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Decision at Leyte
By Stanley L. Falk. New York. W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. 330 pages. Illustrated. $5.95.
REVIEWED BY
Lieutenant Commander Ronald F. Marryott, U. S. Navy
(Commander Marryott is a Naval Academy graduate. He received his master’s degree in International Relations from The American University and is now a pilot in Patrol Squadron 46. Prior to this he was a history instructor at the U. S. Naval Academy.)
The Japanese defeat at Leyte did more than simply ensure the American recapture of the Philippines. After Leyte the Japanese had no conventional air force; after Leyte the Japanese had no fleet. The Japanese defeat at Leyte guaranteed the corking of the Luzon bottleneck in the route to the East Indies and the denial of raw materials necessary to Japan for the continuation of the war machine.
All military historians and most World War II buffs recall quite accurately the naval actions of the battle for Leyte. Accounts have been written describing the amphibious assault and the associated land campaign for the Philippines. Aerial warfare over the Philippine archipelago and the surrounding sea is yet another story. Now, author Stanley Falk has accurately and painstakingly combined all these actions into one fast-moving, lucid, and well-written book, Decision at Leyle.
The first question that must be asked about the book is, can an accurate and meaningful narrative of the air, sea, and ground actions of the Battle of Leyte be packed into 319 pages? The answer is yes. Not only has author Falk done this well, but he has also woven into this account the Japanese side of the story dealing with their strategy and tactics.
The air, land and sea battles of the Leyte campaign are "painstakingly combined . . . into one fast-moving, lucid, and well-written book” under review here. During the battle the escort carrier St. Lo (CVE-63) survived Japanese battleship and cruiser fire only to be destroyed, at right, in a kamikaze attack.
The stated purpose of the book is to “present an over-all impression of what happened, from the highest levels of policy and strategy to the actions of a few individuals in one corner of a battlefield.” Mr. Falk has fulfilled his nussion. He has accomplished not the impossible, but the extremely difficult. The author has been able to lead the reader through a fttyriad of facts from General Douglas Mac- Arthur’s retreat from Corregidor to the defeat of the Japanese on Luzon. In so doing, Mr. Falk has sifted the necessary and interesting facts from the voluminous data, and has presented them in a fashion that does not burden the reader with detail and chronology.
Mr. Falk begins with those ominous days during the escape of General MacArthur from the Philippines. “I shall return” becomes “I have returned” with the unfolding °f the strategy and tactics of the Allied Forces °n the long road back. Here one is treated to a succinct and lucid discussion of Allied planning for the winning of the war in the Pacific.
Once the author has described the Allied action in the campaign for Leyte, he next shows the reader the enemy’s planning, problems, and actions. From captured documents, Prisoner-of-war interviews, and transcripts of 'Var crime trials, author Falk presents the other side of the picture. One gets to know and Understand General Tomoyuki Yamashita and Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi just as 'veil as General MacArthur and Admiral William F. Halsey. The reader grasps the tension-filled relationship between Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and the Japanese force commanders during this last “Victory Operation.”
The peak of interest for naval historians 'V'H be Mr. Falk’s treatment of Admiral Haley’s controversial tactics in the naval battle of Fcyte Gulf. In one section of the narrative *he author declares, “Halsey was making the same error that [Admiral Soemu] Toyoda had c°mmitted after the Formosa air battle—and 'vfrh almost as disastrous results . . . San °ernardino Strait was wide open. Halsey had fallowed the bait.” Mr. Falk states later, fn balancing the risk of [Vice Admiral
Takeo] Kurita’s battleships reaching Leyte Gulf against the chance of being caught between those battleships and Ozawa’s carriers, Halsey chose to ignore the former in order to prevent the latter. Under the circumstances his choice was correct.” What transpires between these evaluations is an objective analysis of the circumstances surrounding Admiral Halsey’s tactics that will give the reader new insights and perhaps a new appreciation of the decisions made during the battle.
Only in the descriptions of the land campaign is the reader inclined to get “bogged down” in the complexities and pitfalls of land warfare tactics, just as the Allied forces were mired in the quagmires of the soft, muddy Philippine soil. However, the author has included numerous descriptions of individual acts of heroism to capture the reader’s attention and dramatize the arduous, tenacious, and costly fighting against the entrenched enemy. This personal touch is given for both the Japanese and the Allied forces in battle.
In Decision at Leyte one has all of the often- - told events compiled into one well-written, fast-moving, and compact narrative. This is a good historical narrative of a complex and climatic campaign.
Mr. Falk is associate professor of National Security Affairs at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He previously wrote Bataan: The March of Death (1962).
Ships
By Edward V. Lewis, Robert O’Brien, and The Editors of Life. New York: Time-Life Books, 1966. 200 pages. Illustrated. $3.95.
REVIEWED BY
Lieutenant W. E. Tobin, III, U. S. Navy
(Lieutenant Tobin is a graduate of Yale University and holds a master’s degree from Cambridge University. He served as sailing officer at the U. S. Naval Academy from 1963 to 1965, when he became an English instructor at the Academy.)
Profusely illustrated with the vivid photography one associates with Life magazine, Ships is divided into eight loosely connected chapters, each accompanied by a photographic
essay. The book’s style and layout are journalistic, and it is difficult to escape the sensation that one is reading a popular magazine that only scratches the surface of a complex subject.
The principal deficiency is that Ships has little depth or unity, dealing superficially with a number of facets of ships rather than concentrating on one of them. Design, sailing ships, navigation, and oceanographic research vessels are tossed haphazardly together in a fashion that gives a rudimentary introduction to each field, but presents it in a manner which pretends to authority.
