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With the Red Fleet

Memoirs of Admiral Arseni G. Golovko, Soviet Navy. Translated by Peter Broom­field. London: Putnam, 1965. 247 pages. Illustrated. 30 shillings.

REVIEWED BY

Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield,

Royal Navy (Retired)

(Admiral Schofield was Director of Trade Division {Convoys and Routeing) in Admiralty from 1941 to 1943, after which he commanded the battleship Duke of York which, as a unit of the Home Fleet, took part in naval operations in the Arctic. He is author of the recently pub­lished history The Russian Convoys.)

Comparatively few books have been pub­lished in English from which it is possible to learn how the Russians conducted their ti­tanic struggle against Germany in World War II. These memoirs of the late Admiral Arseni Grigorievich Golovko, Commander- in-Chief of Russia’s Northern Fleet during that period, are therefore of great interest.

Admiral Golovko was one of the 10,000 in­doctrinated young Communists (Komsomols) who were drafted to the various naval schools to be trained as seamen between 1923 and 1927, following the Kremlin’s decision to re­constitute the Red Navy. As Vice Admiral Sir Aubrey Mansergh, Royal Navy, points out in his Preface, the memoirs “provide a good deal of evidence for a character study of their writer, a highly professional officer, ap­pointed at a comparatively early age ... to a post of considerable responsibility,” and they reveal, with at times startling candour, the author’s thoughts and opinions of his own high command and also of his allies. The limits of his command appear to have in­cluded the Arctic coastline bordering the Kara and Barents Seas, a distance of some 2,000 miles, to which must be added that of the 500-mile-long islands of the Novaya Zemlya group. He does not say what his fleet contained, but there is reason to believe that it totaled some 40 submarines, a dozen de­stroyers and torpedo boats, together with a number of minesweepers and auxiliaries.

When Admiral Golovko relieved his prede­cessor on 7 August 1940, he was faced with the task of restoring discipline in, as well as organizing base facilities for, the newly formed Northern Fleet. Premier Joseph Sta­lin’s instruction to him about the importance of the area as a means of maintaining sea communications between Russia and the Western states was, unfortunately, not backed up by the provision of adequate tools for the job. In fact, when war broke out, neither the Russians nor the Germans were prepared for extended naval operations in Arctic Waters.

One of Admiral Golovko’s first duties when hostilities began was, as he relates, to assist the Soviet 14th Army in repulsing the Ger­man attempt to capture Murmansk. He speedily organized naval battalions of volun­teers to fight with the troops and also amphib­ious forces with which he successfully harassed the enemy’s flank, while supporting that of his own army. These activities reveal him as a man of considerable initiative and ability. He was under no delusion about the inadequacy of Murmansk as a terminal port for the Arctic convoys when these could no longer be routed to Archangel as the White Sea froze over. “Now there is no end to our troubles,” he wrote ruefully. Although he pointed out these shortcomings to the Kremlin, nothing was done to remedy them.

Despite the presence of a British liaison group under a rear admiral at Murmansk, Admiral Golovko consistently misunderstood the reasons for such events as the loss of the British cruisers Trinidad and Edinburgh, the PQ..17 convoy disaster, and other misfortunes which befell the convoys bringing aid to his hard-pressed country. Admiral Golovko mag­nifies out of all proportion the assistance which his forces were able to give with the protection of the convoys, hence his com­ments on these events are of little interest to the historian. Despite post-war evidence to

his

interview with Stalin in Moscow in Octo-

f. ^L contrary, he remained unshaken in his be- P ^lhat the submarine K-21 of his command ^Q tained a hit on the German battleship ^lrpitz when the latter sailed to attack con- '°y PQ.17. On the other hand, his account of

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^er 1943, which followed the exchange of ?^0rne rather sultry telegrams between the ‘jtter ^and Prime Minister Winston Churchill ^{a 3}out the resumption of the convoys, gives ^a glimpse of the workings of the Soviet 'gh Command not previously revealed. It * ^ovvs that the tough line taken by Churchill .'nally led Stalin to a realization of the press- ^lrig ^necd to provide better protection for the convoys within the Russian zone and, as a '^esult, Admiral Golovko received the rein- ⁰¹ cements of aircraft and ships which he had ^ⁿg requested. It is also interesting to learn f'K ^            ^^ussi^an Premier was not deceived by

' nr chill’s threat to halt the convoys. Throughout the memoirs runs praiseworthy ^Cviden_Ce of the Admiral’s solicitude for those serving under him, and there are frequent,

almost Tolstoyan expressions of emotion over the loss of a ship or an aircraft from his com­mand. The book leaves one with the conclu­sion that Admiral Golovko was given a tough assignment, and he did a very good job with the means at his disposal. One can only regret that an officer with such outstanding quali­ties was unable to rise above the Communist doctrine of suspicion and distrust in which he had been brought up, so that, as Admiral Mansergh writes, “Every motive is misin­terpreted, every gift horse looked sourly in the mouth.” Perhaps this is the measure of the problem which the world is facing today, and it is from a study of memoirs such as these that we may be able to understand, if not to bridge, the gap which separates the ideologies of East and West, and which is ex­pressed in the words of Russian novelist Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, “I agree with no man’s opinion. I have some of my own.” The book is illustrated with some excellent photo­graphs from Russian sources, and the trans­lation reads very well.

The Great Debate:

Theories of Nuclear Strategy

By Raymond Aron. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965. 265 pages. $4.95 (paper, 95^).

