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Matthew Fontaine Maury and Joseph Henry
By Patricia Jahns. New York: Hastings House, 1961. Bibliography and Index. 308 Pages. $5.95.
REVIEWED BY
E. John Long
{Captain Long, U. S. Naval Reserve {Ret.), was recently associate editor of Sea Frontiers, quarterly magazine of the International Oceanographic Foundation. He is the author of Annapolis, Doubleday & Co., and is a previous contributor to the Proceedings.)
As its subtitle, “Scientists of the Civil War” suggests, this lively double biography embraces two currently popular themes—engineering and science. While the names of Maury and Henry may not be familiar to modern readers, they were giants of their day, and their careers and contributions were such that a vote of thanks is due to Miss Jahns for retracing them against the great rebellion which ushered in America’s golden age of engineering and science.
During the days immediately preceding the Civil War, there were only two national institutions dedicated to science: the United States Naval Observatory, and the Smithsonian Institution.
“Directing them,” the author observes crisply, “were the two most famous American scientists of their day . . . Maury at the Observatory, Henry at the Smithsonian . . . they hated each other!” Maury had earned world fame with his The Physical Geography of the Sea, and the sobriquet “Pathfinder of the Seas.” He was America’s first oceanographer. Henry devised the electromagnet, which eventually spawned the telegraph, the telephone, the electric motor, the dynamo, and many of the electronic wonders of today. As the first Secretary of the Smithsonian, he had a strong voice in the direction and encouragement of the basic science of the time.
In the brash Washington that preceded the Civil War these two dedicated, daring men seemed always to be at swords’ points. Yet, as the author points out, most of their differences resulted from a refusal to tolerate each other s methods. This, and the great political schism which led Maury to cast his lot with the South and Henry to aid the Northern cause, plus a certain contrariness on the part of both, induced searing quarrels that in less troubled times might have been dismissed as teapot tempests—the growing pains of governmental science.
Once the great decisions had been made, Maury had by far the most difficult time- His beloved South liked his plan for one hundred gunboats, but shortages of material and manpower soon halted work on them- Maury’s ingenious submarine mine (called “torpedo” then) likewise was virtually starved to death.
Henry, on the other hand, became most helpful to the Union, serving as civilian consultant on military boards where he sometimes aroused the ire of army and navy brass by proving he was right. When Britain threatened to silence Union guns through an embargo on nitrate, Henry produced a Smithsonian report describing large, available deposits in Chile. Henry’s strangest wartime feat was the exposure of a spiritualist
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faker who was influencing Mrs. Lincoln, the President's wife.
“Maury and Henry” is perhaps unique among the recent plethora of Civil War books ln that important battles and other historical eyents are viewed chiefly in relationship to the principal characters. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, for instance, was the incentive f°r a “grand illumination” of the Smith- s°nian building. The Henrys and others hurried around putting candles in colored §lass shades in rows in every window.” Maury learning of Lincoln’s assassination in England, mistook it for a favorable omen for the South, and sailed for Havana with material f°r submarine mines to block Union harbors.
The book has many fascinating tidbits 'vhich warrant fuller treatment. A few details
of the Navy’s first wind and current charts, issued by Maury in 1847, would seem in order. Among the many military ideas evaluated and approved by Henry were observation balloons anchored to barges, which the author terms “the first aircraft carriers.” Founding of the National Academy of Sciences occurred in this period, but gets only oblique mention. Maury’s “long-standing efforts” to set up a naval academy are not elucidated. And may we hope that in subsequent editions “midshipmen” will be substituted for the author’s “mids” and “middies,” terms used today only by mothers, Hollywood and sports writers.
While the book contains an excellent bibliography and index, there are no illustrations, not even of its stellar scientists. This
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e°rge Washington Parke ■ !nt‘s was, perhaps, the ear- ‘.est of Navy aircraft car- fIers. The Union balloon ®rges used during the lvd War were one of many ^"fleets approved by Joseph *ienry.
seems a bit penurious considering that there is a very showy monument to Maury in Richmond, and an unusual statue of Henry on the Mall in Washington. A map or two would have been helpful, too, where the author reports, in some detail, the military and naval operations around Fredericksburg and up the James.
The author is neither a scientist nor a person with military experience, but the book gives every evidence of having been thoroughly researched. Miss Jahns was raised in Arlington, Va., by a father who was a National Parks Service engineer, and through him she acquired an early knowledge of forts and Civil War battle sites in the Washington area. Her familiarity with science in general, and Henry and Maury in particular, may well have been stimulated during days spent prowling through the Smithsonian, which she says was the favorite haunt of her childhood.
