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The Soviet Navy***

Edited by Commander M. G. Saunders, RN. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1958. 342 pages. Maps. $7.50.

REVIEWED BY

Captain William P. Mack, USX

(Captain Mack is Director of Special Projects, General Planning Group, Navy Department.)

The Soviet Navy is a collection of closely re­lated articles on the various aspects of Soviet sea power, edited by Commander M. G.

Saunders, rn. The articles range from an in­troduction by Commander Saunders to an excellent closing summation of the implica­tions of Soviet sea power by American Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller. Sixteen other con­tributors from nine other countries combine to present Russia’s maritime past, the com­position, organization, training, and potential of her contemporary naval forces, other ele­ments of her sea power, and geopolitical and strategic aspects of Soviet imperialism.

To assist Navy and Marine Corps personnel in finding books of professional significance, the U. S. Naval Institute is co-operating with the Library Services Branch of the Navy by designating books reviewed in the Proceedings which are available in service libraries and loan collections. Books marked with a single asterisk (*) are to be found in many ship and station libraries. Books marked with two asterisks (**) may be borrowed from one of the follow­ing Navy Auxiliary Library Services Collections: Chief of Naval Personnel (G-14), Depart­ment of the Navy, Washington-25, D.C.; U. S. Naval Station Library, Attention of Auxiliary Service Collection; Building C-9, U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia; Commandant, Eleventh Naval District (Code 154), 937 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, California; Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District (Code 141), Navy No. 128, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Cali­fornia; and Commander Naval Forces Marianas, Nimitz Hill Library, Box 48, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. Your request should be sent to the geographically nearest address. Books marked with three asterisks (***) are available in both ship and station libraries and in loan collections.

This book will be welcome and instructive reading for those interested in naval strategy

or naval history, or in information concerning the Soviet Navy. No more authoritative or informative book is available on these subjects outside of official Navy publications. Only limited specific information is available to the general public on Soviet naval affairs and much of this is contradictory. The expert con­tributors to this book have gathered, analyzed, and presented all available information in a well-organized and interesting fashion. Fol­lowing the introduction by Commander Saunders and chapter by Professor R. W. Daly, the Soviet Navy’s role in World War II is discussed from both British and German points of view by Captain R. C. S. Garwood, rn, and Jurgen Rohwer. Mr. Hanson Bald­win, Military Editor of the New York Times, discusses the broad lines of Russian naval strategy. In other chapters the ships and air­craft of the Soviet Navy are described and pic­tured in detail. The Soviet merchant fleet, fishing fleet, and shipbuilding industry, all elements of their total sea power, are de­scribed by experts in these fields. Additional sections on the strategic positions of Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, and Japan are provided by naval officers from these countries.

This book gives ample treatment to the Soviet submarine menace, featured by Cap­tain Donald Macintyre’s excellent treatise. His wide experience in World War II while in command of destroyers and antisubmarine vessels and as a pilot in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm qualifies him to assess the sig­nificance of the Soviet submarine threat. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book. The Soviet Navy now has about ten times as many submarines as Germany had in 1939. This fact alone points up the importance of a full understanding of Russia’s submarine capabilities. As Commander Saunders so aptly says in his introduction:

“no nation that depends upon the sea can regard with equanimity the tremendous growth of the Soviet Navy, and especially of its Submarine Fleet. While the people gaze upwards to the skies, fascinated by the gladiatorial contest between missile and counter-missile, between Sputnik and Explorer, there lurks in the depths of the sea a monster capable of destroying their ships and devastating their ports and cities.”

The Complete Book of Submarines[1]

By Commander C. W. Rush, USN, W. C.

Chambliss, and H. J. Gimpel. Cleveland:

The World Publishing Company, 1958.

Photographs and diagrams. 159 pages.

$4.95.

REVIEWED BY

Rear Admiral I. J. Galantin, USN

{Admiral Galantin, former Head of the Submarine

Warfare Branch of OPNAV, currently is Deputy Chief

of Staff in NATO Headquarters of the Commander in

Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe.)

At the Sixth International Convention of Communications of Genoa, which this re­viewer attended, Commander Anderson, skipper of the Nautilus, was presented with a special gold medal in recognition of his sub­polar transit. This fitting honor by the city of Columbus’ birthplace was tangible evidence of the acute awareness by the maritime na­tions of Europe of the importance of sea power, a perception which seems to exceed that in the U. S. in general. In this instance it was recognition of the contributions which the nuclear-powered submarine can make to the sea power which is so essential to the West­ern Alliance. It is to further the understand­ing of the “naval revolution” brought about by the advent of the “true” submarine that this book addresses itself.