REVIEWED BY

Lieutenant William T. Pendley,

U. S. Navy

(Lieutenant Pendley is currently a Ph.D. candidate in international relations at the American University in Washington, D. C.)

The greater the stability at the level of ulti­mate weapons, the more uncertain it be­comes at the level of conventional ones. The more the gap between limited wars and con­ventional arms on the one hand and nuclear arms on the other is stressed in both word and

deed, the less reason there is to fear escalation. The less reason to fear escalation, the greater the probability of limited conflicts. Hence the tension among allies, some of whom are mainly afraid of all-out war while others worry just as much about limited ones.

Thus writes Raymond Aron in The Great Debate, the product of his lectures on the in­fluence of modern armaments on diplomacy delivered at the Institute d’Etudes Politiques of the University of Paris in 1962-1963. The book is an attempt to explain U. S. nuclear strategy to the French people and Mr. Aron brings to this task a wide range of experience as a noted French political scientist and jour­nalist and the author of several excellent works in political science and history includ­ing The Century of Total War (1954) and War and the Industrial Society (1958).

Two basic revolutions have taken place in weaponry since 1945, and Mr. Aron stresses that any strategic theory must develop in the setting of these two revolutions. The first revolution was in energy, with the develop­ment of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. The second was in time, with the develop­ment of the ballistic missile.

After examining in this context the de­velopment of U. S. strategic theory, The Great Debate turns its attention to the product of the evolution of U. S. strategic theory—the “McNamara Doctrine.” The author finds several common elements of American stra­tegic theorists incorporated in this doctrine including: (1) a basic fear of nuclear prolifera­tion; (2) a concern to keep communications open to adversaries even during hostilities; and (3) a recognition of the need for conven­tional capability adequate to avoid the re­quirement for immediate nuclear escalation by substituting, instead, concepts of option and of pause. The book’s review of the de­velopment of U. S. strategic theory and the incisive examination of the McNamara Doc­trine are excellent.

The author then turns to an examination of the European rfcactioii ' to the McNamara Doctrine. He finds several common adverse reactions centering on the manpower and monetary costs and on a fear of the “dis- atomization” of Europe. However, The Great Debate contains the basic and, in the author’s opinion, valid European criticism of present-

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^daY American strategic doctrine:

In the abstract . . . the doctrine of gradu- response may seem eminently reason- ^{a e}! but considered in its proper historic and geographic context it appears to be a sort of msurance policy. As such, it may be under­^standable and legitimate from the American Point of view but it does not necessarily coin­cide with the national interest of Frenchmen and Germans because the primary purpose of ^{1 e} policy is to minimize the risk of a big war * at might involve the continental United tates at the price of putting up with little “• (little, that is, when viewed from across k 'll ^^CCan^ *^{n w}hieh only Europeans would be

⁽ine of the most interesting sections of The ^reat Debate is that brief part devoted to a con- ₈'^ast °I the apparent nuclear strategy of the |^0Vlet Union with the nuclear strategy of the nited States. It is presented as being ironic ^at the United States stresses the strategic octrine of graduated response while the ^viet Union appears to accept a minimum _i ^< |^Prrence concept at the same time that the j.¹ J^tary capabilities and geographic positions j.^{1 le tw}° “superpowers” would appear to in- ^'cate just the opposite in preferred strategies.

^e author, recognizing the intimate rela- th°^nS«iP ^strategy ^ar|d capability, warns ₍ ^at. Anyone proclaiming a strategy that is anifestly beyond his capabilities courts the . ^s' ol results drastically different from those ^tended.” Mr. Aron thus indicates that he is _of^ot convinced, despite U. S. reassessments th ^OV'^Ct conventional strength since 1961, ^at the West has adequate conventional capability to support the American strategic ' Sk-^{enCe aroun<}^ the Eurasian periphery.

Ati               his attention to the future of the

^antic Alliance, the author presents the thi ^{IOr strate}S^^c consensus and advances '^ee alternatives available in the area of _a,^UC ear ^control in NATO. These alternatives c, m the order of the author’s preference: pU. ^,eh^)rrns in the structure and command of _aj ° for greater European participation °ⁿg lines similar to those presented in (₂^astair Buchan’s NATO in the 1960's (1960);

' the formation of a European nuclear force linked with that of the United States; f ) American surrender of the monopoly of nirnand and unification of the deterrent

through co-ordination of the three national forces. It would appear that these alterna­tives are the only real ones available in the area of nuclear control despite the multitude of elaborate schemes now under discussion.

The Great Debate is an excellent book and will be valuable for any one who desires to see American strategic development and Euro­pean reactions to it through the penetrating eyes of a leading European thinker.

The New Military

Edited by Morris Janowitz. New York: Russel Sage Foundation, 1964. 369 pages. $6.50.

REVIEWED BY

Colonel William R. Kintner,

U. S. Army (Retired)

(Colonel Kintner saw combat in World War II and the Korean War and last served as Chief of Plans for the Strategic Analysis Section, Co-ordination Group, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, before retiring in 1961. He is now Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania.)

In this work Morris Janowitz has assembled the writings of an outstanding group of schol­ars, primarily sociologists, to survey the human and social characteristics of our armed forces. Mr. Janowitz has been one of the first American sociologists to undertake pioneering work in this important and too often ignored sector of American life. The present analysis makes a major contribution to a better understanding of what makes the armed forces perform, both as institutions and in terms of the individual motivation of the people who belong to them.

The volume is of use to the civilian who maintains an interest in the armed forces be­cause of the significant role they play in terms of the domestic economy, as an instrument of American foreign policy, or because of some patriotic interest in our fighting services. The New Military can also be read with great profit by the professional military officer, the active duty reserve officer, or those men who have made a short or longer term career in the enlisted ranks of all the services.

