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Victory Without War 1958-1961
By George Fielding Eliot, Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute, 1958. 126 pages. $2.00 ($1.50 to Naval Institute members).
Reviewed by William H. Hessler
{Mr. Hessler, a frequent contributor to the Proceedings, is Foreign Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Many thoughtful Americans, laymen as well as military men, have been deeply concerned in the last eight or ten months at what looks like a considerable weakening of the military posture of the United States vis-a-vis
Russia. This concern is reflected in Congress, which has appropriated several billion dollars beyond what had been anticipated for the military establishment. It is reflected also in rising doubts among some of our allies and various neutrals.
This is the broad problem that Mr. Eliot explores and for which he offers a comprehensive solution in this small but closely written and persuasive book. A veteran observer of the military scene, Mr. Eliot is wise enough to know that merely spending more billions is not in itself an answer, even though it is the typical and automatic American reaction to danger. The author argues that we must make the correct choice of weapons now, and
then carry through a steady, swift build-up °f those weapons to 1961—when, he contends, we can be sure of our security, or as _ phrases it, when we can have “victory "hthout war.”
But we must do better than just catch up Nvith the Russians and try to match them on their own ground, meaning intermediate and ong-range missiles from fixed land liases. We '■lust capitalize on our own genius and our <JWn geography. The Russians always will ave some clear advantages in a straight mis- she duel, thanks to their closed political system and their swift decision-making machinery which confer a secrecy and surprise • merica cannot equal. To put all our high cards on a countervailing missile system is to P ay into the enemy’s hands.
from these premises, Mr. Eliot comes log- lca% to the conclusion that our prime battleground must be the seas—'where the Russians ave a meager tradition and no real combat experience. We need bases (1) immune from enemy destruction and (2) far away from our <nvn Population centers. Such bases can be °und only at sea, in carrier task forces and teisstle-launching submarines. On this realis- t'c recognition of the imperatives of the mis- e age, the author rests his main case for sea Power up-to-date sea power—as an ultimate
deterrent.
Sea-based weapons today have a longer reach, the author points out, for the carrier Is an authentic intercontinental vehicle. Sea- ased weapons (nuclear bombs and war- eads) are far more destructive than before; and nuclear-propelled ships are capable of continuous operation in forward areas, with- °ut Pause for refueling. Moving ships are proof against any ballistic missile. And they can aunch missiles at relatively short ranges, giv- lng an accuracy the very long-range missile cannot match.
Because the United States has a relatively ■ow decision-making process, inherent in 1 nocracy, it is advantageous to have its ■(teiking power based where it is secure against estruction in the first hours, where it can be conserved until America is ready to strike Jack in massive reprisal.
, ^dese are cogent arguments. Following rough in more detail, Mr. Eliot provides a c°ntpact survey of our naval forces in current
readiness, makes a quick appraisal of 1959 as a year of transition, and then describes the outlook for 1960 as a year of achievement, with the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise and other vessels of the new navy now building. Such a fleet, he asserts, will have over half of the nation’s total nuclear strike capability.
The closing sections of the book tend to be unduly speculative and read a little like science fiction without any space men. The author is counting a good many chickens before they are hatched, and ignoring the possibility that the Russians may have a few eggs under incubation. But this does not erase the fact that he has put together in this quite small volume a truly eloquent and well-documented case for maximum exploitation of America’s golden opportunity to build security with the new offensive impact of sea power.
Those naval officers who have been able to keep in fairly close touch with development of new ship types and weapons may not find a great deal that is new here, although they probably will find their own thinking stimulated by the broad strategic picture Mr. Eliot paints. But for the thoughtful layman who is concerned for the wise expenditure of our $40 billion defense budget and for the nation’s security—and likewise for the member of Congress with the same concerns—this book of Fielding Eliot’s ought to be illuminating and immensely valuable.
Defense of the Middle East
By John C. Campbell. New York: Harper and Brothers for the Council of Relations, 1958. 392 pages. Maps, tables, bibliography. $5.00.