The book is at its best in describing the impact of 19th and 20th century technology on ships, emphasizing the sudden radical advances after centuries of slow evolutions.
One would expect the photographic essays accompanying each chapter to bear directly on the subject discussed, but the design chapter shows no lines to indicate the evolutions of hull design; “the cargo carrier” is followed by photographs of tugs, icebreakers, and other miscellaneous types; and the chapter on the submarine is followed by a pictorial history of warships from the earliest times.
One tends to bog down with such rhetorical cliches as “awesome forces of weather and the pounding of waves coming from a hundred different directions” and “the Golden Spike of the completed transcontinental railway nailed her coffin lid.” But perhaps even more distracting is an inconsistent vocabulary which uses, with no explanation, a technical term like deadrise in the same paragraph with a lubberly circumlocution “aftward cant” for rake. And, one senses the inadequately edited effort of a committee when one comes upon, on pages 78 and 79, references to the Great Eastern which apparently expect the reader to have forgotten that he acquired most of the same knowledge on page 31. Finally, there is an occasional revelation of unsure knowledge —one wonders what exceptions the authors had in mind when they said of the clipper ships that they were “fast enough to show their heels to most of today’s smaller Atlantic racing yachts.”
Naval Air Defense of Ships
By K. W. Moroscow. Berlin: Deutscher
Militarverlag, 1963. 119 pages. Illus
trated.*
REVIEWED BY
Ronald Wood
(Mr. Wood is an ordnance specialist with the Military
Division of the Zjenith Radio Corporation.)
Technical and semi-technical publications from the Warsaw-bloc nations are always of keen interest because they can provide clues as to the level of Soviet and satellite technology. Then, too, something of significant value may be gleaned on Soviet attitudes toward air
* Translated from the German by the U. S. A|r Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Available in Zerox form from Clearing House, U. S. Department of Commerce, at $4.00.
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and sea power in modern warfare.
This book is a text covering the broad spectrum of detection by electronic devices, principles of fire control, and elements of weapons systems. As such, it does not often go into great detail. However, subjects of special attention to the People’s Navy of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) are emphasized. Turret-mounted weapons are treated briefly, for example, so that primary emphasis can be placed on medium- and light-caliber deck weapons. There are repeated references to coastal targets, but there are no tactical hints about them.
This is a small, well organized book, and the presentation moves easily and logically from one subject to the next. However, those readers who had hoped for information on Soviet-bloc equipment will be disappointed. A 37-millimeter anti-aircraft gun is described and illustrated. Also shown is a mechanical time fuze that uses a slight variation on a conventional clockwork escapement. For the most part, the weapons and equipment described are either from NATO nations, or the descriptions are so generalized that they cannot be identified.
The book’s treatment of ammunition is particularly uneven. The use of black powder as a delay element in time fuzes is discussed, although such usage has not been important in iTestern nations for many years. As in similar, mainly Polish, texts noted by this reviewer, a ourious preoccupation with proximity fuzes is evident. One concludes that since the Soviets Vv°re late in developing the VT fuze, and have not used it operationally, a certain fascination must linger. The VT fuze shown is an early British type. There is nothing on the development of VT fuzes with optical sources and nothing on power supplies beyond dry cells.
Discussion of the role of rockets and missiles m naval warfare is largely derivative, basing n few strong statements on “the opinion of 'Western specialists.” Performance figures on ne improved Terrier and Talos weapons are gmen as those for older British weapons. Little jf Said of the anti-missile missile, except that readily deployable rockets of this type are available only to the Soviet Union, which as solved the problem of rocket defense” [italics mine].
Historical examples of the air defense of ships are taken from World War II (Here the author makes a distinction between World War II in its global entirety and the Great Fatherland War, which was the German- Russian phase). Activities of the various Soviet fleets are described, in convoy operations, in combined land-sea-air sieges, and in large-scale withdrawals across water. The ships involved include modernized World War I-era battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and minesweepers. The heroic defense of the northern convoys is most interesting, but this reviewer looked in vain for some evaluation of Russian gunnery in those operations.
Three familiar actions are cited as supremely successful air attacks on ships and bases in World War II: the British strike against the Italians at Taranto in 1940, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Japanese sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse off Malaya. While there is some obvious criticism of American and British deployment in the latter two actions, author Mo- roscow emphasizes that in 1941 neither Allied navy had yet fully assessed the increasing importance of air strikes against ships. This is quite true. However, the fast carrier task force, primarily American in concept and origin, brought the real revolution in naval warfare.
On carrier strikes, the book is understandably silent, since the Russians had no wartime experience with either their own or with enemy carrier forces.
It would be a mistake to consider this book as fully representative of Soviet-bloc naval technology. On balance, this book is about average for the military and naval texts that are becoming increasingly available from Soviet Russia and its satellites. There are 41 line drawings and photographs in the book.
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Stand By-y-y to Start Engines
By Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery, U. S. Navy (Retired). New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966. 218 pages. $3.95.
REVIEWED BY
Captain Frank S. Haak, U. S. Navy
{Captain Haak graduated from the Naval Academy in 1945 and was designated a naval aviator in 1949. His most recent sea duty was as executive officer of the USS Forrestal (CVA-59).)