Momentous changes have taken place in the armed services as a consequence of World War II and the interminable Cold War and its numerous crises. The armed forces have also been transformed by the dynamically changing technology in defense planning, management, strategy, and operations.

In the long run, the new technology may have the greatest impact on the structure, organization, and composition of our armed forces. This prospect can be illustrated by remarks made by Dr. Eugene G. Fubini, recently retired Assistant Secretary of De­fense and Deputy Director of Defense Re­search and Engineering, when he suggested that communication satellites may enable Washington to listen in on the conversation between a destroyer commanding officer and his squadron leader. Dr. Fubini then raised the question, “What effect will this have upon military organization or in changing the line of command which has traditionally followed the lines of communication?” It is the impact of such changes which is examined with great care and with meticulous respect to available data in the series of papers which comprise this survey entitled The New Military.

The book’s five major divisions are: Intro­duction, Managerial Forms and Succession, Professional Socialization, Social Cohesion Under Prolonged Stress, and Career Commit­ment and Retirement. In his introduction to the research papers that make up this book, Dr. Janowitz presents a concise precis of the ground covered. The topics treated are prac­tical ones and the conclusions drawn are equally concrete. Thus, in terms of the educa­tional attainment of its members, its propor­tion of skilled to unskilled members, and with respect to its racial practices, we are told that the military establishment “is a prototype of rationalized advanced bureaucratic struc­ture.” The conflict between technological organizations and the military, which must still discharge the primitive function of com-

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bat is skillfully explored by the author.

The rotation policies which the military services have long used, and which many American business corporations are increas­ingly adopting, is examined in some detail. The conclusion reached is that rotation sys­tems weaken personal executive authority and encourage the development of a general acceptance of professional and organizational authority. The rather awkward term “profes­sional socialization” relates to the kind of values which the military seeks to develop among service personnel. The two studies dealing with social cohesion reaffirm the fact that group or inter-group cohesion rather than ideological or patriotic motivation pro­vides the surest basis for military morale. However, primary group solidarity is not enough. The groups or units themselves must be thoroughly committed to the goals of the services of which they are a part.

The subject of career commitment and re­tirement deals with the problems of securing officers with large varieties of backgrounds to serve in today’s skill-demanding armed forces. It also deals with the fact that military service for both officers and enlisted personnel is be­coming more and more the first phase of a two-phase career. It discusses the paradoxical situation in which officers and enlisted men with the most obvious military skills have the least “transferability” to civilian life.

If one fault can be found in the book, it is the assumption that U. S. military forces are already more or less organized to fulfill the functions of a constabulary force. Dr. Janowitz had previously defined this concept in his book, The Professional Soldier, in this way: “The Military Establishment becomes a constabu­lary force when it is continuously prepared to act, committed to the minimum use of force, and seeks viable international relations rather than victory because it has incorporated pro­tective military posture.”

This reviewer does not know whether this nebulous concept is or should be in all cir­cumstances the guideline for the development and control of our military forces. The fact that these excellent studies on specific sectors of our armed forces takes this concept as a point of departure tends to give the analysis an orientation which may hamper rather than enhance one’s understanding of the con-

temporary problems facing the U. S. armed °rces. This caveat aside, The New Military "i be rewarding reading for those concerned ^e range of important problems ana- V^zed between its covers.

. ^is[°ry of Communications-Electronics ^ln the United States Navy

^By Captain L. S. Howeth, U. S. Navy (Re­tired). Washington, U. C.: Government Anting Office, 1963. 657 pages. Illus­trated. $4.75.

Reviewed by T. A. M. Craven

{Mr. Craven is a 1913 graduate of the Naval Academy. jJ ^seri)ed as the Fleet Radio Officer and authored the first ^av<tl Communications Frequency Plan before resigning ^{as a} lieutenant commander in 7930. He is a private com­munications consultant and has twice served on the ^e cral Communications Commission.)

history is comprehensive, accurate, ^a°d interesting. It is “must” reading for not ¹¹ y U. S. naval personnel, but also for those Associated with the communications-elec- 'onics industry of the United States.

art I of the book is a most interesting nar- ^ative of the development of communications b''or to World War I. It dearly portrays the ^ y influence of the U. S. Navy in the radio P lases of this development. It also depicts the _t Citations, frustrations, and even resistance j⁰ the organization and prompt use of radio •°^r tactical purposes in the Fleet. Also shown !^S reluctance of the then recently estab- to ^C<^ ^ ^ei^ectric equipment manufacturers . P'nflnce radios, thus forcing the Navy to y m large measure upon foreign inanu- j ^ctUrers for early naval radio equipment, essons can be drawn from these early differ- ^nces of opinion and consequent hesitations even active resistance to bring order out chaos by adopting principles of national

^nd International regulation of the then new media r      °

ot communications.

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_c ^{ai 1} 1 also indicates that while the first suc- ^SS nl operation of naval radio was demon- ^'ated in the latter part of 1899 on board two ₍J^U al vessels, the problem of radio interfer- hu"⁶' ^Causeb the U. S. Navy to remain un- l ^{I le}d in its search for radio equipment, y ^{1 w}as not until the end of 1902 that the _r avy was ready to conduct tests with 12 f ^{10 Set}s produced by six different manu- cturers, only two of which were American.

The description of the tests, the decision to purchase foreign radio equipment for the Navy, and the consequent relations between the Navy and parts of the early U. S. radio industry is revealing history.

