The Submarine's Long Shadow

By Commander Robert H. Smith, Jr., U.S. Navy
March 1966
Prize Essay, 1966The idea of the submarine perhaps entered the mind of man not long after he first looked at the sea. But, until the present century, the history ...

East of Suez

by Lieutenant Commander James Stewart, Royal Navy (Retired)
March 1966
During the last five years the center of gravity of the Cold War has moved eastward, and the underdeveloped countries of Africa and Asia have replaced Europe as the primary ...

Needed: A Credible Presence

By Lieutenant Commander John E. Withrow, Jr., U. S. Navy
March 1966
But the region is too vast, the unrest too universal, the stakes too high, for the United States to ask the British to continue to ‘go it alone.’

New War in Vietnam

By Colonel Bryce F. Denno, U. S. Army, (Retired)
March 1966
New War in VietnamBy Colonel Bryce F. Denno, U. S. Army, (Retired)The introduction of U. S. combat forces has precipitated a new—many consider it the fourth distinct phase ...

A History of Man's Deep Submergence

By Commander W. F. Searle, Jr., U. S. Navy
March 1966
Man has submerged in the sea since earliest history. Archeologists have classified mother-of-pearl artifacts dating from 4500 B.C.; the Emperor Yu in China is reported to have received oyster pearls ...

The Sea of Matrimony

by Lieutenant Commander Philip E. Jerauld, CHC, U. S. Navy
March 1966
In discussions of the retention in the Navy of non-rated enlisted men, far too little has been said constructively about the marital status of these men, considering that it vitally ...

Prize Photography 1966

March 1966
For more than 75 years, photography has appeared in the pages of the United States Naval Institute Proceedings, supplementing the written word, providing a growing, graphic history of the world's ...

Comment and Discussion

March 1966
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Book Reviews and Book List

March 1966
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USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26)

by Robert Niblock Assistant Public Information Officer, Naval Oceanographic Office
March 1966
Oceanographers have traditionally gone to sea to collect the data for their studies of the world oceans in just about any ship that would float. Some still set out in ...

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