The handsome, well illustrated volume de­serves its title. The authors have started their comprehensive story at the beginning—with Alexander the Great’s submersible—and brought it up to date through the conquest of the Arctic by the nuclear submarines Nautilus and Skate. The book is technically accurate through the competence of its pro­fessional submariner, Commander Rush, while Chambliss and Gimpel obviously have contributed much to the research, readability, and orderly development of the work. They have assembled a vivid background of little- known facts concerning the submarine’s de­velopment and early employment. Many will find these excellent chapters to be the most interesting. All should find the historical flashbacks to statements of official inertia and resistance to a new weapons system very in­structive. To tell their story, the authors follow their historical backdrop with successive chap-

CONSTRUCTING AN ATOMIC SUBMARINE

ters dealing with the submarine’s propulsion plant, design and construction, weapons, tactical employment, personnel, and other special aspects. Because to date there has been no commercial application of the submarine, few people have first-hand knowledge of its operation. From this inexperience comes the widespread feeling that there is something mysterious or magical about submarine opera­tions. The authors do an excellent job of ex­plaining in simple, easy terms the few basic principles governing submarine design, con­struction, and operation. They leave no doubt that now that the true submarine is here, it will play a bold and vital part in peace or war. Only in certain parts of the narrative is there a jerkiness from compressing so wide a time span of development or opera­tion into the space allotted.

While the technical details are set forth in clear, simple terms, a judicious sprinkling of wartime exploits points up capabilities and problems, making the volume even more in­teresting and appealing to those who want their submarine stories served up with action and excitement.

The book succeeds admirably in its pur­pose. The authors deserve a “Well Done” for a book which is knowledgeable, interesting, and imaginative.

The Sea War in Korea***

By Commander Malcolm VV. Cagle, USN. and Commander Frank A. Manson, USN. Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute, 1957. 560 pages. 176 photographs. 20 charts. $6.00 ($4.50).

REVIEWED BY

Eugene E. Wilson

(Air. Wilson, a long-time contributor to the Proceed­ings, is the author of Air Power for Peace and Slip­stream.)

“Historians generally,” wrote Alfred T. Mahan, “have been unfamiliar with the con­ditions of the sea, having as to it, neither spe­cial interest nor special knowledge; and the profound determining influence of maritime strength upon great issues has consequently been overlooked.”

“On the other hand,” added the distin­guished author, “naval historians have troubled themselves little about the connec­tion between general history and their own particular topic, limiting themselves gener­ally to the duty of simple chronicles of naval occurrences.”

Now, nearly seventy years after these words

were penned by the man whose writings have exercised a profound influence upon world history, the U. S. Naval Institute has pub­lished a distinguished work on the Sea War in Korea in which two career naval officers re­late its significance to great issues.

The authors draw a sharp contrast between the brilliant amphibious assault on Inchon and the all but disastrous Battle of the Mines at Wonsan. With the subsequent swift changes in the military situation in the Far East, this comparison assumes further significance. Now, with Red China well equipped with aircraft and modern submarines, American amphibious forces no longer enjoy the free access to the eastern perimeter of the Eurasian Heartland which was theirs in the Korean War.

This development re-emphasizes a major lesson of the Korean War, that dire peril lies in such Maginot Line thinking as character­ized the pre-Korean concept of strategic air power, and warns against overemphasis on amphibious warfare or any other element of power.

The Sea War in Korea closes with a cogent comment by Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, naval theatre commander for the first two years of the war, and Chief of the U. N. Command Truce Delegation Team, which deserves to be written large in the heart of every American:

“Nothing can erase the tragedy that is

Korea. But if Korea has taught us that in unity lies the strength that will preserve our freedom, then Korea has not been in vain.” The informed reader will find food for thought in a comparison between the unity which prevailed in the theater of war and the disunity which characterized the political echelons.

A Survey Report on Human Factors in Undersea Warfare

Prepared by the Panel on Psychology and Physiology, Committee on Undersea War­fare, National Research Council: Washing­ton D. C., 1949. 541 pages with indices.