Of significance is the reaction of senior officers after the Navy’s first long-range use of radio in the Fleet in the summer of 1903. These officers resented radio because it caused impingement upon their prerogatives while on the high seas.

The problems encountered by the Navy in training personnel for the strategic use of radio are also described. From this can be appreciated the need for early training of men to make full and early use of new technical developments.

The final chapters of Part I deal with the early growth of naval communications, in­cluding the establishment of a naval radio research laboratory, the efforts to develop aircraft radio, the development of the Fleet Radio Organization, the establishment of the Naval Radio Service and many other activi­ties, and are both interesting and of educa­tional value to those concerned with com­munication in general.

Part II is entitled “The Golden Age.” “This part of the history begins with the out­break of World War I and relates the Navy’s dominant position in the development and improvement of radio communications and equipment during our neutrality and pre­paredness period, and the months of our participation in the war and during the period of return to normalcy. It also relates the development of commercial broadcasting and the effect of this upon Government radio communications,” according to the prologue.

The title, “The Golden Age,” is pertinent because it was during this period the Navy made its contribution to the development not only of new radio equipment for ships, air­craft, arid shore stations but, more important, its greatest contribution to the economy of radio operation and manufacture in this country. It was during this time that the United States became independent of Euro­pean domination in radio development and also became a world leader in this field.

In Part III, which is entitled “The Elec­tronic Age,” are depicted the roles and prob­lems of the Navy during the period between World Wars I and II, as well as beyond World War II. Described in this part is the influence of broadcasting on the Navy’s development and use of radio, as well as the impact of naval communications on broadcasting. It illustrates the adverse impact of the depres­sion on the Navy’s electronic research. It also shows the vast progress made in the develop­ment of electronic weapons systems during and after World War II. These systems in­clude improved radar, sonar, long range navi­gation equipment, the proximity fuse, and guided missiles.

The Navy’s role in both national and inter­national radio regulation and co-operation is described accurately and comprehensively in this excellent volume.

Raeder, Hitler und Skandinavien

By Carl-Axel Gemzell. Lund, Sweden:

G. W. K. Glecrup, 1965. 390 pages. Maps-

Swed. Crs. 45. (Also Frankfurt am Main,

Germany: Bernard & Graefe; DM 35.) *

The Swedish author presents a scholarly, German-language analysis of the evolution of German naval strategy between the two World Wars, with special concern for control of support bases. Abandoning the Tirpitz con­cept of a decisive confrontation in European waters, the new naval thinking envisaged a surface navy warring on commerce in the open Atlantic. Vice Admiral Wolfgang Wegener’s book The Strategy of the World War (1926) established the lines of the new doc­trine, exerting a dominant influence on the thinking of the German naval officer corps.

Contrary to Grand Admiral Erich Raeder’s testimony at Nurnberg, England was com­monly considered a chief naval target, and coastal bases in Norway and elsewhere were recurrent subjects for staff studies and war games, according to the author. The critical listing and evaluation of sources (archives, journals, books, testimony, eye-witnesses) make this work a prime reference for students of pre-World War II naval planning. C.P.L-

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Professional Heading

Compiled by Robert M. Langdon

Air Transport Policy and National Security

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Thayer, Jr., U. S. p ^F°rce. Chapel Hill, N. C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1965. 352 pp. $8.00.

A detailed political, economic, and military analysis.

I^{s v}°lume emerged from the author’s Ph D. thesis sup *^{S unc}>oubtedly the most thorough study of the

^^rrns, Money, and Politics

Julius Duscha. New York: Ives Washburn, 1965. *¹⁰Pp. $4.50.

_a Y^{ltQT Fir} TAe Washington Post discusses the politics economics of defense spending and offers solu- °ns for some of the problems raised.

Lhina and the Peace of Asia

Alastair Buchan (Ed.). New York: Praeger, 1965. *^³ PP- $6.00.

°^u(teen papers by Asian, European, and American specialists, delivered at the 1964 Oxford symposium fⁿ j}^S'^an security under the auspices of the Institute ^0r strategic Studies in Great Britain.

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^e Communist Revolution in Asia

tuheri A. Scalapino (Ed.). Edgewood Cliffs, N. J.: ^rentice-Hall, 1965. 406 pp.

^ prominent University of California political scien- ^stJoins with 12 American authorities to provide “the ^0st. current and complete single source on Com- unism in the major countries of Asia.” Emphasis is erstandably devoted to the emergence of a Chi- c^^-duminated bloc of Communist parties. The book stains detailed notes and bibliographies.

Decision-Making for Defense

Charles J. Hitch. Berkeley: University of California ^^ress> >965. 83 pp. $2.95.

^Fr‘ef but important volume consisting of lectures by ^ ‘pier Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); ^XP ores authoritatively the search for the best “or* I ^zational instrument for bringing our resources to ^ear on the task of survival.”

Documents on American Foreign Relations, 1964

Jules Davids (Ed.). New York: Harper, 1965. 460 pp. $7.50.

This indispensable reference source is a well-selected compendium of major state papers reflecting Amer­ica’s role in foreign affairs; ideal as a documentary appendix to the parallel volume on The United Stales in World AJfairs, 1964.

Documents on Disarmament 1964

U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1965. 597 pp. $1.50 (paper).

Contains several score documents (speeches, news releases, diplomatic notes, working papers, interde­partmental communications, etc.), providing a de­tailed review of the disarmament theme for 1964. Also detailed extracts of the Fourth Annual Report of the U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

Elizabethan Military Science

Henry J. Webb. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. 288 pp. Illus. $7.50.

