Care And Feeding Of An Oceanic Alliance

By William H. Hessler
April 1961
Of all the spawn of modern technology, packaging is perhaps the most ostentatious. And as every husband knows, if he has followed his wife through a supermarket—- doing a man’s ...

A Soviet Naval Goal: Satellite Seas

By Capt. Frank M. Murphy, USN
April 1961
“Freedom of navigation is an important objective of American foreign policy.” Cavendish W. Cannon* In our grave concern over the military subjugation of the Satellite States, it is easy to ...

Formula For The Future—Operations Research

By Lt. Cdr. Frank S. Haak, USN
April 1961
In a government based on the philosophy of decentralized power and embodying a system of checks and balances, it is the practice to reserve to civilian authority final decisions regarding ...

Disarmament--Is It Possible?

By Anthony E. Sokol
April 1961
Few will deny that the problem of disarmament is one of the crucial issues of our day. Many, indeed, feel that upon its proper solution may depend the future of ...

Operation Archery

By Rear Adm. H. E. Horan, RN (Ret.)
April 1961
Operation Archery, the British raid on Vaagso Island, Norway, which took place on 27 December 1941, was the first operation undertaken by the Royal Navy, the Army, and the Royal ...

Sledge Hammers, Lance Bombs, And Q-Ships

By Cdr. David D. Mercer, RN (Ret.)
April 1961
Looking back to pre-World War I days, 1910-14, it is hard to realize how little was known about the offensive potential and capabilities of the submarines of any navy by ...

Seattle's Marine Museum (Pictorial)

By Vice Adm. H. N. Wallin, USN (Ret.)
April 1961
History-wise, the Pacific Northwest and its waterways are young. Whether Sir Francis Drake actually saw the northerly stretches of the coast he called New Albion in 1578 or whether Juan ...

Comment and Discussion

April 1961
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Book Reviews and Book List

April 1961
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Exploit of the U-53

By Rear Admiral George M. Lowry, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
April 1961
Afresh breeze blew across the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island on the afternoon of 7 October 1916, and the blue water was flecked with white caps. Narragansett Bay sparkled in ...

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