Supplement to a Survey Report on Human Factors in Undersea Warfare

Prepared in 1949 by the Panel on Psychol­ogy and Physiology, Committee on Under­sea Warfare, National Academy of Sci- ences-National Research Council: Wash­ington, D. C., 1954. 92 pages with indices.

Status of Research in Underwater Physiology

Prepared by the Physiology Group, Panel on Underwater Swimmers, Committee on Undersea Warfare. Publication 468, Na­tional Academy of Sciences-National Re­search Council: Washington, D. C. 1956. 24 pages.

REVIEWED BY

Captain Charles W. Shilling, MC, USN (Ret.)

(Dr. Shilling is Deputy Director, Division of Biology and Medicine, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Wash­ington, D.C. In the Navy for twenty-eight years, he served with the submarine force for nearly twenty years and was associated with much of the work reported in the documents he is reviewing.)

The members of the above groups and therefore the authors of the three documents are scientists and naval officers who are well versed in all of the intricacies of the many problems that face man when he operates under the water, either in a submarine or with a diving apparatus.

Some may wonder why, at this late date, it was felt wise to review these publications. The answer was given by the title of an edi­torial appearing in a recent scientific journal, From Submarines to Satellites. As will be ap­parent from reading these documents, the scientists who have for years been working on the problems of living in the closed space of the submarine have much to offer their brother scientists who are now considering man living in the closed space of the satellite.

In the recent First International Sympo­sium on Submarine and Space Medicine, held September 8-12, 1958, at the Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, it was pointed out that, “The true submersible and the sealed space cabin have in common a condition of prolonged confinement, which presents formidable problems of environ­mental medicine.” The material under review has much to offer in solving some of the “new” problems. In fact if anyone is interested in space medicine he could not do better than to carefully review the detailed, factual ma­terial in the book and its supplement on Human Factors in Undersea Warfare.

Of course for anyone interested in the ever increasingly important field of underwater travel, it is a must, for this book and its supple­ment is packed with pertinent, scientific in­formation presented in an interesting as well as easily understandable fashion. It covers the entire field of man in his relation to the ma­chine, from the selection and training of the men who are to operate the submarine, through their physiological and psychological adjustment; and includes the design and arrangement of operating equipment so that man can effectively use his special senses, particularly his eyes and ears. It includes a section dealing with communication, and stresses the visual problems particularly as they relate to visual displays, radar scopes, instrument panels, and optical instruments. The sections dealing with emotional stability and adjustment, and the two parts dealing with habitability, one from the physiological and the other from the psychological stand­point, are particularly significant for those interested in living in a confined space.

It is interesting to note that the reason for a separate supplement was that the material in the four chapters thus published later had to await declassification. These chapters deal with the night lookout, the design and use of optical instruments, visual display of complex information, and the arrangement of equip­ment so that it will be most functional. Anyone interested in the optimal arrangement of equipment for the accomplishment of complex tasks would do well to study the last chapter of this supplement.

The third publication, Status of Research in Underwater Physiology, is a general review of the present state of knowledge of underwater physiology and is of primary interest to those responsible for underwater swimmers and divers. It is particularly directed to researchers in underwater physiology and vividly points out the many problems yet remaining to be solved. It is fairly technical in nature and assumes some specific knowledge of the field. It is in no sense an operational manual and is not recommended for general reading.

San Francisco Bay*

By Harold Gilliam. Garden City: Double­day and Company, 1957. 326 pages. $4.50.

REVIEWED BY

Captain Roger F. Miller, USJV

(Captain Miller is Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval

and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Los Angeles.)

San Francisco Bay is not only the “Gate­way to the Orient,” but also an impressive entrance to a romantic port to which most West Coast sailors are particularly fond of returning. For those interested in the many ramifications of history, nature, economics, and human achievement of this area, Harold Gilliam’s San Francisco Bay is a timely, enter­taining, and enlightening addition to the literature on this broad topic. The author, a native Californian, was a feature writer for the San Francisco Chronicle before he took time out to write this book, and his proximity to the source of the subject shines through in his warm and detailed exposition of the story.

Almost every aspect of this great inland sea is covered: how it serves as a means of liveli­hood for many, as a source of raw materials, and as a great thermostat affecting not only the climate of the cities around the shore,

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but that of the great Central Valley as well.

The geological development is depicted as a result of the continuing battle between land and sea. The magnificence of the forces in­volved is substantiated with such little-known information as that, on the average, one-sixth of the Bay flows out the Golden Gate on the ebb tide.