A study of contemporary writings and their influence on the theory and practice of warfare in England during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Engine Powered Vessel

W. A. Baker. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1965. 268 pp. Illus. $14.95.

From paddle wheel to nuclear propulsion; excellent graphic coverage; a Tre Tryckare publication.

From My Level: Unwritten Minutes

George Mallaby. New York: Atheneum, 1965. 222 pp. $5.00.

From his position as wartime secretary to the British Chiefs of Staff, the author was able to observe at close quarters such major wartime leaders as Chur­chill, Allanbrooke, Ismay, Portal, Pound, and Cun­ningham. He presents keen reflections on many war­time figures and events.

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Flush Decks and

Four Pipes

By Commander John D. Alden, U. S. Navy

SEA POWER MONOGRAPH NUMBER 2

If there has ever been such a thing in the history of the United States Navy as a typically American class of ship, the flush-deck destroyers of World War I came closest to filling the bill. The second monograph in the U.S. Naval Institute’s new Sea Power series tells their story from their entrance on the stage of war in 1917 until the last of them, ending her days as a Central American banana boat, was scrapped in 1955 • 110 photographs • Deck and accommodation plans • Data on all 273 flush- deckers • Bibliography • List Price $7.50 • Mem­ber's Price $6.00

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International Political Communication

W. Phillips Davison. New York: Praeger, 1965. 404 pp. $7.50.

A RAND Corporation analyst, and author of The Berlin Blockade (1958), takes a detailed look at both deliberate and inadvertent uses of information which influence political attitudes in foreign countries. The use of information by the United States, the methods of communication employed by the Communist na­tions, and the private channels for the dissemination of news and opinion are examined.

Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft 1965-66

John IV. R. Taylor (Ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 533 pp. Illus. $45.00.

A standard reference work with special sections on air-cushion vehicles and U. S. and Soviet satellites.

La Marina Mercante Iberoamericana 1965

Buenos Aires: Instituto de Estudios de la Marina Mercante, 1965. 579 pp. Illus.

Annual survey (in Spanish) of Central and South American merchant ships and shipping.

The Last Sail Down East

Giles M. S. Tod. Barre, Mass.: Barre Publishers, 1965. 281 pp. Illus. $7.50.

A nostalgic story of the end of the windship era in New England waters; deals especially with the com­mercial sailing ships which were active after 1935.

Merchant Ships: World Built

A. J. Stewart (Ed.). Tuckahoe, N. Y.: de Grafl, 1965. 176 pp. Illus. $9.50.

An excellent directory of merchant ships completed in 1964, a period in which Japan led its nearest com­petitor in ships launched by a four-to-one margin; dimensions, particulars, photographs, and drawings.

The Most Formidable Thing

Rear Admiral Sir William Jameson, K. B. E., Royal Navy. London: Rupert-Hart Davis, 1965. 280 pp. Illus. 42s.

The British author of Ark Royal (1957) and The Fleet That Jack Built (1962) presents the story of the sub­marine from its earliest days to the end of World War I, with more than half of the volume devoted to that war; good bibliography and notes.

Not So Blind

Ian Colvin. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1965. 360 pp. $5.95.

The role of British diplomat Lord Vansittart, Perma­nent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1930 to 1938, in the origins of World War II.

Portsmouth and the Royal Navy

Ofow Warner. London: Gale and Polden, 1965. ⁴⁰ PP- Illus. 5s.

(V¹ Illustrated booklet issued to commemorate the "penary of the launching of HMS Victory, by one ⁰ ritain’s leading naval historians.

The Sailing Yacht:

°w It Developed—How It Works

^Jf^an Baader. New York: Norton. 1965. 336 pp. ^U1us. $10.00.

^ y^acht designer, builder, and sailor attempts an en- ^yc °Prdic work which is especially useful for its '-'overage of the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of ^{sai ln}g; well illustrated and readable.

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Space: Its Impact on Man and Society

Lillian Levy (Ed.). New York: Norton, 1965. 228 pp. $4.50.

A symposium on a variety of questions—legal, eco­nomic, political, military, and moral—relating to space exploration.

The United States and Japan

Edwin 0. Reischauer. Cambridge: Harvard Uni­versity Press, 1965. 396 pp. $6.50.

A useful updating of the clearest survey of U.S.-Japa­nese relations since the opening of Japan in 1853. Author is a former Harvard professor who has been U. S. Ambassador to Japan since 1961.

Sails Through the Centuries

}'.‘^rrl Bvensson. New York: Macmillan, 1965.

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rawings. $5.95.

115 pp.

superb history of sails and sailing ships, from the r test Roman merchantmen and Viking ships to the ^a tirnore clipper and other turn-of-the-century uierican sailing vessels.” With excellent drawings by °rdon Macfie; a Tre Tryckare publication.

The United States in World Affairs, 1964

Jules Davids. New York: Harper and Row, 1965. 386 pp. $6.95.

An annual covering all of the major questions of American foreign policy in the first year of President Johnson’s administration; a detailed reference book presented in a readable narrative.

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0ci°logy and the Military Establishment

^lorris Janowitz and Lieutenant Colonel Roger U. S. Air Force, New York: Russell Sage °undation, 230 Park Avenue, 1965. 136 pp. $1.50.

Secrecy and the Arms Race

‘Martin C. McGuire. Cambridge: Harvard Uni­versity Press, 1965. 249 pp. $5.95.

^ department of Defense operations research analyst ^employ_s economic, theories to examine the effect of secrecy and information on the arms race; technical ^and not for the general reader.

