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Sea of Glory: The Continental Navy Fights for Independence: 1775-1783
Nathan Miller. New York: David McKay, 1974. 558 pp. Illus. $12.95.
Reviewed by Asst. Professor James C. Bradford, U. S. Naval Academy
(Air. Bradford received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in history from Michigan State University. He will receive his Ph.D. next year from the University of Virginia, where he also served as instructor from 1970-72.
His doctorate study concerns Virginia during the colonial and revolutionary period. He has taught at the Naval Academy since the autumn of 1973.)
The bicentennial of our nation’s birth is still 20 months off, but already a spate of books is appearing on all phases of that era. Among the most welcome of the early arrivals is Nathan Miller’s study of the Continental Navy. Too often the naval side of the American Revolution is seen only as John Paul Jones and Yorktown, but, as Miller ably shows, much more was involved. Britain’s maintenance of her armies in America depended on her control of the seas. That control gave her a mobility and striking power which allowed her to shift her forces at will and to capture and defend any point on the coast of North America.
The thirteen colonies could muster only a tiny naval force by comparison. Still it was an important force. The Continental Navy, the state navies, and a horde of privateers were like jackals
at the heels of the British lion, forcing it to divert some attention from the main battleground. They also picked up enough British provisions to help keep Washington’s army in the field.
In Sea of Glory, Miller successfully captures the spirit of the Continental Navy. He examines its formation, relates its most colorful actions, briefly discusses privateering, and gives an overview of British and French naval actions. The importance of the latter cannot be overestimated. George Washington clearly understood the vital role of naval power. "No land force can act decisively,” he said, "unless it is accompanied by maritime superiority.” Only once did Britain lose such superiority. When it did, it was to the French, and the result was Yorktown. Miller devotes a considerable amount of space to the British and French actions in the Caribbean—more than they warrant in a history of the Continental Navy, which was not involved.
Miller’s work is neither a comprehensive history of naval warfare in the American Revolution, nor is it a complete history of the Continental Navy. Instead his scope is selective. He vividly describes Benedict Arnold’s flotilla (not a part of the Continental Navy) on Lake Champlain. It slowed the British advance from Canada in 1776 and thereby set the stage for the American victory at Saratoga; however, he ignores the less dramatic but important role of state navies in the outcome of the war. In the same vein he recounts in detail the
voyages and battles of some of the most successful American privateers but only briefly comments on the effect of such deprivations on British merchants and insurance rates. Nor does he attempt to determine the number of seamen serving on privateers, even though he states that the higher pay and greater opportunities for spoils offered by the privateers attracted so many mariners that it was often impossible for the Continental Navy to man its ships. His work is thereby weakened.
But these criticisms judge Miller on what he could have written, not on what he has written, and Sea of Glory is a good book. It is well written and clearly reflects Miller’s feel for his subject. He has immersed himself in the secondary literature, not only of the American Revolution but also of the age of sail. He has produced an interesting and at times even an exciting account of America’s first navy and its struggle against overwhelming odds. Historians will find nothing new here, but they will be pleased with Miller’s work because it is the best synthesis on its topic. The addition of a few maps and battle diagrams would assist the general reader, but again this is only a minor irritant.
In short, the definitive history of the American Revolutionary navies, both state and national, remains to be written, but, both as a summary of scholarship to this time and as an almost swashbuckling account of a gallant era in American history, Sea of Glory is not likely to be surpassed for some time.
Marine Mammals and Man:
The Navy’s Porpoises and Sea Lions
Forrest G. Wood. Washington-New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1973. 264 pp.
Illus. $7.95.
Reviewed by Captain Charles B.
Bishop, U. S. Navy (Retired)
(Captain Bishop, who graduated from the Naval Academy in the Class of 1942, retired from active duty in 1972 when he completed a iVi-year tour as Commander, Naval Undersea Center, San Diego. He is now Assistant Director, Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
There has been a dramatic increase in the awareness and appreciation of porpoises in recent years. Although Aristotle wrote about them over 2,000 years ago, and although sailors have observed them for centuries and enjoyed their playfulness and beauty, little has been learned about their physiology and behavior until the late 20th century.
