Naval History Magazine

Highlights from Naval History

The Cartoonist Who Predicted Pearl Harbor

By Naval Institute Staff

December 2022

Don Winslow of the Navy attracted legions of fans throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

In Memoriam: John Prados, 1951-2022

December 2022

The U.S. Naval Institute mourns the passing of acclaimed historian John Prados, the 2021 Naval History Author of the Year, who died on 29 November 2022.

A Taranto—Pearl Harbor Connection?

By Christopher P. O'Connor

December 2022

If there was a connection, it ran through Rome.

Movie Review: ‘Devotion’ Delivers the Goods

By Barrett Tillman

December 2022

The big-screen adaptation of the bestselling book is a cinematic winner for naval aviation devotees.

A Fatal Encounter in the Fog: The USS Chicago and SS Silverpalm Collision

By Thomas C. Hone

December 2022

As the Silverpalm bore down on the Chicago, Cox could only order his crew to prepare for a crash.

When Dissent was a Common Virtue

By Albert S. Kyle

December 2022

“The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost of the front pages of the New York Times, or on the college campuses. It was ...

How Clare and Henry Luce Helped Save England from Hitler

By Captain Michael A. Lilly, U.S. Navy (Retired)

December 2022

Before U.S. entry into World War II, a deal was made to avail England of U.S. destroyers then in mothballs—but it took some crafty manipulation of the famous Time-Life publisher ...