4 he Secret of D-Day: When and Where

2f^es Berrault. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965. 249 pp. 84.95.

An

^entertaining, popular account of British and Ger- ^ITl.^an intelligence activities throughout World War II ^{1 1} particular emphasis on the French Resistance.

Ships of the U. S. Merchant Fleet

John A.. Culver. (Distributed by John de Graff, ^New York, 1965.) 88 pp. Illus. $5.95.

^evi_si_{0n 0}f the author’s 1963 listing of U. S. mer- ^ant ships with basic dimensions and particulars.

revision and updating of Professor Janowitz’s 'oneering work first published in 1959. The authors ^emPt “to (1) analyze the functions of primary th°^Uf^)S within the military system and (2) consider soc" ^ImPhcations of the military system on the larger

The Vietnam Reader

Marcus G. Raskin and Bernard Fall (Eds.). New York: Random House, 1965. 415 pp. $5.95.

A well-edited compilation of prominent officials’ views and documents on the Southeast Asia struggle and America’s role in it, with emphasis on the post 1954 era. Editor Fall is especially well known for his Street Without Joy (1964) and The Two Vietnams (1963).

The Western Alliance: Its Status and Prospects

Edgar S. Furniss, Jr. (Ed.). Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1965. 182 pp. $4.75.

Eight top-level NATO practitioners express their per­sonal views on the Western Alliance.

Wilson: Campaigns for Progressivism and Peace, 1916-1917

Arthur S. Link. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965. 464 pp. $8.50.

This is the fifth volume in this author’s monumental life of Wilson; covers the period of the 1916 presi­dential campaign to the entry of the United States into World War I.

Years of Urgency 1938-1941

John Morton Blum. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 443 pp.

A Yale historian’s second volume based on the expan­sive diary maintained by Henry Morganthau, Secre-

SEA POWER MONOGRAPH NUMBER 1

Every vessel that cleared customs at Annapolis between 1748 and 1775 is named, along with her owner, her master, where and when she was built, and where she was documented, in the first mono­graph in the U.S. Naval Institute’s new Sea Power series. These and other facts pertaining to that city’s Colonial maritime trade are supported by maps, illus­trations, and 15 pages of narrative flavored by the commercial enterprise, mutinies, political bunglings, greed, and tragedies of the period • 72 pages • Illustrated • Limited edition, no member’s discount • Price $6.50

The aim of the Sea Power monograph series is to cover each subject dealt with as thoroughly as existing records and illustrations will allow.

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ARTICLES

"Annual World Aviation Encyclopedia 1965” American Aviation, November 1965.

A detailed survey providing the latest data on the world’s aircraft, including those used in business, personally, and commercially; rotary-wing and v/stol; and military planes. The survey also covers turbine and piston engines and navigation/com- munication equipment.

"Defense Top Management Annual Reports 1965”

Armed Forces Management, November 1965.

A detailed compilation including reports from all branches of the Department of Defense.

"Treason and Aiding the Enemy”

Captain Jabez W. Loane, IV, U. S. Army, in Military Law Review, October 1965.

An Army lawyer’s thorough analysis of the historical evolution of what constitutes treason and summarizes the current status of judicial thinking on that theme.

"1965 Green Book”

Army, November 1965.

This 144-page issue is devoted to a detailed status report of the entire U. S. Army. A most useful weapons directory and a chronology for 1965 are included.

"The 'Puffers’ at Narvik”

Peter Dalzel in The Army Quarterly, April and July 1965.

A former British sub-lieutenant, Royal Naval Volun­teer Reserve, relates how the use of a fleet of Nor­wegian local craft facilitated the Allies operations at Narvik in 1940 to the extent they were successful.

"The Transformation of Alliances”

Herbert S. Dinerstein in American Political Science Review, September 1965.

A Rand Corporation political scientist analyzes 20th Century alliances and offers cogent estimates for the future.

MICROFILM INDEX

Index to the Journal of the Royal United Service Institution.

Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms. 1965.

$8.00.

Consolidated author and subject index since 1857.

Special postpaid price to members of the U. S. Naval Institute, both regular and as­sociate, is shown in parentheses. Prices subject to change without notice. On orders for Maryland delivery, please add 3 per cent sales tax. These books may be ordered from the

U. S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland

HISTORY—BIOGRAPHY

Aboard the USS Monitor: 1862 ..................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)

Edited by Prof. R. W. Daly, U. S. Naval Academy. The story of the Union’s first ironclad told through the letters of Paymaster W. F. Keeler, USN, to his wife, Anna. 1964. 278 pages. Maps.

The Airships Akron & Macon, Flying Aircraft Carriers of the U. S. Navy .                .     . $12.50 ($10.00)

By Richard K. Smith. An examination of the rigid airship’s place in naval history in the period 1919-1910. 1965. 228 pages. Illustrated.

Almanac of Naval Facts.............................................................................. $3.50 ($2.80)

1964. 305 pages. Paperbound.

Amcrika Samoa: A History of American Samoa

and Its United States Naval Administration........................................................ $6.00 ($4.80)

By Capt. J. A. C. Gray, MC, USN. 1960. 295 pages. Illustrated.

Benjamin Franklin Ishenvood, Naval Engineer:

The Years as Engineer in Chief, 1861-1869                                                            $7.50 ($6.00)

By Edward W. Sloan, III. 1965. 299 pages. Illustrated.