The British Destroyer
By Captain T. D. Manning, C.B.E. V.R.D., R.N.V.R. (Ret.). London: Putnam & Co. Ltd., 1961. 136 illustrations. 148 pages. $5.96.
REVIEWED BY
Raymond V. B. Blackman, M.I.Mar.E., M.R.I.N.A.
(Mr. Blackman has been the editor of Jane’s Fighting Ships since 1949, and is the author of The World’s Warships and The Modern World Book of Ships. Throughout World War II he was in the Admiralty Mine Design Department, H.M.S. Vernon.)
The idea underlying this book is to provide a complete list of British destroyers, with bare details of dimensions and disposal. All reference to the gallant deeds of destroyers is purposely omitted as this subject has been well covered already. The book might be described as an elementary identification guide, although to provide this properly would have required many more illustrations and the price would have been prohibitive.
Certain photographs are unusual. The picture of the Fervent of 1895 as completed with only one funnel is believed to be unique. Photographs of the Ardent and Fortune of 1913 are also very rare, while the search for a photograph of the Cobra of 1900 took years.
It is as a picture book that this historica record shines. Judging by the space devote to Viking, Oak, Wishart, Acheron and Swift (fu page blocks) those are the author’s favorites Many will agree with the prominence give11 to Viking, for although she displaced lit*e over 1,000 tons and was launched as long ag° as 1909, she had six funnels (the only six- funnelled ship in the Royal Navy) and carrie a six-inch gun. Some people might think that Bulldog of 1909 and Tyrant of 1917 deserved a better show as typifying the dashing an rakish destroyers of their periods and giving a hint of the shape of things to come. This re viewer would have given pride of place to the “M” class of 1941, the most handsome destroyers ever built.
The author is very fond of the little boats built in the Nineties, starting with the Flavor' of 1893, which he describes as “our first torpedo boat destroyers,” but many students of that period of naval progress consider the “River” class of 1903-05 to be the first rea destroyers, the earlier vessels with the turn back forecastle being little more than torped0 boats. Certainly the “Rivers” showed the first signs of the appearance of modern de stroyers. .
One of the principal trends brought out 111 this book is the great part played in destroys development by warship builders such aS John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southamp ton; Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow; Camme Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead; J. Samue White & Co. Ltd., Cowes; Vickers-AW1' strongs Ltd., Barrow and Newcastle; and the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co- Ltd., Glasgow, to mention but a few.
It is an intricate task to list British destroyers strictly in their order of concepts0 and appearance on the naval scene, and it is3 great pity that Great Britain did not adopt the United States system of consecutive hul numbers so that we could see by their progreS" sive numerals the gradual and logical development of the type.
With reference to the very beginning 0 destroyer development the author mentioi>s that “The true answer was to build vessels fast enough to catch and powerful enough to destroy foreign torpedo boats, yet they shook1 not be too large or too costly, so that large numbers could be built.” If we substitute
submarines” for “torpedo boats” in the regoing exactly the same might be said of ,e Position of NATO today with regard to rigates and destroyers.
U paPtain Manning observes that had Great r*tain efficiently maintained in reserve be-
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Suable story combines the fascinating de- °Pment of destroyers with the salty tang of
,'veen the wars the many “R” and “S” class estroyers built at the end of World War I, ney would have been invaluable in the early Stages of World War II.
^ P will be recalled that because Great r'tain had scrapped this pool of war poten- al she had to acquire 50 “four-pipers” from le United States in exchange for British bases 'vbich the United States still holds on a 99- ^ear lease. Even with these additional de- Str°yers, Great Britain still had insufficient autisubrnarine escorts, and she was desperately ard pressed until the situation was eased by c United States, joining hostilities over two ears after the war began.
There can be few books as authentic as he British Destroyer.” This very knowl- c°utemporary experience, for the destroyer
upproximately spans the life of the author, ,.o has evidently given his heart as well as ls head to this faithful study.
The Art of War
From the Age of Napoleon to the Present Day
By Cyril Falls. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. Book List and Index. 231 pages. $1-50.
REVIEWED BY
Lieutenant Colonel Don P. Wyckoff, U. S. Marine Corps
(Lieutenant Colonel Wyckoff is an instructor in amphibious operations at the Senior School, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Va.)
Writers of military books generally fall into two categories, military historians and military technicians. It is rare that an author attempts to combine and analyze both the historical and technical aspects of war.
Cyril Falls’ object is to show how armies, navies and air forces have been employed in modern times. To do so, he has used both history and technology as tools in a most skillful manner. •
The Napoleonic era was selected as the starting point since it represents the beginning of modern total war; from this beginning, the reader is transported through the long succession of military and naval events to the Korean conflict and the brief action at Port
Said in 1956. The author is adept at perceiving the reasons and results of change and the particular effects of leadership, discipline and morale upon events. He also shows an unusual restraint in not berating, from his desk, those lonely men of the past whose decisions were not always correct, or battles always victories.