For the dedicated student of the professional literature on sea power and naval affairs, Rear Admiral Gallery’s latest treatise on naval aviation provides a refreshing change of pace. The author has previously published a documentary of life on the lower decks in the carrier Navy. In this sequel to that earlier work, he escalates the level of humor to the topside of the fictitious USS Guadalcanal, whose unique design is the product of a free exercise of literary license.
In Stand By-y-y to Start Engines, the reader is conducted on a well-guided tour of the rooftop activities of a floating “bird farm” and is exposed to an interesting collection of humorous antics on the part of her winged inhabitants. The view of the Guadalcanal, as seen from the Gallery-deck, is one rarely experienced in a career of sea service, much less on the standard VIP tour. Both the ship and her personnel are cleverly constructed from a variety of unusual incidents and legendary aviation anecdotes, many of which have survived years of artful embellishment by tail- hook pilots and deserve to be perpetuated. The carrier’s nuclear propulsion plant furnishes the necessary mobility for her old- fashioned flight deck loaded with Banshee jets and other ingredients essential to the telling of some classic sea stories. The ship’s accommodations are reserved exclusively for only the most colorful characters, some of whom may be partially recognizable by the situations in which they become involved. Under the watchful, winking eye of a supersalty carrier division commander, the Guadalcanal's intrepid night fighter pilots engage in harrassment tactics against the rest of the
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Fleet, the populace of California, Time magazine, and other unlikely targets.
The author’s purpose is very pointedly stated in the foreword which might otherwise have served as a pre-flight briefing for some of the airborne escapades of the principal characters. The reader would have been better advised to fasten his seatbelt before launching into some of the side-splitting sorties with the air group leader of the Guadalcanal's flying circus.
In a late footnote, on page 204, the author concedes that this book is pure fiction. It is also pertinent to observe that old sailors are notorious liars and that retired ones are the worst of all. Those readers who subscribe to the belief that truth is stranger than fiction will recognize, of course, that any carrier populated with some 4,000 red-blooded Americans, especially including naval aviators, serves as the source of some rare and funny tales; the author is to be commended for his discreet selection.
In a style characteristic of carrier flying itself, the book is launched with a fast, invigorating start, and its stimulating pace is maintained through most of its chapters. One gets the later impression that several of the admiral’s extracurricular interests cause the Guadalcanal to be diverted from her mission in the final chapters while her aircraft are anxiously waiting overhead for an overdue final recovery signal. One particular chapter, filled with reminiscences of Naval Academy football and World War II exploits, has all the earmarks of a “bolter,” but the quality of the book is not significantly affected.
Stand By-y-y to Start Engines will appeal to naval aviators and to their wives who have been exposed to many stages of hangar flying through the years. The “nugget” set will learn an entirely new appreciation for the value of the so-called NATOPS program in this expose of the “good old days,” and the destroyer sailor who has spent hours watching “bird farm” operations from the plane guard station will find Admiral Gallery’s latest book a delightful confirmation of his most extreme views of the wearers of nut-colored shoes.
The men who ventured into the air in the Navy’s first frail aircraft were not only daring—they had vision, persistence, and a nearly unlimited determination to convince the skeptics that their frail kite-like structures could some day possess military value. This is the story of their trials, tragedies, and triumphs. They patched cooling systems with chewing gum, they lived by “crash, repair, and fly again,” but they succeeded in developing this new service into an effective arm of the Fleet.
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Above the Civil War:
The Story of Thaddeus Lowe
Eugene B. Block. Berkeley, California: Howell- North Books, 1966. 188 pp. Illus. $4.50.
A good biographical start on Lowe, who is best known as the head of the U. S. Balloon Corps of the Civil War. His aerial spying caused him to be the “most shot-at-man in the war.” He is also credited with developing the first “aircraft carrier,” a river-based flattop for his balloons. Lowe remained a tireless inventor until his death in 1913.
An Administrative History of NASA,
1958-1963
Dr. Robert L. Rosholt. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 381 pp. $4.00 (paper).
The first in a series on NASA, this volume covers the reorganizing of existing government agencies, the instituting of new programs, and the beginnings of manned space flight; contains numerous organizational charts.
Africa’s Search for Identity
Victor C. Ferkiss. New York: Braziller, 1966. 346 pp. 56.95.
A broad coverage of contemporary Africa’s societies and political regimes, showing how the one-party state, often neutralist and non-aligned, is attempting to meet modern economic, social, military, and political Pressures.
An Agent in Place
Thomas Whiteside. New York: Viking, 1966. 166 pp. $3.95.
An American journalist relates the first full account of the incredible spy activities of Sweden’s Colonel Stig Wennerstrom, whose role as a Soviet agent creates one of the most serious cold war security breaches suffered by his own nation, by the NATO military organization, and by the United States.
The ANZUS Treaty Alliance
J. G. Starke. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1966. 315 pp. $12.50.
Not written for the general reader, this scholarly work is the most thorough coverage of the mutual defense pact dating back to September 1951. The pact’s importance to the U. S. Navy must not be overlooked; for example, it is the basis of permission for the U. S. Navy to build its major communications center in northwest Australia.
The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II
Herbert Feis. Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, 1966. 240 pp. $5.00.
The leading American diplomatic historian of World War II (author of Road to Pearl Harbor, The China Tangle, Churchill-Roosnelt-Stalin, and Between War and Peace) presents a completely revised and enlarged version of his Japan Subdued (1959) in which he analyzes and evaluates the circumstances surround-
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ing the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. He incorporates important new material that has come to light since 1959.
The Birth of Communist China
C. P. Fitzgerald. New York: Praeger, 1966. 288 pp.
56.00.