David Glasgow Farragut

By Prof. C. L. Lewis, U. S. Naval Academy

Vol. I, Admiral in the Making. 1941. 372 pages. Illustrated..................................... $3.75 ($3.00)

Vol. II, Our First Admiral. 1943. 513 pages. Illustrated.......................................... $4.50 ($3.60)

Flush Decks and Four Pipes.................................................................................................. $7.50 ($6.00)

By Cdr. John I). Aldcn, USN. History of the World War I flush-deck de­stroyers from 1917 to 1955. 1965. 108 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.

Garde D’Haiti 1915-1934: Twenty Years of Organization

and Training by the United States Marine Corps................................................................... $4.50 ($3.60)

Compiled by J. II. McCrocklin. 1956. 262 pages. Illustrated.

Greyhounds of the Sea........................................................................................................ $12.50 ($10.00)

By Carl C. Cutler. The classic work on clipper ships. 1961. 592 pages.

63 illustrations, 3 in full color, 26 sets of ships’ lines and sail plans. Special price—Queens of the Western Ocean and Greyhounds of the Sea, both volumes as a set.................................................................................................................... $20.00 ($16.00)

Gunboats Down the Mississippi.................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)

By John D. Milligan. This book covers a phase of the Civil War never before told in its entirety—the conception, construction, and actions of the Federal

fresh-water navy on the western rivers from 1861 to 1863. 1965. 217 pages.

Illustrated.

The Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection of        Ship Models.................................... $3.00. ($2.40)

U. S. Naval Academy Museum, 2nd Ed., 1958. 117 pages. Illustrated.

John Paul Jones: Fighter for Freedom and               Glory......................................... $6.00. ($4.80)

By Lincoln Lorenz. 1943. 846 pages. Illustrated.

John Roach, Maritime Entrepreneur: The

Years as Naval Contractor, 1862-1886                                                                                    $7.50  ($6.00)

By Leonard A. Swann, Jr. 1965. 303 pages. Illustrated.

Lion Six................................................................................................................................... $2.50. ($2.00)

By Capt. D. H. Hammer, USNR. The story of the building of the great Naval Operating Base at Guam. 1947. 109 pages. Illustrated.

A Long Line of Ships.............................................................................................................. $5.00. ($4.00)

By Lt. Cdr. A. S. Lott, USN. Centennial history of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. 1954. 268 pages. Illustrated.

My Life................................................................................................................................... $6.00. ($4.80)

By Admiral Erich Raeder, German Navy. 1960. 430 pages. Illustrated.

Queens of the Western Ocean.............................................................................. ^$12'^{50 ($I}°'°⁰⁾

By C. C. Cutler. The story of the mail and passenger packets in the trans­atlantic and U. S. coastal service. 1961. 672 pages. 69 illustrations. 10 sets of ships' lines and sail plans. Special price-Queens of the Western Ocean and                                            ,*uinn\

Greyhounds of the Sea, both volumes as a set......................................................................... *      *     '       '  '

n                    . n v *                                                                                    .... $3.00 ($2.40)

By Taylor Peck. A history of the Washington Navy Yard and U. S. Naval Gun Factory. 1949. 267 pages. Illustrated.

Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages................................................. •      •  •    •    •    •     •  ^$8'⁵⁰ ($⁶-⁸⁰)

By E. L. Bloomster. 1940. 280 pages. 425 silhouette drawings. Trade edition.

„                 '         _                                                                                                                 $5.00 ($4.00)

By Lt. Cdr. M. A. Ransom, USCG (Ret.), with Eloise Engle. On board the Coast Guard Cutter Bear forty years ago, a young sailor describes his first cruise to the Arctic Ocean. 1964. 119 pages. Illustrated.

Shipping in the Port of Annapolis 1748-1775                   •    •    •         ................................. $6.50       ($6.50)

By V. W. Brown. 1965. 72 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.

Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors

Vol. IV—1950-1958                  ........................................ •.••••• ₁₀;_Q                           ^($8'⁰⁰⁾

Compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harnotte W. B. Smith. 19oJ. -91

pages. Illustrated.

Soldiers of the Sea.................................................... •..•••  •    ‘      ■ ■   •    ■   •      ■ *¹⁴⁰⁰ t*¹¹'²⁰)

By Col R. D. Heinl, Jr., USMC. A definitive history of the U. S. Marine

Corps, 1775-1962. 1962. 693 pages. Illustrated.

Sons of Gunboats......................................................................... ^?2‘⁷⁵                                                  <*²'²⁰>

Bv Cdr F L Sawyer USN (Ret.). Personal narrative of gunboat experiences

in the Philippines, 1899-1900. 1946. 153 pages. Illustrated.

Thence Round Cape Horn .                     .    •    •       • •    •    •    •         ’      ' _p ' A           '      '              (®*t.00)

Bv R E Johnson. The story of U. S. Naval Forces in the Pacific Ocean during the period 1818-1923. 1964. 276 pages. Illustrated.

Uniforms of the Sea Services                                                                                                   ^$24-5° ($>9-60)

By Col. R. H. Rankin, USMC. 1962. 324 pages. Special collectors copies,

signed by the author—$30.00

The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915                 .    .    .    •    •    •      •  •    .-   •    •      •  $⁵-⁰⁰    ($4.00)

Bv Capt. S. H. Evans, USCG. A definitive history (With a Postscript: 1915­1949). 1949. 228 pages. Illustrated.

We Build A Navy ................................................................................................................  •    $2-75 ($2.20)

By Lt. Cdr. H. H. Frost, USN. A vivid and dramatic narrative of our early Navy. 1929! 501 pages. Illustrated.