Within this broad scope, sea warfare is not slighted. Particular treatment is given to sea warfare under sail, and in the age of steam. The strategy and tactics of both World Wars, including the naval aspects, are covered in detail; the role of naval forces in nuclear warfare is discussed, but the potential of both nuclear propulsion and the missile submarine is surprisingly omitted.
Of less direct interest to the naval reader, the recognition of the influences and conduct of small wars is refreshing and of considerable current application.
The book is not all things to all men. The soldier may be disgruntled at the “limited war” role given him in the thermonuclear age; the sailor object to the accounting of weaknesses of the attack carrier; the airman furious at the loss of his role to missiles. Yet, Mr. Falls has no special service drum to thump; instead, he makes a particular plea for service partnerships without the serious error of service consolidation.
The major deficiency of The Art of War is the illustration, in the form of five diagrams. Too few, they are neither well selected nor well related to the text. This deficiency is in part compensated for by an excellent book list —a useful guide to the general military reader.
As a very readable recapitulation of modern warfare by an astute, informed observer, The Art of War is well worth reading.
Fighting Admiral
By Captain Donald Macintyre, Royal
Navy. London: Evans Brothers, Ltd. 1961.
Illustrated. Index. 262 pages. 25 shillings.
REVIEWED BY
Admiral James Fife, U. S. Navy (Retired)
{Admiral Fife, a Naval Academy graduate, Class of
7978, has had a long and distinguished naval career. His
last active duty assignment was as U. S. Naval Deputy
Commander in Chief, Mediterranean.)
This is an excellent biography of Admiral
of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, Roy^ Navy.
The active duty part of Admiral Somerville’s career extends from service in the Grand Fleet and the Gallipoli Campaign as a junior officer during War I through to a fisa tour in Washington as head of the British Ad' miralty Delegation at the end of War II.
For this reason the author has performed a service to future historians in preserving this portion of the record of War II and events leading up to it for the appraisers of the future who will write the final chapter.
The career of Admiral Somerville was unique in that after retirement for physica disability he was recalled and given a major sea command at a crucial time in his country s history. The author does not prognosticate on the reasons he was chosen for the command o Force H after the fall of France except to say that it was done by the “Board of Admiralty' No doubt many capable active duty officef would have jumped at the opportunity of this assignment even had they been able to know of the unpleasant task that was to follow at Mers el Kebir.
During his early career Admiral Somerville was a signals specialist, and this expe' rience was to serve him in good stead. Latch when in retirement, it helped lead him back to an active assignment. Also, his detail as one of the captains to investigate the reasons be' hind the 1931 Invergordon Mutiny added to his insight into the thinking of the lower deck sailorman and strengthened his native abihb as a leader—his main asset.
Just before War II started, Admiral Somer' ville was retired for physical disability fr0lIj his assignment as Vice Admiral in commas of the East Indies Station, where he had goSe as a stepping stone to becoming Second Sea Lord. Instead, upon Hitler’s move int° Poland, he undertook a self-imposed project of inducing Sir Robert Watson-Watt to divert some of the radar development from the Royal Air Force to naval surface requirements. Ne had a somewhat analogous situation in c>sr own Navy Department when, in the spring 0 1941, a panel decided that our submarines a1 not need fire control radar and that air wars' ing was sufficient. Result—a lost opportunity for our submarines to do fatal damage t° enemy shipping in the Pacific until 1943.
Although public speaking had been anath- etha to him, Admiral Somerville under- a series of radio broadcasts thereby ringing his personality before the public and n° doubt influencing his recall to active duty afloat in time of crisis. Through his own initia- tlVe> he became involved in the Dunkirk miracle and took on the job of principal Assistant to Admiral Ramsey.
Then, with the fall of France and the THtting of the Mediterranean by Mussolini’s Cntry into the War, together with the British government’s sound decision not to with- raw Admiral Cunningham to the Western mediterranean, Force H was established to °Perate out of Gibraltar—primarily to keep he French Fleet at Oran from falling into *is control. Admiral Somerville was given ls command. He was later to write, “It’s all °° bloody for words and I curse the day I was ahded with this appointment. . . .” It might ^hke interesting reading if one of the non- ^0rribatants who thought up the Nuremberg 'als would write up what might have hap- Pched to Admiral Somerville re the Mers el cbir affair had Hitler and Tojo been calling the tune.