The stories behind the names of landmarks, prominent personalities, and famous and in­famous shipwrecks, including the tragedy of the USS Benevolence, lend historical perspective to the narrative.

The plans and dreams of the future con­clude the story of this bay of destiny in the coming era of the Pacific. This book is both enjoyable reading and a must for those with a fondness for San Francisco Bay.

History of the Second World War

Allied Military Administration of Italy 1943-1945. By C. R. S. Harris. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957. 479 pages. Maps, diagrams, and appen­dices. $7.56.

REVIEWED BY

Professor Thomas G. Bergin

(The reviewer, now Sterling Professor of Romance Languages and Master of Timothy Dwight College at Tale, served with AMG/ACC as Deputy Director and later Director of the Public Relations Branch from 1943— 46.)

As the veterans of the AMG/ACC look back on their experiences, they will probably recall vividly the episodic confusions and the recurrent moods of frustration which seemed so often to characterize the operation of the enterprise. Mr. Harris’s excellent book will, I think, confirm them in their memories—con­fusion and frustration there was aplenty—and yet at the same time console them, for in fact the confusion was to a large extent justi­fied by the novelty of the experiment, and the experiment itself, as the perspective of his­tory now makes clear, was amply justified by its performance. With improvised and fluctuat­ing organizational plans, with some branches overstaffed and others pitifully starved, with the most variegated personnel ever assembled under one banner, and with almost chronic misunderstanding of its needs in higher echelons, AMG/ACC did in fact successfully perform its mission. Mr. Harris documents the chaos and the success, the fumbling and the real achievement, in superb fashion. In a review of this short scope I can hardly do more than indicate his approach by citing his chapter headings, as follows: Planning for ‘Husky', Amgot-Sicily, Invading Southern Italy, Setting Up the Control Commission, The Badoglio Governments, Gustav to Gothic, Six Party Har­mony, New Deal for Italy, Re-Organization, Preparing for the North, Liberation, Frontier Problems, The End of A.M.G. Very skilfully he blends the chronological approach with an analysis of administrative structure and procedure; he has wrestled with a mass of detail and managed somehow to make us see the contours of the forest through the thick and somewhat luxuriant trees. His last chapter, Lessons and Achievements, is in a sense the meat of the book. Here I would simply like to stress the first point the author makes: AMG/ACC was a bold experiment in that it combined, with pretty complete integration, the personnel of two nations in a unified operation. And it worked. That such an ap­proach was better for Italy than the zoning system employed elsewhere needs no arguing; it was, I think, also a very healthy thing for Anglo-American relations during the war and beyond.

I confess I read the book with a touch of nostalgia. This is what happened and this the why and in some cases the why not. Not only is the history sound, but the writing is good and hence evocative. Yet, with no dis­paragement to Mr. Harris, I should like to see his report supplemented by another kind of account; something that would bring out the human side of the show, that would portray in more intimate terms the actions and reactions between British and Americans, the ambiv­alent attitude toward our “co-belligerents,” the tensions among officers who never found their right niche, the half-crusading, half play­acting psychology of off duty hours; the bleak­ness of Brindisi in January of 1944, the ecstasy of the first days in Rome or the faintly comic opera air that surrounded the Vesuvius opera­tion, quorum pars minima fui. But perhaps that’s irrelevant; certainly it would have been so to Mr. Harris’s assignment, which he has bril­liantly carried out.

Destroyer Man***

By Rear Admiral A. F. Pugsley. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1957. 224 pages. Illustrations and maps. 18 shillings.

REVIEWED BY

Rear Admiral Thomas L. Wattles, USN (Ret.)

(Admiral Wattles during World War II was a division and subsequently a squadron commander of destroyers. His last command during the war was the light cruiser, To­peka. Retired physically in 1949, he is now managing partner of a stock brokerage firm.)

In this action-packed volume Admiral Pugsley of the British Navy recounts his fighting experiences from the upper Yangtse- kiang to Walcheren on the approaches to Antwerp. It is a book which will appeal not only to destroyer men the world over but to all who fought in amphibious operations. One would wish, however, that he could have included more battle charts, or sketch-maps, as they are termed in the book, of the various operations in which he was engaged.

In the Preface appears the statement, “The advent of nuclear weapons may seem to ren­der all past examples of warfare worthless, but, so long as we remain an island, we shall continue to have to control the seas and pro­tect our shipping if we are to survive.” The author is referring to Great Britain, of course, but we would be inclined to go further and say that the control of sea communications is vital to the safety and well being of the en­tire Free World.