REVIEWED BY
Commander Harvey B. Seim, USN
(iCommander Seim currently is assigned to the National Policy Section, Strategic Plans Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.)
Defense of the Middle East is an important contribution to the growing body of contemporary commentary dealing with American policy toward the Middle East. Its value lies specifically in its incisive clarification of the current problems pertaining to that area
as viewed from the standpoint of U. S. national interest. With brevity that strips away all of the non-essentials, Campbell covers in the first part of his book the background and evolution of U. S. involvement in Middle East matters and the development of related American attitudes. The second portion contains a forthright and objective analysis of the various military and non-military aspects of the critical issues. In the final chapter, he sets forth about a dozen broad guidelines around which U. S. national policy should be built, concluding that “the United States can successfully defend the Middle East against Soviet imperialism only if it can find a basis of common interest and common understanding with the peoples of the Middle East.”
Campbell defines defense in the broadest terms: Defense of territory of great strategic importance of resources essential to Western economies, of peoples against domination by outside powers, and of principles which will lead to the kind of a world in which free societies can prosper. Consequently, only two chapters of the 19 in his book are devoted specifically to the military problem. One of these deals with strategy; the other, with bases, forces, and military aid.
The author believes that the Middle East will not be a major area of conflict in a general war, at least not in the initial phase. He contends that the real challenge to American military policy is “to gain the flexibility necessary to cope with a variety of local military situations, whether they be the result of Soviet aggressive initiative or of intra-regional conflicts which the Soviets hope to exploit.”
He proposes that a naval force comparable to the Sixth Fleet be stationed in the Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf area, and that Marine elements somewhat stronger than those normally in the Mediterranean be integral parts of each fleet. These naval forces with their Marine components would serve the primary purpose of deterring or coping with limited war challenges.
With his eye on recent unhappy British experience (and some of our own as well), Campbell points out that bases in the Middle East are apt to be costly, politically explosive, and uncertain as to guaranteed availability when we need them. In the long run, he says, the good will of the countries in the area will be more important to us than a base.
Undeterred by the frustrations encountered by others who have ventured the same path before, the author charges headlong into the task of dealing with the myriad intermeshed facets of the Arab-Israeli dispute. What he says is often uncomfortably honest and his remedies are by and large equally realistic. However, many readers will probably take exception to his view that the soundest course for the United States in the United Nations is “to support the continuation and the strengthening of the United Nations Emergency Force, so that eventually it might reach the point where, legally and practically, it could go into action against either side. . . .” Statesmen will probably have doubts about vesting political control of such an international army in the General Assembly. And Congress can be expected to show little enthusiasm in view of the potential cost to the United States. (The U. S. has paid more than half the cost of the UNEF to date.)
Campbell correctly recognizes that the principal U. S. efforts will be in the economic and political fields, although we must also retain a readiness to respond to military contingencies in the area. His policy guidelines, therefore, stress the need to adapt ourselves to the political currents of nationalism and neutralism and the changing economic pressures. He emphasizes flexibility and cautions against unfounded hopes for an easy answer. His proposals are realistic and sensible. They reflect the compelling need for the United States to develop and pursue sound policies with respect to the Middle East, while at the same time recognizing our limited capability to control the course of events. “Certain forces and trends should be apparent,” he writes, “It is our task to estimate them correctly, to guide and control them as we can; to march with them when they are favorable, and deflect them when they are not; to ride the tides of history and not be submerged by them.”
pocket Battleship: The Story of 1 e “Admiral Scheer”
% Admiral Theodor Krancke and H. J. ht'ennecke. New York: W. W. Norton & C°., 1958. 239 pages. Illustrated. $3.95.
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REVIEWED by
Captain Roland E. Krause, USN {Ret.)
(Captain Krause has served in Germany and has done ex- ensive research in German naval history.)
