A New Formula for Sea Power

By John J. Clark and Edwin B. Hewes
August 1962
During the 17th and 18th centuries England expanded on and beyond the seas faster than any other nation on earth. The reason for this rapid expansion has been explained by ...

Antarctica—White Continent of Promise

By August C. Miller, Jr.
August 1962
For complete, utter, but magnificent desolation there is no scene on earth comparable to the ice mantle that smothers the Antarctic Continent. The desolation is no illusion. Laurence M. Gould

The Military Manager, the Image and the Man

By Commander Harold R. Tall, USN
August 1962
There is a public image of the military manager as an inefficient wastrel, concerned not at all with the taxpayers dollar, states the author. He suggests that special measures may ...

The Coming Cold War on the Sea Lanes

By Desmond Wettern
August 1962
The Soviet merchant fleet, which at present hauls only one per cent of the world’s tonnage, is not yet ready to challenge the Western bloc for a larger share of ...

Solomons Battle Log

By Ensign George B. Weems, USN and Captain F. A. Andrews, USN
August 1962
Twenty years ago this month a small task force steamed into Iron Bottom Sound and landed an assault force on Guadalcanal. “For those who were there, Guadalcanal is not a ...

Comment and Discussion

August 1962
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Book Reviews & Book List

August 1962
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USS Suribachi (AE-21)

By J. T. Henrizi, Lieutenant (jg) U. S. Navy
August 1962
The quote under the photograph on the opposite page is from the General Description in Specifications for Construction of an Ammunition Ship AE21-22, Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships ...

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