched
cruise missiles, and nebu- 7 defined terms to ensure elec- verifiability of Soviet com- ar,ce with the agreement. t(,y a*hot does not pass judgment on ttrfccNity achieved by the terms Car-
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War Reporter
John D. Harris. New York: Manor Books, 1980. 285 pp. $2.25 ($2.03) paper.
Reviewed by Captain Ralph Blanchard, U. S. Navy
Captain Blanchard is a public affairs officer attached to the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. He was a newsman before he entered the Navy.
Every so often a small book comes along that is a pleasure to read as well as being professionally interesting. John Harris has written one: War Reporter. It is an extraordinary account of war as seen through the eyes of a reporter. John Harris’ narrative about Vietnam, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Cyprus, and Africa provides professional officers another view of how journalists cope with and cover warfare. In Vietnam, we were often inclined to chastise the messenger when it was really the message we were angry with, and Harris’ fast- moving memoirs provide insights to the “messenger” syndrome as well as to the news-gathering.
Gathering the news appears to be the easy part of reporting. What is difficult is the mechanics of reporting. For example, travel for newsmen in Vietnam became relatively easy as the war progressed, but in the early days, reporters were hard-pressed to get to battle areas. They rented cars or hitched rides with military units when they could—even rode bicycles—and as War Reporter amply notes, travel continues to plague the correspondent trying to work his way to battlefields. If it’s not transportation, reporters must cope with the lack of communications, frustrated when they are often not available. Harris etches these traditional obstacles to reporting well— in all shades of frustration and humor.
News media coverage is in some ways similar to an intelligence report. We have a tendency to read news as though it were a finished product—a
definitive statement, a final word— whereas, in reality, it is only a quick slice of history in the making seen through the eyes of a flesh-and-blood newsman who has been buffeted about in an effort to find out what is happening so that he may translate it into a story that is readable and meaningful to a wide-ranging readership. And like intelligence reports, new facts will surface later which will be sifted and added to the on-going flow of information.
John Harris’ book is filled with humor and pathos. He writes movingly of a youngster who lost his legs in 1965 during a flight deck accident on board the USS Midway (CVA-41), and of the departure of woman reporter Dickie Chapelle’s body from Tan Son Nhut, following her battlefield death. It is a very human book. But the pathos is relieved by a fine touch of humor, often at the author’s own expense.
Other themes surface from the wars he writes about. In addition to pathos, there is the hating, which is nowhere more evident than in Northern Ireland, the "last of the great religious wars that plagued Europe for centuries.” At one point in that seemingly endless conflict, he writes that he found himself “surrounded by teen-aged youths, their faces creased with hatred, carrying two-feet-long lengths of pipes.”
Harris writes of fear—his own as well as others—such as finding himself alone in a Vietnam jungle at night as his helicopter leaves under fire. He captures well the fear in the faces of those he writes about who are caught up in war—civilian and military.
Part of the book’s credibility lies in its candor. Harris is meticulously candid, even about the mistakes newsmen sometimes make. He ruefully quotes an entire news story he once wrote, categorically stating that Viet Cong hopes for victory had been smashed.
War Reporter adds balance to our understanding of the newsman covering armed conflict around the world. Although it romanticizes the newsman’s role somewhat, it is an excellent chronicle of a hard-working group of professionals who often are maligned, always demanding, and usually right.
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prizes and spent most of her v,ucru‘se” interned in U. S.-occupied aftwhere she was scuttled by her crew sr,, 11<_ American declaration of war. The f0rthe Cormoran is a study in futility stClj ^arship far from home and with no re Supporting bases.
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Navalists and Antinavalists:
The Naval Policy Debate in the United States, 1785-1827
Craig L. Symonds. Cranbury, NJ.: University of Delaware Press, 1980. 252 pp. Illus. Bib. Ind. $ 17.50 ($ 15.75).
Focusing on the basic and continuing concern tor the proper role of the U. S. Navy in protecting interests at home and abroad, this book traces the development of the naval policy debate between the Navalists and Antinavalists, while recording the history of U. S. naval policy.
NaVal AFFAIRS
5 A Most Fortunate Ship, A Narrative ■story of Old Ironsides
^yrone Martin. Chester, CT.: The Globe .T°' Press, 1980. Approx. 300 pp. Ulus.
' Sl?.95 ($14.35).
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s ^r°ne Martin served as the captain of the (ln8 ligate USS Constitution from 1974 f His association with this most
t^°us of all U. S. Navy warships led him lrWrite this operational history of "Old 11 ns'^es which begins when she first put tjoSea 'n 1798 and ends with her participa- t|)°n^n the Bicentennial in 1976. It is not th. 'rSt suc*1 history, but it is certainly most complete, and the text is accom- n,ed by more than 100 illustrations.