. *s lhe story of the war cruise of the niral Scheer under the able command of aPtain Krancke, co-author of the book. It Rovers the period from the breakthrough of ,e British blockade in October, 1940, to e successful return home April 1, 1941. It is Written in an entertaining style for the lay- ?lan> 't should also prove profitable reading or the naval officer.
Unfortunately, one may be disturbed by the numerous errors, odd expressions and misspellings which are to be found. These are no doubt primarily errors of translation from the German and composition. These deficiencies are more distracting than serious.
The book continues to advertise the wartime claim of Captain Krancke that he sank or captured 152,000 tons of shipping. In the light of postwar knowledge, this figure should be reduced to about 113,000 tons. To be sure, as the authors say, it does not matter so much how many ships were accounted for as the important effect which the Scheer's operations had on enemy shipping.
The most noteworthy success of the Scheer was the attack on the eastbound HX 84 convoy in November, 1940. It consisted of 37 ships escorted only by the auxiliary crusier Jervis Bay. The brave fight to the finish which this ship put up against the far superior assailant, her clever use of smoke, the convoy’s tactics of evasion, and the oncoming darkness saved many of the ships from destruction. The German battleship claimed eight ships sunk, but the final count was six.
War Fish
By George Grider as told to Lydel Sims.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1958.
282 pages. $4.00.
REVIEWED BY
Captain Edward L. Beach, USN
{Captain Beach is prospective commanding officer of the
new radar picket submarine, Triton.)
The tense maneuvering for advantage, the undetected attack, the almost inevitable counterattack—all these were part of submarining in World War II, but only a part. There was much more. Of all the many vital little things, George Grider feels, and rightly, that humor was next to efficiency in importance. In War Fish he proves the point, thereby establishing himself not only as a consummately successful submariner, but also as author, humanitarian, and philosopher.
Rarely will there appear a more sensitively told, penetratingly accurate story about sub-
mariners at war. Only the title could have been improved upon; somehow it does not quite adequately convey to the reader a full measure of the delightful reading experience he is about to undergo.
War Fish is a thoroughly human, personal, intimate account of the war as it affected George Grider. In it he tells of his innermost thoughts upon the war, in combat, and at other times. Many of his readers will recognize his frankly told reactions—for instance the fear of being afraid—as their own, accurately portrayed, better expressed than they could have. Many submariners will wonder at Grider’s ability to speak for them so accurately; they will, if they ponder it, realize that it comes from the depths of his own being and at first hand.
Of combat the book has a full share: the author was Engineer Officer of the USS Wahoo when she entered Wewak harbor and sank a Japanese destroyer with the sixth and last of six torpedoes. He served tours as “Exec” of the Pollack and Flawkbill, and when he finally got his own command it was the Flasher, a ship already on the way to becoming a legend under her previous skipper, Reuben Whitaker. With a start like this there was only one way for the boat to go with her new Captain: downhill. Everyone in the submarine force realized that—including, of course George Grider himself. His thoughts at this moment might have occurred to many men, especially to those possessed of the introspection and sense of humility which the book reveals in its author. One finishes this portion of the book wondering for which George Grider deserves honor the more; for the candor with which he deals with himself, or for the brilliant success of his own first war patrol as skipper.
But as stated earlier, it is not only the battle which engages the reader’s attention; there is also the touch of levity, the sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes slyly humorous happenings which helped keep men balanced amid the unbalancing stresses of undersea war. There was, for instance, the Beauty Contest in the Pollack which had to be rerun three times and finally was won by a movie actress (not present or consulted) who received 103 votes to her rival’s 70—in a ship whose entire crew numbered only ninety persons. There was the
Edict of Bashi Channel by which the desperate Grider, who was literally becoming “fed up,” decreed that chocolate ice cream henceforth should be served not more frequently than once every third day. And there was the night lookout who unwittingly pinched his skipper on the fanny and proved that the Captain (not Grider) was a man who could rise to any occasion.
