Deterrence—The Next 20 Years

By Lieutenant George E. Lowe, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1961
This nation's choice of weapons systems and the environment in which they will operate is no less important in the determination of America's position in time's historical ledger.

Sea Power in the Civil War

By Rear Admiral John D. Hayes, U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1961
The American Civil War was a maritime war, despite the large armies engaged and the great battles fought on land. It was a maritime war because the geography of the ...

The Navy And The Department Of Defense

By Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., U.S. Navy
November 1961
One of the facts of our times is that unification of the Armed Services is under way. Even a cursory review of the growth of the Office of the Secretary ...

The Fishing Fleet Of The Soviet Union

By Cdr. Bernard M. Kassell, USN (Ret.)
November 1961
The Soviet Union’s fishing industry has come of age. Far-flung fishing and whaling fleets have penetrated virtually every fishing ground known to the maritime nations of the world, and they ...

What's Happened To Practical Leadership?

By Lt. Cdr. L. J. Kiernan, USN
November 1961
In the light of the leadership principles being preached in the Navy today, this article can be construed as heresy and could be considered by some as being mutinous in ...

A Force In Readiness (Pictorial)

By Karl A. Schuon
November 1961
On Its 186th Anniversary, the Marine Corps Stands Poised With a Combat-Ready Force In 1834, Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Henderson, Commandant of the Marine Corps, tacked a sign on his office ...

Comment and Discussion

November 1961
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Book Reviews & Book List

November 1961
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The LST

By Captain W. D. Brinckloe, USN
November 1961
“The whole of this difficult question, how to divide military resources between the Normandy invasion and the invasion of Southern France, only arises out of the absurd shortage of the ...

Secretary's Notes

November 1961
Artist John De Grasse, a Marine himself for 20 years, painted this cover to commemorate the “Force in Readiness”—the U. S. Marine Corps on its 186th Anniversary.

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