^tuch of the “Fighting Admiral’s” fighting was to be with his colleagues or superiors. One of these was Sir Edward Collins, with whom this reviewer went to Gibraltar in Argus in December 1940. However, the particular object of his wrath during the Mers el Kebir incident was Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Tom Phillips who was later to be lost with Prince of Wales and Repulse and cause Admiral Somerville to be promoted and reassigned to command the Eastern Fleet. Here, good fortune continued to smile upon him, and a few days after he assumed command he was saved from the same fate that befell Admiral Phillips simply because his four R-class battleships had been built for North Sea operations in War I and had not been modernized to give them distiller capacity to stay at sea for extended periods.
This reviewer was one of those who came out of the Philippines and Java and into Western Australia after the Battle of the Java Sea and felt that Nagumo would have furthered his cause to better advantage by hitting the tremendous amount of Allied shipping at Freemantle instead of making his run to Ceylon. However, on this point Samuel Eliot Morison prognosticates that Nagumo’s loss of qualified pilots at Ceylon probably helped assure our victories at Coral Sea and Midway.
During the ensuing two years in the Eastern Fleet, until he was relieved by Sir Bruce Fraser, no important operations were undertaken against the Japanese, principally due to inadequate resources. Historically, Admiral Somerville’s main activity during this period was his controversy with Admiral Mount- batten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, in a sort of Lee-Longstreet association, over the theater-planning staff. One of the great documents revealed in Captain Macintyre’s book is the letter written by Admiral Mountbatten to Admiral Somerville upon the former’s appointment as “Supremo.” In spite of assurances to the contrary, it is obvious that Admiral Somerville made little effort to understand or sympathize with Admiral Mountbatten’s problems. General Wedemeyer does not mention this planning problem in his book and apparently did not consider it a major issue. Each theater during War II seems to have had its share of dissidents; but if we get into trouble again we may
need more rather than fewer team players. One of Admiral Mountbatten’s great characteristics is that he did not break out the heavy artillery to counterattack flea bites, not even when they came from Beaverbrook.
Regarding the controversy over Pacific vs European planning methods during World War II, Sherwood in his “Roosevelt and Hopkins,” at least in this respect, showed rare insight when he wrote:
“The most important objectives in Southeast Asia from Churchill’s point of view, involved the reestablishment of British power in Singapore and Hongkong. It had been intended that Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia Command could be organized on the same brotherly bi-national basis as Eisenhower’s, and this might have been possible if Mount- batten had been completely independent of control by his home government. In Eisenhower’s command harmonious and whole hearted co-operation was possible because British and American objectives could be summed up in one word—Berlin.”
Brassey’s Annual—The Armed Forces Year-Book, 1961
Edited by Rear Admiral H. G. Thurs- field. Assistant Editors, Brigadier C. N. Barclay and Air Vice Marshal W. M. Yool. London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1961. Illustrated, 423 pages. $9.50.
REVIEWED BY
Ellery H. Clark, Jr.
(iCaptain Clark, U. S. Naval Reserve, is a frequent contributor to the Proceedings and served as an associate editor of the magazine for four years.)
Brassey’s 72nd issue provides its readers with a timely assessment of Soviet naval and air strength, based on the usual limited available information, and 34 articles of high merit on a broad variety of contemporary professional subjects, including nuclear and conventional warfare, NATO, and Britain’s armed forces. The usual excellent standards of photographic selection prevail and an evaluation of the year’s most important military books is a new, and welcome, feature.
Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield, in “Foreign Navies,” reports the Soviet submarine fleet probably numbers 440, half of which is
ocean-going. There are some 14 conventional Z-class boats equipped with missiles, al' though the Soviets are not believed to have developed submerged missile launching fa' cilities and techniques. Six nuclear-powered submarines are being constructed, of which three may have completed White Sea trials- Russia’s minesweeper fleet of 800 approximates the combined total for this type of all the NATO nations. Six modified Kotlin-class destroyers armed with guided missiles are nearing completion and some 25 of the projected 40 Kotlin-class vessels have been delivered. Asher Lee’s “The Soviet and Chinese Air Forces” predicts a dwindling of Soviet land-based strategic air power as they in* crease the “number of ICBM and IRBVt batteries and the number of ocean-going submarines capable of firing long-range nuclear Golem and Komet missiles.” He also depicts their continental air defense (PVO) as “the Achilles’ heel of Soviet strategy” and asserts the impossibility of building “more than 20,000 miles of continuous and effective strategic air-fencing around Soviet metropolitan, or indeed any other territory.”
Admiral Thursfield, in the annual’s opening essay, “Space Travel and Defence, concludes, “neither the Russian nor the American success in achieving a measure of ‘Space travel’ has any influence in matters °f defence.” In his considered opinion, space travel remains “a pipe-dream for those wh° are intoxicated by ‘Space Fiction,’ ” and he applauds Americans who are keeping their feet on the ground, thereby approaching a solution to problems of defense against aggression, which “will have to be solved on the ground.”
