Program Packaging—Opportunity And Peril

By Capt. Harry C. White, USN and Lt.Cdr. Robert J. Massey, USN
December 1961
Almost unnoticed, a sweeping change of far-reaching significance has been quietly effected by the Secretary of Defense—a change so important it will affect the career of every naval officer. Program ...

Security And The Double Standard

By Cdr. Paul H. Backus, USN (Ret.)
December 1961
Each night Marine sentries prowl the Pentagon searching wastebaskets and trying to open classified stowages in order to detect security violations. Simultaneously, at sea, tired young officers on under-manned ships ...

The Law And Outer Space

By H. Felix Kloman
December 1961
“This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’er- hanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire— why, it appeareth no other thing to me than a ...

Defense Problems Of The Swedish Navy

By Cdr. T. Wulff, Royal Swedish Navy
December 1961
Sweden occupies a strategically exposed position between the two great power blocs, close to the northern flank of the European defense. Sweden possesses the longest coastline on the Baltic—a water ...

Naval Power And Deterrence

By Capt. Harvey B. Seim, USN
December 1961
Nearly everyday newspaper headlines proclaim some new accomplishment by our latest missile, or announce another addition to our Polaris submarine fleet. Each event of this nature is portrayed not only ...

"Sara" In The East

By Clark G. Reynolds
December 1961
When the carrier Saratoga was ordered to join the British Far Eastern Fleet in Australia in March 1944, she had been fighting in the southwest Pacific for what seemed an ...

Capturing Sail On Canvas (Pictorial)

By Rear Adm. John W. Schmidt, USN (Ret.)
December 1961
(Before showing us his work on the following pages, the artist takes us into his studio and reveals some—but certainly not all—of his trade secrets.) If only there were a ...

Comment and Discussion

December 1961
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Book Reviews: Notable Naval Books of 1961

By Assoc. Prof. Robert M. Langdon, USNA
December 1961
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When the Navy Fought Ashore

By Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Rankin, U. S. Marine Corps
December 1961
Mention of the Western Front usually brings to mind the memorable exploits of the U. S. Army and Marine Corps in France in World War I. Not generally known, perhaps ...

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