In the early days of World War II, British destroyers, as well as our own, were woefully' deficient in antiaircraft armament. In dis­cussing convoy operations in the Mediterra­nean, Admiral Pugsley gives full credit to the gallant aviators who flew from the carriers which formed a part of the escorting force for Malta convoys. In comparing their effective­ness with shore-based airmen, who were some­times called upon to support convoy opera­tions, he makes the point that aviators require special training to work efficiently with the fleet. We believe that most naval officers will agree with his conclusion.

The author apparently had very little con­tact with Americans during the war. He does speak of being accommodated in a composite

Anglo-American mess at Granville where he had his “first horrid sight” of an American breakfast. The reader will regret that he neglects to give the menu.

Admiral Pugsley saw plenty of activity and was shipwrecked twice through enemy action during the course of the war. His is a tale of a real fighting man.

Power and Diplomacy*'^

By Dean Acheson. Cambridge, Massachu­setts: Harvard University Press, 1958. 137 pages. $3.00.

reviewed by                                       .

Samuel P. Huntington

(Dr. Huntington is Assistant Director, Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University.)

This is a small book, but it should not be read quickly without being read thoughtfully. Moving deftly from one major problem of foreign policy to another, Mr. Acheson comes up with neither startling conclusions nor pro­found, new analysis. He does, however, state lucidly and pithily, with urbane wit and pene­trating acumen, what it has taken many' other writers many more pages to say less well. In his initial chapter, Mr. Acheson stresses the industrial basis of national power and points to the rapid rate of Soviet eco­nomic growth and the high proportion of the Soviet national product devoted to capital goods and arms. The relatively small amount of American capital, private and government, currently going into overseas investment he takes as one index of our unwillingness to ac­cept the responsibilities of world leadership. Proceeding to the military area, Mr. Acheson emphasizes the need to be prepared with ap­propriate armaments and forces to fight small wars as well as to deter a large one. The politi­cal and military circumstances under which we will fight limited wars will require reliance upon conventional weapons. The principal value of NATO, in his view, is as a clear dec­laration of the intentions of the western coun­tries not to be defeated in detail. Without NATO, western Europe would be open to Soviet diplomatic and economic penetration similar to that now going on in the Middle East. He closes the book with devastating cri­tiques of the Administration’s position in the Suez crisis, Senator Kennedy’s views on Al­geria, and the Republican position on Nation­alist China. Underlying his discussion of these varied issues is a grim concern with the ability of a democracy to conduct a rational and ef­fective foreign policy. In the end, success or failure, he says, will depend upon the emer­gence of leadership with the political courage, persuasiveness, and foresight to demand of the nation that it choose responsibility and sacri­fice rather than easy living and leisure.

British Battleships

By Dr. Oscar Parkes. London: Seeley Service & Co., Ltd., 1958. 701 pages, 450 plans and illustrations. Six guineas.

REVIEWED BY

John D. Clark

{Dr. Clark, a student of naval architecture and history for thirty years, is employed by the U. S. Navy as the Head of the Propellants Division of the U. S. Naval Air Rocket Test Station.)

Not many books are classics from the moment of publication. But Dr. Parkes’ de­finitive history of the British battleship is a classic—and unique. The book was thirty-one years in the writing, and the collection of the data that went into it, even with full access to the Admiralty files, has been a lifetime labor of love. The result is a magnificent volume that describes in detail every British battle­ship, near-battleship, and would-be-battle­ship from the Warrior of 1860 to the Vanguard of 1944, and from the 1,350-ton Enterprise of 1864 to the 48,000-ton battle cruisers ordered in 1921 but never completed. The only omissions to be regretted are three armored gunboats of the ’60’s, and two ex­Norwegian coast defense ships taken over in 1914. Not that any of these can be classed as battleships by any stretch of the imagination, but that when and if somebody does a history of the other warship types of the British navy, these almost unclassifiable curiosities will probably be lost in the cracks of definition!

The 450 plans and illustrations are a won­derful and incredible collection, the skeleton around which the book was built. They in­clude plans and profiles of every British battleship as built, and, in many cases, as re-

constructed. They include many preliminary designs which never became actual ships, and plans of a number of foreign ships which strongly influenced British design. There are photographs of every British battleship type ever launched, and many detail sketches of gun mountings, turrets, and armor plans. There is even one of Dr. Parkes’ own magnifi­cent wash drawings, showing one of the 1921 battle cruisers as she would have appeared when completed.