Lydel Sims, co-author of War Fish, is a Memphis, Tennessee, newspaperman who establishes himself with this job as a craftsman with imagination and insight. He has deeply studied and knows well his collaborator, obviously shares his feelings at submarining, and brings the sure touch of the professional to the book they have jointly produced. Grider and Sims are a most happy combination of the best in both fields.
To submariners and non-submariners alike, and to their wives, War Fish is recommended as a realistic, thought-provoking book. It is humorous and thoughtful, never strains for emotion. More nearly than any other, it is the Submarine Story of World War II.
73 North: The Defeat of Hitler’s Navy
By Dudley Pope. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-
cott Company, 1958. 288 pages. $4.95.
REVIEWED BY
Commander Victor Delano, USN
('Commander Delano is the Assistant War Plans Officer
on the Staff, Commander SECOND Fleet /Commander
Striking Fleet Atlantic.)
Dudley Pope has an interesting story to tell and in 73 North: The Defeat of Hilter’s Navy he tells it skillfully and enthusiastically, knowing that he has the necessary material to cover an exciting episode in the history of the Royal Navy which led Hitler to commence scrapping his surface fleet.
Mr. Pope has indeed woven together two separate stories. One relates the defense of a psychologically and, to an extent, materially important Arctic convoy to Russia. The other describes the efforts of the German Naval Command to save its surface fleet from Hitler’s destructive disappointment with the fleet’s seeming futility against the Royal Navy. For
f readers, 73 North has good excitement in *tS detailed account of the Battle of the Barents ' which Admiral of the Fleet Lord Tovey ~ aracterizes in the foreword as “one of the 'n^st examples in either of the two world wars ow to handle destroyers and cruisers in ac- th°n W't^1 heavier forces.” The author tells ls st°ry through the eyes and minds of the •Hen who commanded the opposing British German forces as well as through the eyes ° gunners, engineers, and seamen who, of ,r*tons’ Put a glorious finish to the last day J| ^ and, as Germans, retired to a deeper 0 >scurity than the Norwegian fjords from W lch they had so hopefully sortied.
Readers of history should be well satisfied with Mr. Pope’s account of a more significant aspect of this engagement which, as Churchill wrote in The Hinge of Fate, “led directly to a major crisis in the enemy’s naval policy and ended the dream of another German High Seas Fleet.” The disastrous results of constraining a naval policy with overcaution, doubt, and inactivity are clearly brought out by showing their influence not only on the German conduct of the action but also on Hitler himself.
73 North is excellent reading entertainment and is most timely in drawing our attention to a sea area, generally known for the relative violence of its weather and atmospheric conditions, which has been the scene of recent large-scale NATO naval exercises and whose importance neither the Soviet Navy nor the navies of NATO can afford to neglect.
BOOK BRIEFS
Jutland
By Captain Donald Macintyre, RN. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1958. 282 pages. Illustrated. $3.95.
“Jutland was nobody’s victory. Perhaps the forces involved were too large, with the techniques of those days, with no radar and primitive communications, to be brought effectively into action in the concentration necessary for a decision.”
Tall Ships
By Hazel Wilson. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. 234 pages. Illustrated. $3.00.
This is a maritime juvenile, War of 1812 period, featuring sea adventure, British impressment, and the frigate action between the United States and Macedonian.
aji ^ * '■ Members may save by ordering books through the Naval Institute. A discount of 20% or more is on°fWeC- °n k°°ks published by the Naval Institute and a discount of 10% on books of other publishers (except so 'i']11’11 an<^ government publications, and on books on which publishers do not give a discount). Allow rea- Xr * tIme f°r orders to be cleared and books to be delivered directly to you by publishers. Address, Secretary- easurer, US Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS, 1957-1958
Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting........................................................................................ $8.00 ($6.40)
Prepared by Commander J. C. Hill, II, USN, Lieutenant Commander T. F. Utegaard, USN, and Gerard Riordan. (A completely rewritten text which supplants Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.) 1st edition, 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.