The admiral unequivocally acknowledges Brassey’s is devoted to maintenance of armed forces “of the ‘conventional’ pattern.” Perhaps in the 1962 issue Admiral Thursfield will examine, in some detail, air, sea, and ground aspects of conventional and nuclear warfare.
Various essays discuss implications of nuclear strategy and weapons. “Dispersal under the threat of nuclear attack, relatively poor intelligence, and the great range of the modern equivalent of artillery, make the problem military control far more severe than it was U1 the battles of the forties,” Sir Solly Zucker-
states in “Science and the Services.” E. Colston Shepherd’s “Conventional Forces in a Nuclear War” recommends continued emphasis upon the former and cites the Near East as an example of the deterrent effect of Western preparation for conventional war. Croup Captain le Cheminant’s “Tactical deterrence or Limited War?” suggests that the West, if its limited war strategy continues to embrace tactical use of nuclear weapons, should seek to establish distinctions between the various categories of tactical weapons.
NATO is a prominent subject. Assistant Editor Yool believes the “uneasy but peaceful balance” between Soviet and Western countries can be maintained by NATO forces Quipped with both conventional and nuclear 'Veapons. Major General Sixsmith prescribes, E>r continued NATO military success, an en- drged British army to meet established requiting figures and two-fold peace for France, b°th in Algeria and among her armed forces.
_ There are several articles of great naval 1 Uterest, united by a common bond of appreciation for the deterrent influence of U. S. nUclear-powcred, Polaris-equipped submarines. Admiral Sir William Davis, in “Mari- hrne Problems of the Atlantic,” discusses NATO’s lack of naval uniformity in war ^Pplies, including ammunition, and chal- tenges the wisdom of smaller member navies 111 attempting to build all-purpose fleets.
Nice Admiral Schofield’s second article, The ‘Polaris’ Fleet Ballistic Missile System,” n°t only provides an outstanding description and evaluation of the American system, but Predicts of carriers, “unless it were intended to Sacrifice such ships in one all-out attack, their future value as a deterrent force is small, although they may still have a useful role in conventional warfare.” Rear Admiral G. A. M. ^'Ison’s “Nuclear Propulsion for Ships” eyaluates the relative nuclear engineering Prospects for submarines, surface ships, and Merchant fleets, and concludes that money ruther than technology will govern the changeover rate to nuclear power by world Envies.
, At least three other articles deserve mention. “Officer Training in a Welfare State,” Author’s name omitted, recommends that 0Ricers under training should strive for “improvement both of scholastic vision and of force of character.” To achieve the former, “more adult education, and less spoon-fed dogma” is advised, for the latter, “an infinity of activities (in the mental field) which can develop individual talents.” Sir Leslie Ford contributes an engrossing up-to-date history of the Port of London, with a valuable dock pull-out map, and Rear Admiral H. E. Horan provides significant data on the proposed Channel tunnel.
Inevitable, occasional errors creep in; such as in spelling (U. S. submarine Hunley appears as Hundley), and finance (cost of U. S. nuclear submarines is cited individually as $100,000—three ciphers too few).
This reviewer compliments Admiral Thurs- field and his team for another fine issue of high-quality, thought-provocative, timely essays. All American naval personnel interested in the progress of their profession are encouraged to read and discuss this admirable British service annual, truly of international significance.
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15 Decisive Battles of the United States
By O. K. Armstrong. New York: Longmans, Green & Co. Inc., $5.95.
This book tells the story of the 15 most important battles of North American history from colonial times through World War II.
It presents in a highly readable manner the battles that have decided the course of American history.
German Naval Picture Books
Vol. 1, The Sunken Fleet By Cajus Bekker.
Vol. 2, The Sailing Schoolship Gorch Fock By Heinrich Klemme. Hamburg: Stalling und Verlagshaus, 1961. 12.80 DM each.
Volume one is a pictorial history of the German Navy from 1925 to 1945, containing action and identification photos of Germany’s capital ships during that period. The second volume describes several training cruises made by the bark Gorch Fock during 1959-60. The photographs of sailing ships at sea are excellent. Both books are in German.
