Portrait of Nobuo Fujita in his flying suit

I Bombed the U.S.A.

By Nobuo Fujita, formerly Warrant Flying Officer, Imperial Japanese Navy and Chief Journalist Joseph D. Harrington, U. S. Navy
June 1961
When the messenger entered my room, he found me cleaning my pistol, an odd thing to be doing at four o’clock in the morning. It was 9 September 1942. “Captain ...

Soviet Psychological Strategy

By Robert Strausz-Hupé
June 1961
It is by no means easy to measure the weight of the psychological factor in political affairs. Yet we know from the history of our times as well as past ...

Did We Lose The Korean War?

By Robert W. Daly
June 1961
To most Americans, apparently, victory in war means “unconditional surrender.” If an enemy does not surrender unconditionally, ergo, there is no victory. It is past the time to scuttle this ...

The New Age Of The Sea

By Philip B. Yeager*
June 1961
If, in the past few years, there has been doubt that the world is plunging into unprecedented social and technological revolutions, the doubt is swiftly fading. Too much is happening ...

Salute At ’Statia

By Col. Phillips Melville, USAF (Ret.)
June 1961
The original of Moran’s splendid painting of John Paul Jones’s Ranger as she takes the salute of the French fleet at Quiberon Bay on 14 February 1778 hangs in the ...

Comment and Discussion

June 1961
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Book Reviews and Book List

June 1961
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First Battleship Through the Big Ditch

By Midshipman William F. Dietrich, U. S. Navy
June 1961
USS Missouri En route, Panama Canal to San Diego, California July 17, 1915 Dear Arthur:* Have just finished seeing the eighth wonder of the world—the Panama Canal. After an uneventful ...

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