The updating and revision of the same author’s Revolution in China (1952). The author, longtime China resident and currently history professor at Australia’s National University, maintains that Maoist Communism does not represent a break with centuries-old Chinese traditions and outlook, and that Communist China is “here to stay”; a most stimulating and provocative volume.
The British Soldier’s Firearm, 1850-1864
C. II. Roads. New York: Hillary House, 1966. 332 pp. Illus. $11.50.
The Deputy-Director of Britain’s Imperial War Museum has prepared a masterful study of the naval and military muzzle-loading arms of the Crimean War period and immediately afterwards; illustrated with 360 photographs and contains appendixes and index.
A Businessman Looks at China
James A. Duncan. Princeton, New Jersey, Van Nostrand, 1966. $5.95.
A Canadian industrialist’s balanced assessment of China today is based on travels in China in 1959 and 1964. Particularly useful are his chapters on “Taiwan: the Contrast,” and “The Problems of Recognition.”
China: Empire of the 700 Million
Harry Hamm. New York: Doubleday, 1966. 310 pp. $5.95.
A West German journalist’s detailed picture of China based on recent journeys to that “society in transition,” ruled by the “omnipotent seven,” and facing staggering problems. One of the better means of enabling Americans to fill the intellectual void concerning Communist China.
Sholto Douglas:
Combat and Command
Sholto Douglas with Robert Wright. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. 806 pp. Illus. $12.95.
A large biographical account of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Douglas who served with distinction in both World Wars. In the post World War II-era he was British commander in Germany; a well-written memoir of significance.
Computer Dictionary and Handbook
Charles J. Sippl. Indianapolis: Howard W. Sams, 1966. 766 pp. $12.50.
A reference work to help readers understand computer terms as the data processing industry continues
to grow; contains more than 8,500 definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations; 26 appendixes are demoted to numerous aspects of electronic data process- tog and applications.
The Courage of the Early Morning
William Arthur Bishop. New York: David McKay Company, 1966. 224 pp. Illus. $4.95.
The frank biography of one of World War I’s most notable heroes, the Canadian air ace Billy Bishop, "'ho shot down more German aircraft than any other Allied flier of that war; written by his son who served as an R.A.F. pilot one war later.
defense Purchases and Regional Growth
Roger E. Bolton. Washington, D. C.: The Brookings institution, 1966. 189 pp. $6.00 (paper, $2.50).
A Williams College economist’s numerous statistical oharts present a concise study of the contributions of defense income to regional growth in the period 1952-'62. Bolton’s findings present evidence of different 1111 pacts on United States regional growth and show that during that period the Pacific Region “continued to rely more heavily than any other region on defense expenditures income, while the Middle Atlantic and tast North Central regions suffered the greatest rela- hve losses during that same period.”
Duty, Honor, Country—
A History of West Point
Rfphen E. Ambrose. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. 357 pp. $8.00.
A scholarly history of the U. S. Military Academy, Particularly its first century, from 1802 to 1902. The toodern Academy section is somewhat thin, although such themes as hazing and football receive full- napter coverage. Two chapters on General of the rrny MacArthur and his “reforms” are particularly toteresting.
Effective Use of the Sea
I anel on Oceanography, President’s Science Ad- Vls°ry Committee. Washington, D. C.: Govern- toent Printing Office. 1966. 144 pp. 60^.
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his White House report recommends a doubling of . ueral support in marine science and technology dur- lng the next four years; includes a detailed look at the Current U. S. efforts in this field.
ncyclopedia of the American Revolution
^°lonel Mark M. Boatner, III, U. S. Army. New Y°rk: McKay, 1966. 1,287 pp. $17.50.
The author of the highly acclaimed Civil War Dic- °nary (1959) has prepared a complete, authoritative . 7erc‘nce work covering pertinent events for the ”3-1783 period. In capsule form are listed major th'CntS’ Personahties, weapons, and virtually every- lng that the teacher or student of the Revolutionary a Will desire; there are some useful maps.
The Executive
Washington, D. C.: Headquarters, Department of the Army. 1966. 76 pp.
A bibliography of 500 titles “to help the busy executive identify where he can learn more about significant advancements in personnel management theory and practice.” (Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-10)
The German Army
Herbert Rosinski. New York: Praeger, 1966. 232 pp- $6.95.
This latest edition of the older history German Army (1939 and 1944) is edited and introduced here by the eminent Stanford historian Gordon A. Craig. While it fails to carry the story beyond 1943, this work, which starts in the Frederick the Great era, devotes major attention to the role of the army within the framework of German history and society. Great German military thinkers such as Scharnhorst, Moltke, and Schlieffen are discussed. Perhaps the most useful portion is the analysis of the German Army’s command functions and of the German General Staff system.
The Greek Civil War 1944-1949
Edgar O'Ballance. New York: Praeger, 1966. 232 pp. $7.95.
A major historian of contemporary military events skillfully unravels the Greek civil war skein which witnessed three distinct Communist efforts to take over that country. The third attempt, the guerrilla and conventional war ranging over the whole of Greece from 1945 to 1949, was what finally sparked the Truman Doctrine with its profound implications for U. S. foreign policy and military commitments.
Halifax: A Biography
The Earl of Birkenhead. Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin, 1966. 626 pp. Illus. $8.50.
A British biographer’s most thorough and generally sympathetic coverage of the prominent British statesman of the 1930s and 1940s. Of particular interest to Americans is the detailed account of Halifax’s long, wartime career as Ambassador in Washington. This volume contributes to the over-all picture of the coming of World War II and to that war’s Allied direction.
