Sea-Borne Deterrent

By George Fielding Eliot
November 1956
Changes in political alignments and scientific innovations will always necessitate rapid shifts of power and method as interim measures for offsetting advantage and maintaining balance.

The Whipping Boy

By Matt Hensley
November 1956
Blame everything on low morale! If reenlistments fall below par, if a rash of resignations threatens to deplete the after guard, blame it on morale. There must be some reason ...

U. S. Destiny in the Middle East

By Rear Admiral E. M. Eller, U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1956
An Arab legend relates that King Solomon leaned on his staff one day watching his courier speed over the horizon toward the port where his fleet restlessly waited to sail ...

Sea Power In Competitive Coexistence

By Eugene E. Wilson
November 1956
Since competition is an elemental force in nature, man has long struggled to survive under the pressures of competitive coexistence. Having been fashioned in the image of God, to the ...

The Final Hazard

By Major Reginald Hargreaves, M.C.
November 1956
It was Henry Middleton, President of the General Congress of Philadelphia, who once remarked, “Military men belong to a profession which may be useful, but is often dangerous.” As a ...

From Admiral To Midshipman

By Lieutenant Richard H. Sprince, U. S. Navy
November 1956
Many naval officers have little knowledge of the history of the naval Grade they hold. U. S. naval history indicates that a long and disorganized period prevailed in establishing the ...

Isaac Peral And His Submarine

By Captain Carl H. Hilton, U. S. Coast Guard (Retired)
November 1956
When Spain in 1898 got involved with the United States in the war that brought about the final dissolution of her once vast colonial empire, it was possible for her ...

Dog Company's Charge

By Captain Nicholas A. Canzona, U. S. Marine Corps
November 1956
Today military planners are at odds as to what strategy and tactics will win wars of the future. Some of them argue on behalf of the time-tested concept of balanced ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

November 1956
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Book Reviews

November 1956
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Professional Notes

November 1956
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