Elementary Seamanship ....................................................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
Prepared by Lieutenant Commander Maurice C. Hartle, USN, Lieutenant Charles M. Lake, USN, Lieutenant Harry P. Madera, USN, and J. J. Metzger, BMC, USN (Ret.), of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 92 pages. Illustrated. Paper bound.
Victory Without War, 1958-1961 $2.00 ($1.50)
By George Fielding Eliot. 1958. 126 pages.
The Hunters and the Hunted.............................................................................................. $3.50 ($2.63)
By Rear Admiral Aldo Cocchia, Italian Navy (Reserve). 1958. 184 pages. Photographs and diagrams.
Introduction to Marine Engineering.................................................................. $5.50 ($4.40)
By Professor Robert F. Latham, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 208 pages. Illustrated.
Squash Racquets....................................................................................... $1.60 ($1.28)
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Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants....................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
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Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945 ............................................ $5.00 ($3.75)
By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge. 1957. 462 pages. 43 photographs. 19 charts.
The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations............................................ $4.00 ($3.00)
Edited by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957. 256 pages. Illustrated.
The New Navy, Mobile Power for Peace............................................. (Special price, net) $.50
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The United States Coast Guard in World War II.................................................. $6.00 ($4.50)
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The Sea War in Korea............................................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.50)
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The Italian Navy in World War II.................................................................... $5.75 ($4.32)
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Fundamentals of Sonar........................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
Rv Dr. J. Warren Horton. 1957. 400 pages. 186 figures.
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese...................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Assistant Professor Guy J. Riccio, U. S. Naval Academy. 1957. 299 pages. Paper bound.
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United States Marine Corps................................................................................................... $4.50 ($3.38)
Compiled by J. H. McCrocklin. 1957. 278 pages. 42 photographs.
Selected Readings in Leadership............................................................................................ $2.50 ($1.88)
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Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement.......................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
Edited by Commander Walter C. Blattmann, USN. 1957. 192 pages. Paper bound.
Introduction to Applied Aerodynamics................................................................................... $3.00 ($2.40)
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REVISIONS, 1957-1958
Welcome Aboard.................................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.63)
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval officer’s bride. Revised seventh printing, 1958. 288 pages.
Geography and National Power............................................................................................. $2.50 ($2.00)
Edited by Professor William W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. Revised and enlarged edition, 1958. 160 pages. Paper bound.
Annapolis Today.................................................................................................................... $4.00 ($3.00)
By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. 1957. 313 pages. 59 photographs.
The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy..................................................................................... $1.95 ($1.56)
15th edition. 1957. 648 pages. Illustrated.
Division Officer’s Guide................................................................................................................ $2-25
By Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. Third edition, 1958. 304 pages.
Principles of Electronics and Electronic Systems.................................................................... $^.50 .
Edited by Professor John L. Daley, U. S. Naval Academy, and Commander F. S. Quinn, Jr., USN. Second edition, 1957. 492 pages. 556 figures.
The Rules of the Nautical Road................................................................................................ $5.00 ($4.00)
By Captain R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lieutenant Alfred Prunskt, U. S. Coast Guard. 1957. 567 pages. Illustrated.
Elements of Applied Thermodynamics...................................................................................... $5.00 ($4-00)
By Professor R. M. Johnston, Captain W. A. Brockett, USN, and Professor A. E. Bock. J bird revised edition, 1958. 496 pages. Illustrated.
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The Coast Guardsman’s Manual.................................................... Complete new edition in preparation.
The Marine Officer’s Guide....................................................................................................... $5.75 ($4.32)
By General G. C. Thomas, USMC (Ret.), Colonel R. D. Heinl, Jr., USMC, and Rear Admiral A. A. Ageton, USN (Ret.). 1956. 512 pages. 29 charts. 119 photographs.
Watch Officer’s Guide............................................................................................................... $2-00 ($1.60)
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International Law for Seagoing Officers.................................................................................... $4.50 ($3.38)
By Commander Burdick H. Brittin, USN. 1956. 256 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Shiphandling................................................................................................................. $4.50 ($3.38)
By Commander R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN, aided by officers of the Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, and Pilot Service. 1955. 396 pages. 160 illustrations.