The Hilt of the Sword—
The Career of Peyton C. March
Edward M. Coffman. Madison, Wis.: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1966. 346 pp. Illus. $10.00.
A carefully researched biography of General March who was the U. S. Army’s Chief of Staff from 1918 to 1921. Much of the complicated administrative task of raising and fielding the American Expeditionary Force of 1918 was accomplished due to the unique talents March brought to his job; a major work in the history of the U. S. military in this period.
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Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
Leonard Mosley. Englewood Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice- Hall, 1966, 371 pp, Illus. $7.95.
A less than full-length biography of the man who has “ruled” Japan since 1926. Probably the author has made the most of the scanty authentic information available on Hirohito, but the over-all picture often fails to come through, especially the post-1945 era. Of particular interest is the author’s estimate of when, how, and how much Hirohito influenced Japan’s course, and whether he might have done more. Mosley asserts that the Emperor might well have prevented the vast enlargement of the “China Incident” and could have ended World War II much sooner by exerting his undefined but profound influence earlier than August 1945.
The Hollow Alliance
J. M. Meskill. New York: Atherton, 1966. 250 pp. $6.75.
A Vassar College professor of history has prepared this detailed account of the workings of the German- Japanese Axis of World War II. The author’s principal explanation for the pact’s general failure is that the two nations had different war aims and therefore pursued different strategies. The pact never achieved any over-all co-ordination and was greatly overrated by the Allies.
In Search of Paradise:
TheNordhoff-Hall Story
Paul L. Briand, Jr. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1966. 395 pp. $6.95.
The dual biography of the Tahiti authors who, singly and together, produced 36 books, the best known of which comprised the Bounty trilogy. Their first joint work was a history of the Layfette Escadrille, in which both men served.
The Mahogany Battleship
David D. Lewis. New York: Robert B. Luce, 1966. 312 pp. $5.50.
A novel in which the Chief of Naval Operations struggles to save the Navy from being submerged in a single, over-all military service. His battle with the Secretary of Defense, a hard-headed business man, is fought on both the personal and the political levels in this story of Washington intrigue.
Megamurder
Lieutenant General E. L. Burns, Canadian Army- Toronto: Irwin, 1966. 273 pp. $5.00.
Canada’s distinguished Advisor on Disarmament defends the possibility of disarmament and recommends the reversal of today’s arms competition by following the precedent toward disarmament set by the 1963 test ban treaty. He also traces the development of military theory from the raids of World War 1 to the present concepts of massive retaliation and
“megamurder”; he also offers a concise analysis of the main trends in current disarmament negotiations and the confrontation of Soviet and Western proposals at Geneva. This is no “utopia-laden” treatise, but a down-to-earth summary of practical factors.
Midway: Turning Point of the Pacific
Rear Admiral Ward Smith, U. S. Navy (Retired). New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1966. 174 pp. Ulus. $4.95.
A brief account of the carrier battle of Midway, stressing the personalities and contributions of indi- V1dual participants. Admiral Smith, who passed away earlier this year, commanded the carrier Torktown’s cruiser-destroyer screen at Midway.
Military Sociology
C- H. Coates and R. J. Pellegrin. University Park, Md.: Social Science Press, 1966. 424 pp. $4.95.
A history of the role of military sociology which began to emerge in the post-World War II era when the professional sociologist demonstrated that his skills were °f distinct value to the military establishment; contains bibliography.
No Time for Rest
Robert Cutler. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966. 421 pp. nlus. $7.50.
■Mi autobiographical account by the Boston banker tvho served many years in the Pentagon under Secretary of War Stimson, General of the Army Marshall, and Secretary of Defense Forrestal, and later as President Eisenhower’s principal liaison with the National security Council; a frank, behind-the-scenes account nlled with fascinating vignettes.
1001 Questions Answered About Boats and Boating
JR H. Fontaine and B. Devereux Barker, III. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1966. 227 pp. Illus. $6.00.
^'"'o members of Yachting's editorial staff join forces f° produce a how-to-do-it in question-and-answer orm; several hundred explanatory drawings add considerably to the book’s value.
Parades and Politics at Vichy
Robert 0. Paxton. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1966. 432 pp. $9.00.
A thoughtful analysis of the role of the French officer oorps ;n plc p£ta;n regime from June 1940 to the ’deration of France in 1944.
Yhe Politics of Military Aviation 1 focurement, 1926-1934
R^win H. Rutkowski. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1966. 318 pp. $6.50.
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^thoroughly documented study by an American e htical scientist traces in detail the logistical problems and issues involved in a vital growth period of American military aviation history.
Red China Today
Hugo Porlisch. Chicago: Quadrangle, 1966. 383 pp. $6.95.
A Viennese editor, with experience in the Far East, presents an enlightening history of how China became Communist and created a more powerful China than the West often is willing to believe. Among the author’s principal points are: only ten per cent of the 700 million Chinese work in industrial plants, and Mao’s China did not develop as the Russians had planned. Instead, a unique brand of Chinese Communism developed and broke “permanently” with the Moscow ideology. Portisch was impressed with the intense identification of the Chinese people to the state.
The Signal Corps: The Outcome
G. R. Thompson and Mrs. Dixie R. Harris. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 720 pp. Illus. $5.25.
The second volume covering the Signal Corps in the official series U. S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. This takes the story from mid-1943 to VJ-day; contains interesting sections on security and intelligence, and radar, and has a useful index of Signal Corps equipment used during the war.
