Tiger Of Malaya

By Lieutenant Commander Samuel S. Stratton, U. S. Naval Reserve
February 1954
Not many people, perhaps, noticed a recent news item to the effect that the Japanese were planning to release a new movie based on the life of General Tomoyuki Yamashita ...

Policy: Matrix Of Strategy

By Colonel George C. Reinhardt, U. S. Army, and Lieutenant Colonel William R. Kintner, U. S. Army
February 1954
The sacred cow of top level defense planning, that policy determines strategy, is honored by all military writers and taught to all military students. Service School diagrams illustrate this axiom ...

Cockles and Muscles: Operation Frankton

By Commander Burke Wilkinson, U. S. Naval Reserve
February 1954
Back in early 1942, British Combined Operations was confronted with a grave problem. The problem was this: German blockade runners carrying valuable war cargoes were eluding allied submarine and air ...

Chinhae - An Old Korean Port Gone Modern

By Anthony J. Yanik, Journalist, Third Class, U. S. Navy
February 1954
The little city of Chinhae, hemmed in on three sides by a towering mountain ridge and by the Korea Strait on the fourth, is the working headquarters of the Republic ...

Turkey, Gibraltar Of The Middle East

By Lieutenant Commander J. A. Fairchild, U. S. Navy
February 1954
During the fighting in Korea, the Republic of Turkey was reintroduced to the American public by all the newspapers of the United States. “The Terrible Turks” were once again displaying ...

Mid-Century Naval Leadership

By Commander Richard H. Bowers, U. S. Navy
February 1954
Leadership is a topic which has occupied naval minds from time immemorial. Until about the turn of the century, however, the administration of naval vessels entailed a modicum of real ...

U.S.S. Vesuvius

By Second Lieutenant John W. Kennon, U. S. Marine Corps
February 1954
During the period of the Civil War, the United States Navy attained a size and efficiency which, in a world Predominately at peace, made it a force of noteworthy power ...

The Unchanging Sea

By H. H. Holly
February 1954
Let us suppose that the old seafarer Sir Francis Drake were once again to J guide his Golden Hind over the route he sailed on his historic round-world voyage. On ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

February 1954
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Book Reviews

February 1954
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Professional Notes

February 1954
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