Practical Manual of the Compass............................................................................................. $3.60 ($2.88)
By Captain Harris Laning, USN, and Lieut. Comdr. H. D. McGuire, USN. 1921. 172 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Leadership................................................................................................... $3.00 ($2.40)
Prepared at the U. S. Naval Academy for instruction of midshipmen. 1st edition. 1949. 324 pages.
Naval Leadership with Some Hints to Junior Officers and Others . . . . $ .90 ($ .72)
A compilation for and by the Navy. 4th edition. 1939. 140 pages.
How to Survive on Land and Sea............................................................................ $4.00 ($3.00)
Naval Aviation Physical Training Manual. 2nd revised edition. 1956. 362 pages. Illustrated.
The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services .... $5.00 ($3.75)
By Captain Charles W. Shilling, (MC), USN. 1955.292 pages. Illustrated.
The Art of Knotting and Splicing............................................................................. $5.00 ($3.75)
By Cyrus Day. Step-by-step pictures facing explanatory text. 1955. 232 pages.
Naval Phraseology.................................................................................................. $4.50 ($3.60)
English-French-Spanish-Italian-German-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages.
Russian Conversation and Grammar...................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Professor Claude P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. 1955. 216 pages.
Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology............................................................................ $4.00 ($3.20)
By Professor Claude P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd revised edition, 1954. 146 pages.
BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Admiral de Grasse and American Independence................................................................. $5.00 ($3.75)
By Professor Charles L. Lewis. U. S. Nava] Academy. 1945. 404 pages. Illustrated.
John Paul Jones: Fighter lor Freedom and Glory................................................................ $6.00 ($4.50)
By Lincoln Lorenz. 1943. 868 pages. Illustrated.
David Glasgow Farragut
By Professor Charles L. Lewis, U. S. Naval Academy.
Vol. I, Admiral in the Making. 1941. 386 pages. Illustrated............................................... $3.75 ($2.82)
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A Long Line of Ships........................................................................................................... $5.00 ($3.75)
By Lieutenant Commander Arnold S. Lott, USN. Mare Island Centennial Volume. 1954. 268 pages. Illustrated.
United States Destroyer Operations in World War II.......................................................... $10.00 ($7.50)
By Theodore Roscoe. Second printing, 1957. 581 pages. Illustrated.
United States Submarine Operations in World War II........................................................ $10.00 ($7.50)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1949. 577 pages. Illustrated.
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Compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harriotte W. B. Smith. 1952. 640 pages. Illustrated.
Round-Shot to Rockets........................................................................................................ $3.00 ($2.25)
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By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Roger Pineau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 292 pages. Illustrated.
Lion six ........................................................................................................................ $2.50 ($1.88)
By Captain D. Harry Hammer, USNR. The story of the building of the great Naval Operating Base at Guam. 1947. 125 pages. Illustrated.
Sons of Gunboats..................................................................................................... $2.75 ($2.07)
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Fundamentals of Construction and Stability of Naval Ships . . . Temporarily out of stock.
By Professor Thomas C. Gillmer, U. S. Naval Academy. 1956. 370 pages. 167 liguics.
Internal Combustion Engines.................................................................................. $5.00 ($4.00)
By Commander P. W. Gill, USN, Commander J. H. Smith, Jr„ USN, and Professor E. J. Ziurys. Third edition, revised, 1954. 566 pages. Illustrated.
Introduction to the Basic Mechanisms..................................................................... $4.50 ($3.60)
By Professor Roy E. Hampton, U. S. Naval Academy. 1956. 249 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Auxiliary Machinery...................................................................................... $4.50 ($3.f,0)
By the Department of Marine Engineering. 1952. 286 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Boilers........................................................................................................... $5.50 ($4 40)
By Professor Robert F. Latham, U. S. Naval Academy. 1956. 180 pages. 167 figures.