Professional Heading
By Robert M. Langdon
• Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller (Little, Brown, $5.95) by Burke Davis. Definitely one of the best fighting-man biographies relating to American wars of the past half century- Story of Puller’s vigorous life of combat in Nicaragua, China, Guadalcanal (at its worst); Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Korea—actions which brought five Navy Crosses to this great Marine fighter. Same author’s earlier works on Lee and Jackson were especially well received-
• Seadragon (Dutton, $4.95) by Commander George P. Steele, U. S. Navy. This book’s central theme is the nuclear submarine Seadragon's discovery of an underwater Northwest Passage in 1960—a brilliant chapter in modern naval history and Arctic exploration. Corn[1] pares most favorably with the two other underwater-nuclear-polar accounts—Anderson S Nautilus 90 North and Calvert’s Surface at the Pole, and as do those books, gives pertinent insight into the professional role of Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.
• Jane's All The World’s Aircraft 1961-62 (McGraw-Hill, $35.00). This magnificent companion to Jane's Fighting Ships is the major source of information (including photographs and sketches) on aircraft of all types—military and civilian. In addition, a significant portion oi this great annual is devoted to “Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles”; also engines, airships (a dwindling section), etc. If a succinct account is wanted, say, of Gagarin’s Vostok I spaceship or Titov’s Vostok II or of the Project Mercury capsule, this truly unique reference work has it"' plus illustrations and details on the epic flights. All data are up to date through October 1961-
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The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915 .................................................................................. $5.00 ($3.75)
By Captain Stephen H. Evans, U. S. Coast Guard. A definitive history (With a Postscript: 1915-1949). 1949. 228 pages. Illustrated.
White Ensign, The British Navy at War, 1939-1945 ..................................................................... $4.50 ($3.38)
By Captain S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.). 1960. 480 pages. Illustrated.
We Build A Navy........................................................................................................................... $2.75 ($2.07)
By Lieutenant Commander H. H. Frost, USN. A vivid and dramatic narrative of our early Navy. 1929. 501 pages. Illustrated.
WORLD WAR II—KOREA (U. S.)
Most Dangerous Sea................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.50)
By Lieutenant Commander Arnold S. Lott, USN. 1959. 322 pages. 38 photographs.
The Sea War in Korea................................................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.50)
By Commander Malcolm W. Cagle, USN, and Commander Frank A. Manson, USN. 1957. 555 pages. 176 photographs. 20 charts.
The United States Coast Guard in World War II...................................................................... $6.00 ($4.50)
By Malcolm F. Willoughby. 1957. 347 pages. 200 photographs. 27 charts.
United States Destroyer Operations in World War II............................................................... $10.00 ($7.50)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1953. 581 pages. Illustrated.
United States Submarine Operations in World War II.............................................................. $10.00 ($7.50)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1949. 577 pages. Illustrated.
Special Price—2-volume set: Destroyer and
Submarine books (listed above)................................................................................................... $17 50 ($13.11)
WORLD WAR II—(OTHER NATIONS)
Der Scekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945 ............................................................... $5.00 ($3.75)
By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 440 pages. 43 photographs. 19 charts.
The Divine Wind, Japan’s Kamikaze Force In World War II................................................... $4.50 ($3.38)
By Captain Rikihei Inoguchi and Commander Tadashi Nakajima, former Imperial Japanese Navy, with Commander Roger Pineau, USNR. 1958. 240 pages. 61 photographs. 3 diagrams.
The French Navy in World War II............................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.50)
By Rear Admiral Paul Auphan, French Navy (Ret.), and Jacques Mordal. Translated by Captain A. C. J. Sabalot, USN (Ret.). 1959. 413 pages. 32 photographs. 13 charts and diagrams.
The Hunters and the Hunted................................................................................................. $3 50 ($2.63)
By Rear Admiral Aldo Cocchia, Italian Navy (Reserve). 1958. 180 pages. Photographs and diagrams.
The Italian Navy in World War II............................................................................................. $5.75 ($4.32)
By Commander Marc’Antonio Bragadin, Italian Navy. 1957. 380 pages. 121 photographs. 17 diagrams.
Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story . . . $4.50 ($3.38)
By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Roger Pineau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 266 pages. Illustrated.
SEA POWER
Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement............................................................ $2.00 ($1.60)
Edited by Commander Walter C. Blattmann, USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paper bound.
Geography and National Power................................................................................................ $2.50 ($2.00)
Edited by Professor William W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 155 pages.
A History of Naval Tactics from 1530 to 1930 ..................................................... $6.50 ($4.88)
The Evolution of Tactical Maxims. By Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, USN (Ret.), and Mary L. Robison. 1942. 956 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Logistics........................................................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Ret.). 1960. 351 pages. Illustrated.
Victory Without War, 1958-1961 ............................................................................................. $2.00 ($1.50)
By George Fielding Eliot. 1958. 126 pages.
seamanship
The Art of Knotting and Splicing............................................................................................... $5.00 ($3.75)
By Cyrus Day. Step-by-step pictures facing explanatory text. 2nd edition, 1955. 224 pages.