Soviet Reactions to Changes in American Military Strategy
Kenneth R. Whiting. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: U. S. Air University, 1966. 95 pp. Available on request.
A factual account consisting mainly of translations of original Soviet military documents which reveals the ends to which the Soviets study most carefully U. S. military doctrine, strategy, forces, and weapon systems; traces the Soviet military theorists’ response since 1945.
Strategic Defenses
Stanley L. Englebardt. New York: Crowell, 1966. 192 pp. $4.95.
A free-lance writer’s popular coverage of the U. S. early warning systems (BMEWS and NORAD) and of the Polaris and Minuteman systems. He succeeds in describing these complicated defense systems in layman’s terms.
The Taiping Rebellion:
History and Documents
Franz Michael. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966. 244 pp. $7.50.
The most ambitious and authoritative of the several efforts to tell the origins, ideology, political and military structure, and character of leadership of the Taiping Rebellion which tore China apart in the 1850s, and in which Western forces, including American, became involved.
A View from the Cockpit
Robert N. Bavier, Jr. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1966. 184 pp. Illus. S12.50.
The author—-helmsman of the 1965 America’s Cup winner Constellation—provides a close-up view of how that highly refined 12-meter boat operates; one of the year’s leading books for yachting enthusiasts.
The Waffen SS: Hitler’s Elite Guard at War, 1939-1945
George H. Stein. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 1966. Illus. $7.50.
A well-researched account of Hitler’s elite guard.
War Without Guns:
American Civilians in Rural Vietnam
George K. Tanham, Robert IV. Warne, Earl J. Young, and William A. Nighswonger. New York: Praeger, 1966. 150 pp. $4.95.
A series of essays written by several Americans who have served with the U. S. Office of Provincial Operations, part of the U. S. Operations Mission in Vietnam. The essays accentuate the numerous and unfortunate shortcomings of U. S. assistance which involves an outlay of $70 to $80 million annually to further the economic and social progress of Vietnam.
Waterloo
JohnNayler. Chester Springs, Pa.: Dufour, 1966. 208 pp. Illus. $6.00.
The latest in the highly useful British Battle Series. Zero Defects:
A New Dimension in Quality Assurance
James F. llalpin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 240 pp. Illus. $10.50.
The quality director for the Martin Company, Orlando, Fla., takes a comprehensive look at this management tool.
PERIODICALS "Africa Surveyed"
Flying Review International, July 1966.
A detailed look at aviation of the African states is given in “Air Power in Africa” (by John Flicker), “Air Transport in Africa” (by M. J. Hardy), and “General Aviation in Africa” (by Vyrell Mitchell).
"Guarantees to Non-Nuclear Nations”
Mason Willrich in Foreign Affairs, July 1966.
An associate professor of law at the University of Virginia and former assistant general counsel of the U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency discusses the different types of national security guarantees that nuclear nations can offer non-nuclear nations to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons; he also assesses the worth of such guarantees.
"Is Japan Emerging as a Military Force in the Struggle for Asia?”
Kazuo Takita in Armed Forces Management, May 1966.
A fact-filled article summarizing Japan’s “Third Defense Buildup Program,” a type of four-year plan to focus on anti-aircraft missiles, light tanks, and ASW hunter-killer ships.
"The Skipper—Torpedo Eight”
George Gay in Shipmate, June-July 1966.
A look at Torpedo Squadron Eight and its commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander John C. Waldron, by the only survivor of VT-8’s attack on the Japanese carriers at Midway.
"Vietnam and the Crisis in War”
Dominick Graham in Yale Review, Spring 1966. A thought-inspiring article showing how war today has markedly deviated from the orthodox aims and is being fought to attain “indefinable and unlimited objectives.” The author calls for “an enormous civil effort to educate and build at a lower level of village and town ... to stay a decade to fight a campaign that will certainly last a generation.”
BOOK NOTES
Six major books on World War II have recently been reissued in pocket book form by Ballentine Books of New York: Zero! The Story oj Japan's Air War in the Pacific by Masatake Okumiya and Jiro Horikoshi; Stalingrad by Heinz Schroter; The Bridge at Remagen by Ken Hechler; Company Commander by Charles B. MacDonald; Midway■' the Battle that Doomed Japan by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya; and Suicide Submarine! by Yutaka Yokota (originally published as The Kaiten Weapon). These books, all illustrated except Stalingrad and Company Commander, cost 75y each. Midway: the Battle that Doomed Japan was first published by the U. S. Naval Institute in 1955. It's available in cloth-bound edition at $7.50 ($6.00 to members of the Naval Institute).
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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 1919-1940. 1965. 228 pages. Illustrated.
Almanac of Naval Facts.................................................................................................................. $3.50 ($2.80)
1964. 305 pages. Paperbound.
Amerika 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 Isherwood, 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 D. Alden, 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. H. McCrocklin. 1956. 262 pages. Illustrated.
Greyhounds of the Sea.......................................................................................................................... ($10.00)
By Carl C. Cutler. The classic work on clipper ships. 1961. 592 pages.
63 illustrations, 8 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. b
The Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection of Ship Models................................................................. $3.00 ($2.40)
U. S. Naval Academy Museum, 2nd Ed., 1958. 117 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 L'fe................................................................................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.80)
By Admiral Erich Raeder, German Navy. 1960. 430 pages. Illustrated.