Naval Turbines........................................................................................................ $4.00 ($3.20)
By the Department of Marine Engineering. 1952. 148 pages. Illustrated.
Refresher Course in Fundamental Mathematics for Basic Technical
Training.......................................................................................................... Paper cover $ .30
Prepared by Training Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1942. 176 pages.
Midway, The Battle that Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story . . . $4.50 ($3.38)
Logarithmic aud Trigonometric Tables.................................................................................... $1.65 ($1.32)
By the Department of Mathematics. 1945. 93 pages.
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Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages......................................................... • • : . ' ’ ($4.88)
By E. L. Bloomster. 1940. 290 pages. 425 silhouette drawings. Trade ediuon.
(Deluxe autographed edition)................................................................................................... * ' ' ’
The Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection of Ship Models......................................................... *300 ($2-25)
(J. S. Naval Academy Museum. 1954. 117 pages. Illustrated.
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By Midshipmen Burton and Hart. A handsome 48-page pictorial presentation of a Midshipman’s life at the Naval Academy. Brief descriptive captions.
(^mpned°byNthey Trident Society of the Naval Academy. Over 90 old and new songs. 160 pages. Illustrated. Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members.
................................................................................................................................................ $2.50 ($1.88)
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Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage................................................. ■ put of ^ockpending revision.
By Lieutenant Commander Leland P. Lovette, USN. 1939. 424 pages. us .
PHYSICAL TRAINING
. . $3.00 ($2.25)
Modern Fencing....................................................................................................... ,
By Clovis Deladrier, U. S. Naval Academy. 1948. 312 pages. Illustrated.
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How to Survive on Land and Sea $4.00 ($3.00)
2nd revised edition, 1956. 362 pages.
Intramural Programs . . 249 pages. | . $4.00 | ($3.00) |
Soccer ................................ 192 pages. | . $4.00 | ($3.00) |
Swimming and Diving . . 423 pages. | . $4.50 | ($3.38) |
Track and Field . . . 217 pages. | . $4.00 | ($3.00) |
Championship Wrestling . . $4.50 2nd revised edition 1958. 218 pages. | ($3.38) |
Naval Aviation Physical Training Manuals—]
Basketball................................................. $4.00 ($3.00)
259 pages.
Boxing........................................................ $4.00 ($3.00)
288 pages.
Conditioning Exercises . $4.00 ($3.00)
235 pages.
Football..................................................... $4.00 ($3.00)
246 pages.
Gymnastics and Tumbling
Out of stock temporarily.
Hand to Hand Combat . . $4.00 ($3.00)
228 pages.
REFERENCE WORKS (These boohs are either no longer current or are in very short supply.)
A Brief History of Courts-Martial................................................................... Paper cover $ .50 ($ .40)
By Brigadier General James Snedeker, USMC (Ret.). 1954. 72 pages.
Naval Essays of Service Interest.................................................................... Paper cover $1.25 ($ .94)
Collection of 35 selected Proceedings articles for over 26-year period. 1942.
International Law for Naval Officers......................................................................................... $2.00.. ($1.60)
By Comdr. C. C. Soule, USN, and Lieut. Comdr. C. McCauley, USN. 245 pages. Revised 1928 by Lieut. Comdr. C. J. Bright, USN.
Matthew Fontaine Maury.......................................................................................................... $3.00.. ($2.25)
By Professor Charles L. Lewis, U. S. Naval Academy. 1927. 264 pages. Illustrated.
The Dardanelles Expedition...................................................................................................... $3.00.. ($2.40)
By Captain W. D. Puleston, USN. 1927. 172 pages. Illustrated.
We Build A Navy............................................................................................................ • • *2.75 ($2.07)
By Lieutenant Commander H. H. Frost, USN. A vivid and dramatic narrative of our early Navy. 1929. 517 pages. Illustrated.
Vankee Mining Squadron.......................................................................................................... $1.50.. ($1—0)
By Captain R. R. Belknap, USN. 1920. 110 pages. Illustrated.