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th 6 * rustrated Raider: The Story of vyf ^erman Cruiser Cormoran in Wor'd War I
||ljn^s Burdick. Carbondale, 1L.: Southern Bib °|'S Univetsity Press, 1979. 119 pp. Illus.
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rjf r'^e °h this book is eminently accu- tru;- Jhe German cruiser Cormoran had a tUr^j tttstrating wartime career. She cap-
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de ^-Industrial Complex, 1881-1917
Art(1(^ln franklin Cooling. Hamden, CT.:
Inj « B()°ks, 1979. 286 pp. Append. Bib.
Th5|c>*-50 ($ 17.55).
1^-gence 0f the “new navy” in the hoSt y(a^ttr a generation of neglect and a tht jj technological developments found thtn‘tt‘d States unprepared to produce
^ifriTh PlatC antl large gun barrels re- efrsure ' tfndern warships. In order to Sl)ch an a<^etluate and secure supply of to tjj^^tnodities, American industry had tant ,.e So,ne adjustments. In this impor- 'Otr.j.j'story, Dr. Cooling argues that the Mav,. ependence of steel manufacturer and mer, 1881-1917, marked the beginning of a symbiotic relationship between business and government that continues to this day.
131 Master of Sea Power, a Biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King
Cdr. Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.). Boston, MA./Annapolis, MD.: Little Brown/Naval Institute Press, 1980. 512 pp. Illus. Append. Bib. Ind. $22.50 ($18.00).
It is difficult to write a sympathetic biography of a man who was, by his own admission, a "son of a bitch.” In this handsome volume, Thomas Buell has created a
personal study of wartime CNO Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King that, if not sympathetic, is still engrossing and entertaining. Unlike the focus of Buell's earlier study of Raymond Spruance, King was no "quiet warrior." He was frankly ambitious, jealous of his perquisites, and not to be crossed. In addition to running the two-ocean Navy, King was the man who represented Navy interests on the JCS and at combined conferences with the British. Without his inpur, it is clear that there would have been less emphasis placed on the Pacific in 1942 and 194.3. For better or worse, King was without rival the most powerful sailor in World War II and this portrait ot him is an important contribution to the literarure of that war.
[31 Warship: Volume II
Anthony Preston, Editor. Annapolis, MD.: Naval Institute Press, 1978. 285 pp. Illus. $18.95 ($15.15).
Warship is a quarterly journal devoted to the intense examination of the design characteristics and histories of combat ships. This hardbound volume contains the four issues from 1978 and features a lengthy article on the Battle of Tsu-Shima by N. J. M. Campbell. American readers will be particularly interested in the three-part series on the Essex-class carriers
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NAVAL AVIATION jj Avenger at War
Barrett Tillman. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1980. 128 pp. Ulus. $17.50 ($14.00).
This attractive history of the Gruman TBI; and tbm torpedo bombers of World War 11 (Avengers) depends heavily on the con-
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^ The Blue Angels: An Illustrated History
Cdr. Rosario Rausa, USNR(Ret.). Baton Rouge, LA.: Moran Publishing Co., 1979. 92 pp.
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America’s Maritime Legacy: A History of the U. S. Merchant Marine and Shipbuilding Industry Since Colonial Times
Robert A. Kilmarx, Editor. Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1979. 264 pp. $23-50 ($21.15).
For many years the only full-length scholarly treatment of America's maritime history was Samuel Bryant’s The Sea and the States, now out of print. In the past 12 months, two new books have become available: James M. Morris’ Our Maritime Heritage (reviewed in the April 1980 Pro
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In the Trough of The Sea, Selected American Sea-Deliverance Narrative5' 1610-1776
Donald P. Wharton, Editor. Westport,
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’ (hey stress that the key partici- Ijr^’ °n (hc American side at least, were tiiw .rc c°ncerned with the military situa- S\vjft'n an|J with bringing about a
tnd to the war.
In Praise Of Sailors
Herbert W. Warden, III, Editor. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978. $45.00 ($36.00). Last order date: 8 September 1980.
Assault on the Liberty
James M. Ennes, Jr. New York: Random House, 1980. $12.95 ($10.35). Last order date: 5 November 1980.
The Men of the Gambier Bay
Edwin P. Hoyt. Middlebury, VT.: Paul S. Eriksson, 1979. $12.95 ($10.35). Last order date: 10 January 1981.
Modern Warship Design
Norman Friedman. New York: Mayflower.
1980. $22.50 ($ 18.00). Last order date: 1 May
1981.
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