The supporting text is as valuable and in­formative as the illustrations, clarifying the genesis of each design, showing the foreign influence upon those produced in the British Isles and describing the effect of battle ex­perience upon design trends. The naval architects involved, particularly the successive Directors of Naval Construction, emerge as in­dividuals—brilliant, opinionated, and can­tankerous.

The misprints inevitable in a book of this size and complexity are gratifyingly rare. In a few cases the text and the plans are not in complete agreement, but it is seldom difficult to determine which is correct, and little con­fusion results. The reproduction and typog­raphy are excellent, and the binding is as adequate as can be expected when it comes to holding together a book which weighs six pounds and twelve ounces!

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BOOK BRIEFS

The Naval Architecture of Small Craft

By D. Phillips-Birt. New York: Philosoph­ical Library, 1957. 351 pages. Photographs,

diagrams, and plans. $15.00.

A very detailed British treatment of naval architecture and its application to small craft (not over 120 feet in length), including fishing and other working vessels, high speed craft, and yachts, both power and sail. “All the fundamental problems of naval architec­ture remain, concentrated in a smaller com­pass and aggravated by the smaller size,” the author concludes.

Samurai!

By Saburo Sakai, Martin Caidin, and Fred

Saito. New York: Ballantine Books, 1957.

270 pages. 50 cents.

This paperback reprint relates the combat narratives of Japan’s most celebrated fighter pilot in World War II. Sakai, a professional warrior, fought in many of the great air battles in the Pacific and shot down sixty- four planes. His courage, skill, and devotion to objective dominate this authentic story.

Modern Russia

By John Long. New York: Philosophical

Library, Inc., 1958. 180 pages. Appendices.

$6.00.

This valuable book includes useful bibliog­raphy and other appendices. Mr. Long be­lieves that Russia will not embark upon total war without first being certain in advance of surviving victory, that her plans do not em­brace total war for at least another genera­tion, that she does not underestimate Western strength, particularly in nuclear weapons, and that she will not support the United Na­tions at the expense of Soviet sovereignty.

[January Architectura Navalis Mercatoria

By Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. Burg,

Germany: Robert Loef, 1957. Karl F.

Wede, Box 195, RFD #3, Saugerties, New

York, distributor.

A superb second reprint of Chapman’s (chief designer of the Swedish navy) famous first edition of 1768, containing scores of line drawings and technical data on European frigates and commercial ships of the period. This should be of keen interest to ship model enthusiasts and naval architects.

The Atomic Age and Our Biological Future

By H. V. Br^ndsted. New York: Philo­sophical Library, Inc., 1957. 80 pages.

$2.75.

A discussion in ten interesting chapters of the effects of radiation upon the genetical constitution of man. “We are ... in danger of bringing about, through our manipulation of atomic energy, a deterioration in future generations of mankind, even if. . . we . . . see no ill effects from radiation on our own children,” Professor Br^ndsted concludes.

Last in Convoy

By James Pattinson. New York: McDowell,

Obolensky, 1957. 278 pages. $3.75.

Mr. Pattinson’s third novel is a grim, realis­tic wartime convoy tale of the final cruise of the aged merchant ship Regal Gesture, plagued by mechanical breakdown, crippled by sub­marine and aircraft attack, and finally fin­ished off by fire. Her fate is compounded by the inability of her crew to work effectively in harmonious co-operation in moments of crisis. This story is tense and engrossing, en­hanced by the author’s practical background of World War II convoy duty.

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PUBLICATIONS, 1958-1959

The Coast Guardsman’s Manual........................................................................................................... $4.00 ($3.20)

By Captain W. C. Hogan, USCG. Revised by Lieutenant Commander M. M. Dickinson, USCGR, assisted by Loran W. Behrens, BMC, USN-FR. Third edition, 1958. 830 pages. Illustrated.

Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants....................................................................... $5.00        ($4.00)

By Commander C. N. Payne, USN. 1958. 196 pages. Illustrated.

The Divine Wind, Japan’s Kamikaze Force in World War II .                            .      ...             $4.50 ($3.38)

By Captain Rikihei Inoguchi and Commander Tadashi Nakajima, former Imperial Jap­anese Navy, with Commander Roger Pineau, USNR. 1958. 240 pages. 61 photographs. 3 diagrams.