Queens of the Western Ocean......................................................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
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 Greyhounds of the Sea, both volumes as a set $20.00 ($16.00)
Round-Shot to Rockets.................................................................................................................. $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.
Sea of the Bear............................................................................................................................... $5-00 (H00)
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 ............................................................................................. $10.00 ($8.00)
Compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harriotte W. B. Smith. 1959. 291 pages. Illustrated.
Soldiers of the Sea.......................................................................................................................... $14.00 ($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)
By Cdr. F. L. Sawyer, USN (Ret.). Personal narrative of gunboat experiences in the Philippines, 1899-1900. 1946. 153 pages. Illustrated.
Thence Round Cape Horn................................................................................................................. $7.50. ($6.00)
By 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 ......................................................................................................... $24.50 ($19.60)
By Col. R. H. Rankin, USMC. 1962. 324 pages. Special collector’s copies, signed by the author—$30.00
The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915 .......................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Capt. S. H. Evans, USCG. A definitive history (With a Postscript: 19151949). 1949. 228 pages. Illustrated.
Wings for the Fleet: A Narrative of Naval
Aviation’s Early Development, 1910-1916...................................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
By RAdm. George van Deurs, USN (Ret.). 1966. 185 pages. Illustrated.
WORLD WAR II—KOREA (U. S.)
Most Dangerous Sea.......................................................................................................................... $6.00. ($4.80)
By 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. 1959. 322 pages.
Illustrated.
The Sea War in Korea.................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Cdr. M. W. 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.
Special Price—2-volume set: Destroyer and Submarine books........................................................ $20.00 ($16.00)
WORLD WAR II—(OTHER NATIONS)
Der Seckrieg, 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. Paid Auphan, French Navy (Ret.), and 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 Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy.
Edited by Roger Pineau 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.). 1960. 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 ($8.00)
14 essays. 3 appendixes. 1962. 373 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1964 ......................................................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
12 essays. 5 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.
$6.00 ($4.80)
By Capt. E. T. Harding, USN, and Capt. W. J. Kotsch, USN. 1965. 210 pages. Illustrated. °
Heavy Weather Guide
Naval Shiphandling..................................................................................................................................... ($5.60)
By Capt. R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN. 3rd Ed., 1965. 533 pages. Illustrated.
NAVIGATION—PILOTING
$2.60 ($2.08) $4.75 ($3.80)
$8.00 ($6.40) $3.60 ($2.88) $7.00 ($5.60) $2.00 ($1.60)
Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting..........................................................
Prepared by Cdr. J. C. Hill, II, USN. Lt. Cdr.’ T." F. Utegaard’ USN, arid Gerard Riordan. 1st Ed., 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.
Practical Manual of the Compass..........................................................................
By Capt. Harris Laning, USN, and Lt. Cdr. H. D. McGuire, USN. 1921. 173 pages. Illustrated.
The Rules of the Nautical Road............................................................
By Capt. R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lt. Alfred Prunski, USCG. 3rd Ed., 1954. 536 pages. Illustrated.
Simplified Rules of the Nautical Road..................................................................
By Lt. O. W. Will, III, USN. 1963. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOKS
The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy............................................................
Revised by Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN, and W. J. Miller, lOClVI, USN fRet l 17th Ed., 1964. 684 pages. Illustrated. ' '
The Coast Guardsman’s Manual....................................................................
Prepared under the supervision of The Chief, Training and Procurement Division, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard. Original edition prepared bv Capt. W. C. Hogan, USCG. 4th Ed., 1964. 885 pages. Illustrated.
SCIENCES
Elements of Applied Thermodynamics...................................................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Prof. R. M. Johnston, U. S. Naval Academy, Capt. W. A. Brockett, USN, and Prof. A. E. Bock, U. S. Naval Academy. 3rd Ed., 1958. 496 pages.
Illustrated. r 8
Fundamentals of Sonar................................................................................................................................................. $10.00 ($8.00)
By Dr. J. W. Horton. 2nd Ed., 1959. 417 pages. Illustrated.
The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services.............................................................................. $7.50 ($6.00)
By Capt. C. W. Shilling, MC, USN. 2nd Ed., 1965. 307 pages. Illustrated
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables...................................................................................................................... $1.65 ($1.32)
By the Department ol Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy. 1945. 89 pages.
Marine Fouling and Its Prevention........................................................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
Prepared lor Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 1952. 388 pages. Illustrated.
Ocean Sciences............................................................................................................................................................. $10.00 ($8.00)
Edited by Capt. E. J Long, USNR (Ret.). Written by 18 eminent oceanographers. Fills the gap between popular and technical writing. 1964. 304 pages. Illustrated.
The Rule of Nine............................................................................................................................................................ $.75 ($.60)
By William Wallace, Jr. An easy, speedy way to check addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. 1959. 27 pages. Paperbound.
LAW
A Brief History of Courts-Martial.......................................................................................................................... $.50 ($.40)
By Brig. Gen. James Snedeker, USMC (Ret.). 1954. 65 pages. Paperbound.
International Law for Seagoing Officers................................................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.80)
By Cdr. B. H. Briitin, USN, and Dr. Liselotte B. Watson, 2nd Ed., 1960.
318 pages. Illustrated.
Military Law.......................................................................................................................................................... $2.oo ($1.60)
Compiled by Capt. J. K. Taussig, Jr„ USN (Ret.) and Cdr. H. B. Sweitzer,
USN. Edited by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Lt. Cdr. R. I. Culick, USN.