This book, written in a highly readable style by Forrest G. Wood, opens the window on the undersea world of marine mammals and lets the layman in on the fascinating knowledge that has been acquired by many scientific investigators. While principally oriented to'a
description of the U. S. Navy’s marine mammal program, it covers the research activities of scientists in many fields working at sea, in laboratories, and at oceanariums.
Marine Mammals and Man provides factual explanations for much of the popular misconception and emotionladen lore which men have linked with cetaceans, principally the porpoise. The reader will find the truth about these animals and their relationships with man even more intriguing than the sensationalism of some imaginative stories in the media. In fact, Mr. Wood’s description of public reaction to a misinformed 1966 press story about the Navy program is both entertaining and educational.
The best thing about the book, however, is the way in which the author provides us with so much factual information and scientific description in such an interesting manner. True, there are a few spots where you may learn more than you care to know about the details of a particular experiment, but the overall picture of concern for scientific truth and care for the well-being of the animals themselves is an excellent portrayal of what is good in man’s quest for knowledge and in his relations with other species.
The author discusses the derivations of the names "porpoise” and "dolphin,” biological and behavioral differences, how the porpoise can dive deep to find food, and how he locates objects by his amazing "sonar.” Considerable attention is devoted to the subject of communication, both between porpoises and between man and porpoise. This is an area in which some earlier work had led to hypothetical capabilities which have never been substantiated. Forrest Wood gives us a clear picture of the known facts and of the hazards of creating misconceptions based on insufficient data. In his discussion of the work of Dr. John Lilly (who speculated that humans and porpoises might be able to talk with each other), Wood presents an excellent insight into the problems we face when evaluating claims made through "popular science.”
Navy readers will find particular interest in the description of the Navy’s marine mammal research program, starting with Tom Lang’s studies of
"Notty,” the Navy’s first porpoise, in 1962. Navy scientists have often been the leaders in cetacean research and have certainly led the way in developing the marine mammals’ capabilities for performing useful work.
Mr. Wood has given us a book which is fascinating to the general reader, quite valuable to all who are interested in marine mammals, and of particular concern to those interested in new ways of advancing man’s capabilities in the undersea world.
Mobility, Support, Endurance:
A Story of Naval Operational Logistics in the Vietnam War: 1965-1968
Vice Admiral Edwin Bickford Hooper,
U. S. Navy (Retired). Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office,
1972. 278 pp. Illus. $4.25.
Reviewed by Colonel James B. Soper, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired)
(Colonel Soper, who retired from active duty in 1971, is now senior research analyst for Potomac Research, Inc. Included in his 30-year career was combat duty in World War II and Korea; in 1966 and 1967 he served in Vietnam and Okinawa with Marine amphibious forces. From 1967 to 1970,
Colonel Soper was Assistant Chief of Staff [Logistics] for Fleet Marine Force, Pacific and made many trips to Vietnam in that capacity.)
Admiral Hooper takes his theme from a statement credited to Lieutenant General Victor Krulak, USMC—then Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific—that the Vietnam conflict was "a logistic war.”
With the theme established, the author provides a broad overview of naval logistic planning, organization, and accomplishment as practiced by the Service Force of the Pacific Fleet (ServPac) during the period when Admiral Hooper commanded it, 1965-68. The book’s title, Mobility, Support, Endurance, comes from the names given the three prongs of Neptune’s trident on the ServPac insignia.
Building from brief background histories of the Navy’s service forces and of the Vietnam conflict, Admiral Hooper’s volume provides a total review of
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major logistic planning and organizational considerations as they became involved in that conflict. It was designed to be—and is—a complementary work to a history of U. S. naval operations in the Vietnam war.