WORLD WAR II—KOREA (U. S.)

„                 „                  „                                                                                                        $6.00 ($4.80)

Most Dangerous Sea................................................. *                                                                           '         ’

Bv Lt. Cdr. A. S. Lott, USN. A history of mine warfare and an account of U. S. mine warfare operations in World War II and Korea. 19 >9. 3— pages.

Illustrated.                                                                                                                               ^ ^

^ThLRrCdr^NL kV^Cagle, USN, and Cdr. F. A. Manson, USN. 1957. 555 pages.

Illustrated.

The United States Coast Guard in World War II...................................................................... $6.00      ($4.80)

By M. F. Willoughby. 1957. 347 pages. Illustrated.

United States Destroyer Operations in World War II............................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)

By Theodore Roscoe. 1953. 581 pages. Illustrated.

United States Submarine Operations in World War II............................................................. $12.50 ($10.00)

By Theodore Roscoe. 1949. 577 pages. Illustrated.                                                                 ton on

Special Price—2-volume set: Destroyer and Submarine books................................................ $20.00 ($16.00)

WORLD WAR II—(OTHER NATIONS)

Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story                             1939-1945 . . • • •  •    •   •       • •   $7-00 ($5.60)

By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 440 pages. Illustrated.

The French Navy in World War II .                          - • ■•••••  '   '     '        ' •     $⁶-⁰⁰   ($⁴-⁸⁰)

By Rear Adm. Paul Auphan, French Navy ⁽'^Ret-}' ^:'^n<J Jacques Mordal.

Translated by Capt. A. C. J. Sabalot, USN (Ret.). 1959. 413 pages. Illustrated.

The Hunters and the Hunted......................................................................   • • •    •   •       • •   $3-50 ($2.80)

By Rear Adm. Aldo Cocchia, Italian Navy (Reserve). An account of Italian submarines in World War II. 1958. 180 pages. Illustrated.

The Italian Navy in World War II.......................................................................................... $5.75       ($4.60)

By Cdr. Marc'Antonio Bragadin, Italian Navy. 1957. 380 pages. Illustrated.

Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story ....                  $7.50   ($6.00)

By Mitsuo Iuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy.

Edited by Roger Pincau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 266 pages. Illustrated.

White Ensign, The British Navy at War, 1939-1945 ......................................................... $4.50 ($3.60)

By Capt. S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., RN (Ret.). I960. 480 pages. Illustrated.

SEA POWER

Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement........................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)

Edited by Cdr. W. C. Blattmann, USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paperbound.

Geography and National Power.............................................................................................. $3.50     ($2.80)

Edited by Prof. W. W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. A summary of the physical, economic, and political geography of the world. 3rd Ed., 1962.

180 pages. Paperbound.

Naval Logistics ........................................................................................ $7.50         _($6.₀₀₎

By Vice Adm. G. C. Dyer, USN (Ret.). 2nd Ed., 1962. 367 pages. Illustrated.

Naval Review 1962-1963 ............................................................................ $10.00       _($8.₀₍₎₎

14 essays. 3 appendixes. 1962. 373 pages. Illustrated. Maps.

Naval Review 1964 ................. ..................................................................... $10.00   ($8.00)

12 essays. 3 appendixes. 1963. 393 pages. Illustrated. Maps.

Naval Review 1965                    .................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)

12 essays. 3 appendixes. 1964. 417 pages. Illustrated. Maps.

Naval Review 1966                                                                                                                 $12.50 ($10.00)

11 essays. 4 appendixes. 1965. 353 pages. Illustrated. Maps.

The Ships and Aircraft of the U. S. Fleet.......................................................... $3.50     ($2.80)

By James C. Fahey. 8th Ed., 1965. 64 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.

SEAMANSHIP

The Art of Knotting and Splicing.............................................................................................. $5.00. ($4.00)

By Cyrus Day. Step-by-step pictures and text. 2nd Ed., 1955. 224 pages.

Heavy Weather Guide............................................................................................................... $6.00. ($4.80)

By Capt. E. T. Ilarding, USN, and Capt. W. J. Kotsch, USN. 1965. 210 pages.

Illustrated.

Naval Shiphandling................................................................................................................... $7.00. ($5.60)

By Capt. R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN. 3rd Ed„ 1965. 533 pages. Illustrated.

NAVIGATION—PILOTING

Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting.............................................................................................. $8.00. ($6.40)

Prepared by Cdr. J. C. Hill, II, USN. Lt. Cdr. T. F. Utegaard, USN. and Gerard Riordan. 1st Ed., 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.

Practical Manual of the Compass............................................................................................ $3.60. ($2.88)

By Capt. Harris Laning, USN, and Lt. Cdr. H. D. McGuire, USN. 1921. 173 pages. Illustrated.

The Rules of the Nautical Road................................................................................................ $7.00. ($5.60)

By Capt. R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lt. Alfred Prunski, USCG. 3rd Ed., 1954. 536 pages. Illustrated.

Simplified Rules of the Nautical Road...................................................................................... $2.00. ($1.60)

By Lt. O. W. Will, III, USN. 1963. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.

PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOKS

The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy....................................................................................... $2.60. ($2.08)

Revised by Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN, and W. J. Miller, JOCM, USN (FR1.

17th Ed., 1964. 684 pages. Illustrated.

The Coast Guardsman’s Manual....................................................................... $4.75. ($3.80)

Prepared under the supervision of The Chief, Training and Procurement Division, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard. Original edition prepared by Capt. W. C. Hogan, USCG. 4th Ed., 1964. 885 pages. Illustrated.