Revised by Lt. Cdr. J. W. Des Jardin, USN. 2nd Ed., 1963. 94 pages.
LANGUAGES
Dialogues on Russian Culture............................................................................................ $2.00 ($1.60)
By Assoc. Prof. W. II. Buffum, Assoc. Prof. H. R. Keller, and Prof. C. P.
I.emieux, U. S. Naval Academy. Written in Russian with English notes to facilitate rapid reading at the second-year level. 1956. 97 pages. Illustrated.
Paperbound.
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese.................................................................................. $4.50 ($3.60)
By Assoc. Prof. J. Riccio, U. S. Naval Academy. 1957. 299 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Phraseology.......................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
Common naval terms and phrases in English-French-Spanish-Italian-Ger- man-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages. Paperbound.
Russian Conversation and Grammar, 3rd edition, 1960 By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy
Vol. One—109 pages. Paperbound........................................................................................................................ $2.50 ($2 00)
Vol. Two—121 pages. Paperbound............................................................................................................ ’ $2.50 ($2.00)
Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology............................................................................................................ $4.00 ($3.20)
By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd Ed., 1954. 140 pages.
SERVICE LIFE
The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations........................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
Edited by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957. 244 pages.
Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage........................................................................................................ $6.50 ($5.20)
By Vice Adm. L. P. Lovette, USN (Ret.). 4th Ed., 1959. 358 pages. Illustrated.
Prayers at Sea........................................................................................................................................................ ....... ($2.80)
By Chaplain Joseph F. Parker, USN. 1961. 287 pages.
The Sailor’s Wife.................................................................................................................................................. $1.50 ($1.20)
By Lucy Wright. Practical explanations of daily problems facing Navy wives and how to solve them. 1962. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Service Etiquette................................................................................................................................................. $6.50 ($5.20)
By Capt. Brooks J. Harral, USN, and Oretha D. Swartz. Revised by Oretha D. Swartz. Guide to correct social usage on official and unofficial occasions for men and women in all the services. 2nd Ed., 1963. 447 pages. Illustrated.
Welcome Aboard............................................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
naval officer’s bride. 6th Ed.,
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for 1964. 263 pages.
SPORTS—ATHLETICS
Physical Education Series:
Baseball................................... 1963. 152 pages. Illustrated. | $4.50 | ($3.60) |
Championship Wrestling . . 1964. 230 pages. | $4.50 | ($3.60) |
Conditioning Exercises . . 3rd Ed., 1960. 275 pages. | $4.50 | ($3.60) |
Gymnastics and Tumbling . 2nd Revised Ed., 1959. 414 pages. | $4.50 | ($3.60) |
Hand to Hand Combat . . | $4.00 | ($3.20) |
1913. 228 pages. Paperbound. How to Survive |
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on Land and Sea .... 3rd Revised Ed., 1956. | $4.50 | ($3.60) |
366 pages. Papcrbound.
Intramural Programs . . . $4.00 ($3.20)
Revised, 1950. 249 pages.
Modern Fencing .... $3.50 ($2.80)
1948. 289 pages. Illustrated.
Paperbound.
Soccer......................................... $4.50 ($3.60)
3rd Ed., 1961. 172 pages.
Squash Racquets .... $1.60 ($1.28)
1958. 50 pages. Illustrated.
Paperbound.
Swimming and Diving . . $1.50 ($3.60)
4th Ed., 1965. 345 pages.
Paperbound.
U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Annapolis Today..................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. Complete description of U. S. Naval Academy activities. 1963. 329 pages. Illustrated.
The Book of Navy Songs.................................................... .................................................. $3.00 ($2.40)
Compiled by the Trident Society of the Naval Academy. 160 pages. Illustrated.
Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members.
The Prayer of a Midshipman................................................................................................... $.25 ($.25)
The midshipman’s prayer printed on quality paper, suitable for framing.
Reef Points
The Handbook of the Brigade of Midshipmen, 1964-1965 .................................................... $1.35 ($1.35)
Compiled by the Reef Points Staff.
full-color reproductions
Proceedings Cover Paintings
Separate prints, 26 X 22 inches, suitable for framing:
USS Enterprise (June 1962) by C. G. Evers................................................................................ $5.00 ($4.00)
USS Bainbridge (November 1962) by C. G. Evers..................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
USS Tpresher (March 1964) by C. G. Evers................................................................................ $5.00 ($5.00)
(No discount on Thresher prints. All proceeds to Thresher Fund.)
USS Long Beach (August 1964) by C. G. Evers......................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
Flying Cloud (April 1964) by Warren Sheppard......................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
Aristides (April 1965) by Robert Salmon (26 X 21 inches)......................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
USS America (April 1966) by C. G. Evers (18 X lli/£ inches)..................................................... $1.00 ($1.00)
Complete sets of 12, on 13 X 13-inch mats, for any of the following years:
1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 $2.50 ($2.00)
Six Frigates of the American Sailing Navy 1776-1825. Sold only as a set. . . . $35.00 ($28.00)
All six renderings carefully researched and authentic to the last detail.
in Canada. All prints on 18X21V$-inch mats in a portfolio with a separate sheet, also suitable for framing, giving specifications for each individual ship and details of her history.
Originals painted by Captain Melbourne Smith, a licensed Master in Sail
Miscellaneous
How to Write a Research Paper............................................................................................... $1.00 ($.80)
Prepared in the Department of English, History, and Government, U. S.
Naval Academy. 1963. 80 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Institute Lapel Button.................................................................................................... $1.00 ($1.00)