The scope of the book includes such elements as the support of Seventh Fleet operations, salvage, ammunition management ashore, Western Pacific bases, and the logistic trials involved during the most decisive and crucial actions in I Corps, especially the northern provinces. It relates, with smoothness and clarity, the operational and political considerations that, in Admiral Hooper’s words, provided "seemingly unsolv- able problems that had to be solved in timely fashion.” Most of all, operational logistic support comes alive in this book and perhaps even adds fuel to the emerging analyses of the Vietnam conflict which indicate that perhaps only the logistic commanders and staff officers of all services actually possessed true decision authority. Certainly, of all the logistic commanders involved, Commander Service Force, Pacific Fleet (ComServPac) embraced the widest range of service activities and logistic responsibilities. These challenges included command relationships without precedent, harbor clearance, construction at combat sites, a lifeline supported by landing craft, and the usual major and minor support installations.
The coupling of control over resources and authority with responsibility gave ServPac both responsiveness and flexibility in the eyes of the author. Each chapter addresses a certain area or concern separately; yet, because of the overall position of ComServPac as the principal logistic agent of the Command- er-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, the reader is constantly aware of the relationship between a specific logistic highlight and the entire logistic concern.
Some readers may prefer the dramatic aspects of the support provided to the Northern I Corps area, while others may be interested in the diversified aspects such as special operations, base development, or support of landing craft. In any event, the reviewer found all of it engrossing and extremely professional in its approach.
Admiral Hooper again and again relates operational logistics to operational
requirements. At those points where conflicts or controversy occurred, the author has objectively and fairly stated the circumstances. Throughout the work, he obviously did not intend to be critical of individuals who, like him, had to face difficult decisions. Rather, as he states, "it is hoped that the discussion will provide insights for those who may encounter similar problems in the future.”
This volume is a substantial addition to the history of naval operations. Its calm, reasoned discussion of the extreme complexities that make up high-level logistic support is illuminating and should be carefully studied by serious military planners.
Scapa Flow: 1919
Friedrich Ruge. London: Ian Allan, 1973. 175 pp. Illus. £3.25.
Reviewed by Rear Admiral Jeremiah A. Denton, U. S. Navy
(Rear Admiral Denton is a 1946 (Class of 1947) graduate of the Naval Academy and holds an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University. His operational experience includes shipboard, staff, and aviation service. He was a prisoner of war in Hanoi for seven years and seven months. He is now Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk.)
This little book presents an account of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet at the British naval base at Scapa Flow. The author, then an ensign, participated in the scuttling and was virtually a prisoner of war as a post- World War I internee. Scapa Flow: 1919 is of more than naval historical interest. Originally published in German in 1969, this translated edition presents a number of stories within a story—the main story perhaps being a study of the political paroxysms which threatened to destroy the traditionally excellent discipline of the German Fleet in 1918-1919. These paroxysms are shown to be a peripheral mirror of the crisis in the body politic of Germany herself during the latter days of World War I and its aftermath.
The author’s apparent main objective is to justify the scuttling of the fleet. He accomplishes this—in political, military and legal terms—in a most enlight
ening and fascinating way. Additionally, a serious student of history or of current socio-political trends in the United States can deduce interesting parallels between the test of discipline, loyalty, and integrity of that fleet and of the German people on the one hand, and on the other hand a rather similar test of the American military and general public during the Vietnam conflict.
Both Germany and her fine fleet survived that crisis; ironically, it was finally the self-imposed destruction of the fleet which is clearly portrayed as the climax and typification of the triumph of German national integrity and unity against the threat of chaos, selfishness and communism. The scuttling was executed most efficiently and at considerable risk. It averted what the German officers and men on the scene perceived as the dire threat of British takeover of the fleet— an event not prescribed by the armistice agreement.
