Danger from the East*

By Lt. Col. Mogens Lauesen, Royal Danish Infantry
January 1962
The specter of Slavic hordes invading from the East has haunted Europe since the days of Attila, the Hun. A European officer here examines the strategy and tactics of an ...

Time of Decision

By Jonathan T. Howe, Lieutenant (jg), U. S. Navy
January 1962
Why is the Navy losing such a high percentage of that small group of really outstanding young officers? Twenty years from note their leadership could make a crucial difference at ...

Nuclear Ship Traffic in World Seaports

By Brigadier General William R. Wendt, USMC (Ret.)
January 1962
During the six years since Nautilus signaled “underway on nuclear power” the numbers of nuclear-powered ships have increased remarkably. The U. S. Navy has announced that, in the foreseeable future ...

Kaiten...Japan's Human Torpedoes

By Yutaka Yokota and Joseph D. Harrington, JOG, USN
January 1962
One of the most deadly naval weapons of World War II was Japan’s “Long Lance” torpedo. It sank or badly damaged 15 U. S. cruisers. When the war began to ...

The Selected Reserve—Ready for the first GQ

By Lieutenant Commander William Thompson, USN
January 1962
The possibility of instant war has placed a new requirement for responsiveness on the Reserve Forces. Reserve ships are kept with boilers on the line, and a phone call can ...

Morality & the Communist Menace

By Capt. Kendall W. Simmons, USN
January 1962
Can the United States afford to maintain its traditional moral principles while combating Communism? Have we, asks the author, chosen noble means at the expense of even more noble ends?

Disaster on the Delaware

By James M. Perry
January 1962
Thirteen row galleys, built by the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety in 1775, were charged with preventing the British Fleet from coming up the Delaware River. Bickering, strife, and indecisiveness combined ...

Testing the Navy's Planes (Pictorial)

Text by Lieut. Guy Cane, USN
January 1962
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Comment and Discussion

January 1962
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Book Reviews & Book List

January 1962
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