Division Officer’s Guide.................................................................................................................... $2.25 ($1.80)

By Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. Third edition, 1958. 304 pages.

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.) First 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.

Elements of Applied Thermodynamics.................................................................................................. $5.00        ($4.00)

By Professor R. M. Johnston, Captain W. A. Brockett, USN, and Professor A. E. Bock. Third revised edition, 1958. 496 pages. Illustrated.

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.

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.

Naval Leadership............................................................................................................................... $3.50        ($2.80)

By Commander Malcolm E. Wolfe, USN, Associate Professor Gregory J. Mann, Commander John M. Laudenslager, MSC, USNR, Captain Frank J. Mulholland, USMC, Lieutenant Horace J. Connery, MSC, USN. Second edition, 1959. 301 pages.

Service Etiquette................................................................................................................................ $5.50        ($4.13)

By Rear Admiral Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.), Captain Brooks J. Harral, USN, and Oretha D. Swartz. Correct Social Usage for Service Men on Official and Unofficial Occasions. 1959. 364 pages.

Squash Racquets................................................................................................................................. $1.60        ($1.28)

By Commander Arthur M. Potter, USNR. 1958. 60 pages. Photographs and diagrams. Paper bound.

Victory Without War, 1958-1961                                                                                                          $2.00        ($1.50)

By George Fielding Eliot. 1958. 126 pages.

Welcome Aboard............................................................................................................................... $3.50        ($2.63)

By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval officer’s bride. Revised seventh printing, 1958. 288 pages.

BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY (See also 1958-1959 list)

Admiral De Grasse and American Independence.................................................................................. $5.00 ($3.75)

By Professor Charles L. Lewis, U. S. Naval Academy. 1945. 404 pages. Illustrated.

The Dardanelles Expedition.......................................................................

$3.00 ($2.40)

By Captain W. D. Puleston, USX. 1927. 172 pages. Illustrated.

David Glasgow Farragut

By Professor Charles L. Lewis, U. S. Naval Academy.

Vol. I, Admiral in the Making. 1911, 386 pages. Illustrated..................................................... $3.75 ($2.82)

Vol. II, Our First Admiral. 1943. 530 pages. Illustrated.......................................................... $4.50 ($3.38)

Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945                                                                $5.00         ($3.75)

By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 462 pages. 43 photographs. 19 charts.

Garde D’Haiti 1915-1934: Twenty Years of Organization and Training by the

United States Marine Corps.................................................................................................. $4.50 ($3.38)

Compiled by J. H. McCrocklin. 1957. 278 pages. 42 photographs.

A History of Naval Tactics from 1530 to 1930                        ................................................ $6.50  ($4.88)

The Evolution of Tactical Maxims. By Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, USN (Ret.), and Mary L. Robison. 1942. 892 pages. Illustrated.

The Italian Navy in World War II......................................................................................... $5.75 ($4.32)

By Commander Marc’ Antonio Bragadin. 1957. 398 pages. 121 photographs. 17 diagrams.

John Paul Jones: Fighter for Freedom and Glory..................................................................... $6.00         ($4.50)

By Lincoln Lorenz. 1943. 868 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.

A Long Line of Ships........................................................................................................... $5.00 ($3.75)

By Lieutenant Commander Arnold S. Lott, USN. Mare Island Centennial Volume. 1954. 268 pages. Illustrated.

Matthew Fontaine Maury.......................................................................................................... $3.00    ($2.25)

By Professor Charles L. Lewis, U. S. Naval Academy. 1927. 261 pages. Illustrated.

Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story .                                 .   $4.50     ($3.38)

By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Roger Pineau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 292 pages. Illustrated.

Round-Shot to Rockets.............................................................................................................. $3.00    ($2.25)

By Taylor Peck. A history of the Washington Navy Yard and U. S. Naval Gun Factory. 1949. 267 pages. Illustrated.

The Sea War in Korea.............................................................................................................. $6.00    ($4.50)

By Commander Malcolm W. Cagle, USN, and Commander Frank A. Manson, USN. 1957. 560 pages. 176 photographs. 20 charts.

Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors 1924-1950                              .... $10.00 ($8.00)

Compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harriotte W. B. Smith. 1952. 640 pages. Illus­trated.

Sons of Gunboats..................................................................................................................... $2.75    ($2.07)

By Commander F. L. Sawyer, USN (Ret.), Personal narrative of gunboat experiences in the Philippines, 1899-1900. 1946. 166 pages. Illustrated.