Elementary Seamanship............................................................................................................. $2.00 ($1.60)
Prepared by Lieutenant Commander Maurice C. Hartle, USN, Lieutenant Charles M. Lake, USN, Lieutenant Harry P. Madera, USN, and J. J. Metzger, BMC, USN (Ret.), of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation, U.S. Naval Academy. 1958. 81 pages. Illustrated. Paper bound.
Naval Shiphandling.................................................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Captain R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN. 2nd edition, 1960. 529 pages. 175 illustrations.
Navigation—piloting
Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting.............................................................................................. $8.00 ($6.40)
Prepared by Commander J. C. Hill, II, USN, Lieutenant Commander T. F. Utegaard, USN, and Gerard Riordan. (A completely rewritten text which supplants Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.) 1st edition, 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.
Practice Manual of the Compass................................................................................................... $3.60. ($2.88)
By Captain Harris Laning, USN, and Lieutenant Commander H. D. McGuire, USN. 1921. 173 pages. Illustrated.
The Rules of the Nautical Road.................................................................................................. $5.00 ($4.00)
By Captain R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lieutenant Alfred Prunski, U. S. Coast Guard. Revised 2nd edition, 1954. 577 pages. Illustrated.
PROFESSIONAL handbooks
The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy......................................................................................... $1.95 ($1.56)
Revised by Captain John V. Noel, Jr., USN, Commander Frederick C. Dyer, USNR, and Master Chief Journalist William J. Miller, USN. 16th edition, 1960. 641 pages. Illustrated.
The Coast Guardsman’s Manual................................................................................................... $4.00. ($3.20)
By Captain W. C. Hogan, USCG. Revised by Lieutenant Commander M. M. Dickinson, USCGR, assisted by Loran W. Behrens, BMC, USN-FR. 3rd edition, 1958. 819 pages. Illustrated.
Division Officer's Guide................................................................................................................ $2.25. ($1.80)
By Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 4th edition, 1959. 282 pages.
The Marine Officer’s Guide.......................................................................................................... $5.75. ($4.32)
By General G. C. Thomas, USMC (Ret.), Colonel R. D. Heinl, Jr., USMC, and Rear Admiral A. A. Ageton, USN (Ret.). 1956. 512 pages. 29 charts. 119 photographs.
The Naval Officer’s Guide............................................................................................................ $6.75. ($5.40)
By Rear Admiral Arthur A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), with Captain William P. Mack, USN. 5th edition, 1960. 619 pages. Illustrated.
Watch Officer’s Guide.................................................................................................................. $2.50. ($2.00)
Revised by Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 9th edition, 1961. 302 pages. Illustrated.
leadership
The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services................................................. $5.00. ($3.75)
By Captain Charles W. Shilling (MC), USN. 1955. 292 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Leadership, 2nd edition....................................................................................................... $3.50. ($2.80)
Compiled by Commander Malcolm E. Wolfe, USN, Captain Frank J. Mulholland, USMC, Commander John M. Laudenslager, MSC, USNR, Lieutenant Horace J. Connery, MSC, USN, Rear Admiral Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.), and Associate Professor Gregory J. Mann. 1959. 301 pages.
Naval Leadership, 1st edition......................................................................................................... $3.00. ($2.40)
Prepared at the U. S. Naval Academy for instruction of midshipmen. 1949. 324 pages.
Selected Readings in Leadership................................................................................................. $2.50 ($2.00)
Compiled by Commander Malcolm E. Wolfe, USN, and Captain F. J. Mulholland, USMC- Revised by Leadership Committee, Command Department, U. S. Naval Academy. Revised, 1960. 126 pages. Paper bound.
ENGINEERING
Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants........................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Commander C. N. Payne, USN. 1958. 187 pages. Illustrated.
Fundamentals of Construction and Stability of Naval Ships..................................................... $5.50 ($4.40)
By Professor Thomas C. Gillmer, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd edition, revised, 1959. 373 pages- Illustrated.
Internal Combustion Engines...................................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Commander P. W. Gill, USN, Commander J. H. Smith, Jr., USN, and Professor E. J- Ziurys. 4th edition, 1959. 570 pages. Illustrated.
Introduction to Applied Aerodynamics...................................................................................... $3,00 ($2.40)
By Commander Gregg Mueller, USN. 1957. 178 pages. Paper bound.
Introduction to Marine Engineering........................................................................................... $5.50 ($4.40)
By Professor Robert F. Latham, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 208 pages. Illustrated.
Prepared for Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 1952. 388 pages. Illustrated.
Marine Fouling and Its Prevention............................................................................................. $10.00 ($8.00)
MATHEMATICS
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables............................................ $1.65 ($1.32)
By the Department of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy. 1945. 89 pages.
