Rendezvous In Reverse

By Captain Edwin T. Layton, U.S. Navy
May 1953
It is generally conceded that American publications are minutely scanned and clipped by foreign intelligence agencies, but when one of these carefully selected items materializes in an enemy’s hands to ...

Japan After Independence*

By Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Former Imperial Japanese Navy
May 1953
It may be most important and urgent for Americans to be correctly informed of the conditions in Japan, especially now that the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan ...

The NATO Defense College

By Captain M. R. G. Wingfield, Royal Navy
May 1953
News of yet another school for higher military education may sadden those who think that there are more than enough war colleges already. But the NATO Defense College is unique ...

The Mobilization Of Shipping For War

By Lieutenant Graydon Shaw Staring, U. S. Naval Reserve
May 1953
Since Mahan’s time, it has been recognized by the men responsible for our naval policies that a vigorous merchant fleet lies at the basis of sea power. Mahan saw that ...

Manila or Non-Manila

By Lieutenant Commander H. Seward Lewis, U.S. Navy
May 1953
Rope bears much the same relation to the life of a mariner that water does to the life of a fish—he cannot be without it. To fill this need man ...

What Is The Military Mind?

By Commander H. E. Smith (CEC), U. S. Navy
May 1953
The reader may counter the title question by replying, “Is there a Military Mind?” There is a military mind if there is a judicial mind, an ecclesiastical mind, a ...

The Poor Man's Tugboat

By Captain Ronald J. Woodaman, U. S. Navy
May 1953
There is no question that shiphandling is the most fascinating part of a seaman’s existence. At the time I was ordered to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, I had already ...

Sell America

By Commander Daniel V. James, U. S. Navy
May 1953
The majority of Americans at home are learning through written accounts of foreign correspondents that Democracy is losing the propaganda war with the forces of Communism, but to the American ...

The Q-Ship—Cause And Effect

By First Lieutenant Richard W. Smith, U. S. Marine Corps
May 1953
By the beginning of World War I all the larger navies of the world were equipped with effective submarines. Climaxing centuries of dreams and efforts by such pioneers as Leonardo ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

May 1953
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Book Reviews

May 1953
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Professional Notes

May 1953
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