The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915                                                                                 $5.00    ($3.75)

By Captain Stephen H. Evans, U. S. Coast Guard. A definitive history (With a Postscript: 1915-1949). 1949. 228 pages. Illustrated.

The United States Coast Guard in World War                        II.................................................. $6.00    ($4.50)

By Malcolm F. Willoughby. 1957. 346 pages. 200 photographs. 27 charts.

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.

Special price—2 volume set: Destroyer and Submarine books (listed above) $15.00 ($1125)

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.

Yankee Mining Squadron.......................................................................................................... $1.50    ($1.20)

By Captain R. R. Belknap, USN. 1920. 110 pages. Illustrated.

ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (See also 1958-1959 list)

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 figures.

Fundamentals of Sonar.......................................................................................................................... $10.00... ($8.00)

By Dr. J. Warren Horton. 1957. 400 pages. 186 figures.

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 Applied Aerodynamics...................................................................................................... $3.00    ($2.40)

By Commander Gregg Mueller, USN. 1957. 178 pages. Paper bound.

Introduction to the Basic Mechanisms....................................................................................................... $4.50    ($3.60)

By Professor Roy E. Hampton, U. S. Naval Academy. 1956. 249 pages. Illustrated.

Logarithmic and Trigonometric                                    Tables.................................................................. $1.65    ($1.32)

By the Department of Mathematics. 1945. 93 pages.

Naval Auxiliary Machinery..................................................................................................................... $4.50    ($3.60)

By the Department of Marine Engineering. 1952. 286 pages. Illustrated.

Naval Turbines....................................................................................................................................... $4.00    ($3.20)

By the Department of Marine Engineering. 1952. 148 pages. Illustrated.

Principles of Electronics and Electronic Systems....................................................................................... $7.50    ($6.00)

Edited by Professor John L. Daley, U. S. Naval Academy, and Commander F. S. Quinn, Jr., USN. Second edition, 1957. 492 pages. 556 figures.

Refresher Course in Fundamental Mathematics for Basic Technical

Prepared by Training Division, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1942. 176 pages.

Training............................................................................................................. Paper cover $ .30

MISCELLANEOUS

Annapolis Today..................................................................................................................................... $4.00... ($3.00)

By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. 1957. 313 pages. 59 photographs.

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 Book of Navy Songs......................................................................................................................... $2.65... ($1.99)

Compiled by the Trident Society of the Naval Academy. Over 90 old and new songs. 160 pages. Illustrated. Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members.

The Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection of Ship Models........................................................................... $3.00... ($2.25)

U. S. Naval Academy Museum. 1954. 117 pages. Illustrated.

Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage.................................................................. Out of stock pending revision.

By Lieutenant Commander Leland P. Lovette, USN. 1939. 424 pages. Illustrated.

Proceedings Cover Pictures..................................................................................................................... $2.50... ($1.88)

Sets of all 12 cover pictures appearing on the Proceedings in each year of 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958. Mounted on 13 x 13 mat. Complete set of 12 for any year.

Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages.................................................................................................... $6.50... ($4.88)

By E. L. Bloomster. 1940. 290 pages. 425 silhouette drawings. Trade edition.

(Deluxe autographed edition)..................................................................... . . $12.50 {$10.00)

U. S. Naval Academy Catalogue of Information, 1958-59                                       ............................... $ .50         ($ .38)

Paper bound.

Your Naval Academy............................................................................................................................. $1.00... ($ .75)

By Midshipmen Burton and Hart. A handsome 48-page pictorial presentation of                                                         a Mid­

shipman’s life at the Naval Academy. Brief descriptive captions.

PHYSICAL TRAINING

Modern Fencing...................................................................................................................................... $3.00... ($2.25)

By Clovis Deladrier, U. S. Naval Academy. 1948. 312 pages. Illustrated.

Squash Racquets..................................................................................................................................... $1.60... ($1.28)

By Commander Arthur M. Potter, USNR. 1958. 60 pages. Photographs and diagrams. Paper bound.

How to Survive on Land and Sea $4.00 ($3.00) 2nd revised edition, 1958. 362 pages.

Intramural Programs .           .     .    $4.00 ($3.00)

249 pages.

Soccer...................................... $4.00 ($3.00)

192 pages.

Completely revised, 1958. 218 pages.