The Rule of Nine................................................................................. $ .60 ($ .48)
By William Wallace, Jr. An easy, speedy way to check addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 1959. 27 pages. Paper bound.
ELECTRONICS
Fundamentals of Sonar...................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
By Dr. J. Warren Horton. 2nd edition, 1959. 417 pages. 186 figures.
Edited by Professor John L. Daley, U. S. Naval Academy, and Commander F. S. Quinn, Jr-> USN. 2nd edition, 1957. 492 pages. 556 figures.
Principles of Electronics and Electronic Systems.......................... $7.50 ($6.00)
LAW
A Brief History of Courts-Martial............................................................................................. $ .50 ($ .40)
By Brigadier General James Snedeker, USMC (Ret.) . 1954 . 65 pages. Paper bound.
International Law for Seagoing Officers................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.50)
By Commander Burdick H. Brittin, USN, and Dr. Liselotte B. Watson. 2nd edition, I960- 318 pages. Illustrated.
Military Law............................................................................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
Compiled by Captain J. K. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Commander H. B. Sweitzer, USN- Revised and edited by Commander M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Lieutenant Commander R. E Gulick, USN. 1958. 90 pages.
LANGUAGES
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese............................................................................................ $6.50 ($5.20)
By Associate Professor Guy J. Riccio, U. S. Naval Academy. 1957. 299 pages.
Naval Phraseology......................................................................................................................... $4.50 ($3.00)
English-French-Spanish-Italian-German-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages.
Russian Conversation and Grammar, 3rd edition, 1960
By Professor Claude P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy
Vol. One—109 pages. Paper bound . $2.50 ($2.00)
Vol. Two—121 pages. Paper bound .............................................................................................. $2.50 ($2.00)
Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology.................................................................................... $4.00 ($3.20)
SPORTS—ATHLETICS
Physical Education Series----------- V-5
Association of America
Basketball . . Temporarily out of stock
Boxing............................................ $4.00 ($3.00)
Revised, 1950. 288 pages Conditioning Exercises . . $4.50 ($3.38)
3rd edition, 1960. 275 pages Football . . . Temporarily out of stock
Gymnastics and Tumbling . $4.50 ($3.38)
2nd revised edition, 1959. 414 pages.
Hand to Hand Combat . . $4.00 ($3.00)
1943. 228 pages
Modern Fencing.........................................................
By Clovis Deladrier, U. S. Naval Academy.
Squash Racquets . . ...........................
By Commander Arthur M. Potter, USNR. bound.
How to Survive on
Land and Sea................................ $4.00. ($3.00)
2nd revised edition, 1956. 366 pages. Intramural Programs . . . $4.00 ($3.00)
Revised, 1950. 249 pages.
Soccer........................................... $4.50. ($3.38)
3rd edition, 1961. 172 pages.
Swimming and
Diving .... Temporarily out of stock Track and Field .... $4.00 ($3.00)
Revised, 1950. 217 pages.
Championship Wrestling . . $4.50 ($3.38)
1958. 223 pages
...................................................... $3.00. ($2.25)
48. 289 pages. Illustrated.
................................................... $1.60 ($1.28)
58. 50 pages. Photographs and diagrams. Paper
SERVICE life
The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations......................................................... $4.00 ($3.00)
Edited .by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957 . 244 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage................................................................................. $5.50 ($4.13)
By Vice Admiral Leland P. Lovette, USN (Ret.). 4th edition, 1959. 358 pages. Illustrated.
Service Etiquette................................................................................................................... $5.50 ($4.13)
By Rear Admiral Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.), Captain Brooks J. Harral, USN, and Oretha D. Swartz. Correct Social Usage for Service Men on Official and Unofficial Occasions. 1959. 365 pages.
Welcome Aboard.................................................................................................................. $4.00 ($3.00)
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval officer’s bride. 5th edition, 1960. 273 pages.
S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Annapolis Today................................................................................................................... $4.00 ($3.00)
By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. 1957. 300 pages. 59 photographs.
The Book of Navy Songs....................................................................................................... $2.65 ($1.99)
Compiled by the Trident Society of the Naval Academy. Over 90 old and new songs. 160 pages. Illustrated. Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members.
Your Naval Academy........................................................................................................... $1.00 ($ .75)
By Midshipmen Burton and Flart. A handsome 48-page pictorial presentation of a Midshipman’s life at the Naval Academy. Brief descriptive captions. 1955. Paper bound.
Proceedings Cover Pictures.................................................................................................. $2.50 ($1.88)
Sets of all 12 cover pictures appearing on the Proceedings in each year of 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959. Printed on 13 X 13 mat. Complete set of 12 for any year.
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