Some of the frame of that Scapa Flow picture is the relation of details of naval strategy and tactics of World War I. This naval framework is interesting enough in its own right, and, though apparently as objective as can be reasonably expected, a few of the conclusions drawn on the naval struggle with the British will probably be mildly contested with equal objectivity by Royal Navy officers. It is obvious that though the author had respect for the quality of the British Fleet, he maintains an understandable bias in favor of the German Navy.
The conduct and attitudes of the German officers and men during the internment at Scapa Flow are especially understandable to a former prisoner of war. The Germans had reason to be indignant about somewhat unpleasant treatment, for legally they were not captives—only internees.
Admiral Ruge was himself present at Scapa Flow as an extremely capable and observant junior officer. Facts are coolly and authentically presented. More valuably, these facts are brilliantly correlated with a rare degree of political sensitivity and sophistication. Appendices contain documentation of facts and correlations thereof with a number of relevant dispatches, orders, and decrees. The author comes through as a patriot, a professional, a scholar, and a man of integrity.
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The drama of the chase and sinking of the Bismarck, brand-new pride of Germany’s high seas fleet, was played out on a stage of two million square miles of stormy ocean from the Arctic to the Bay of Biscay.
This story of the Royal Navy’s pursuit of Bismarck is told by an author who was a member of the British escorting destroyer force. The saga sweeps down from Iceland and up from the Mediterranean, with the British dogging her churning wake, losing and refinding her until she was only hours from safety. The chesslike plotting, the horror and heroism on both sides—the final apocalyptic action has never been portrayed more vividly and objectively—and never with the benefit of detailed documentation from both British and German sources, including material unavailable until 1973.
1974. 254 pages. Illustrated. Epilogue. Chapter Notes. Source Notes. Index.
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Nuclear Navy presents the first comprehensive history of the largest nuclear-powered fleet in the world. Beginning with the germ of the idea in 1939, this illustrated survey traces the growth of the U. S. Navy’s nuclear fleet through 1962, when 27 submarines and three surface ships were in operation.
The legendary Admiral Hyman G. Rickover has been the driving force behind the development of the nuclear Navy. In 1946 Rickover, with a few junior officers and civilian engineers, began studying nuclear technology. Then Rickover, working almost alone, convinced the Navy and the Atomic Energy Commission in 1948 to support the project.
Using the resources of the government and American industry, Rickover created an unusual and highly effective organization to design and build reactor plants and submarines. In 1953 a land-based prototype was completed; two years later the Nautilus, the world’s first operational nuclear submarine went to sea The authors, chief historian and assistant historian of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission respectively, state that this achievement came a decade earlier than it would have without Rickover’s persistence and drive.
Having had access to all official government records, the authors provide a wealth of previously unavailable information of great interest—to historians, administrators, naval personnel and others concerned with the process of technological innovation in the twentieth century.
1974. 544 pages. Illustrated with charts, figures and photographs. Appendices. Notes. Sources. Index.
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Books of Interest to the Professional
Compiled by Robert A. Lambert, Associate Editor
NAVAL AFFAIRS
American Destroyer Escorts of World War 2
Peter Elliott. London: Almark, 1974. 128 pp. Ulus. £l.50 (paper).
This detailed pictorial history shows the evolution of the design and alterations made respectively by the U. S. Navy and the Royal Navy,
E2 British Submarines at War: 1939- 1945
Alastair Mars. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1974. 256 pp. Illus. $10.00. ($8.00).
While the title indicates the book’s primary focus, Allied submarine operations are not overlooked in this biting narrative and assessment of a worldwide underwater war.
The Corfu Incident
Eric Leggett. London: Seeley Service, 1974. 183 pp. Illus. £3.75.
On 22 October 1946 HM destroyers Saumarez and Volage were sailing up the Corfu channel near Greece when they struck mines in what were thought to be mine-free waters. The author, who was present during the events he describes, explains the international situation both before and after the mining—which he calls a deliberate act of murder.
E3 Hard Lying: 1893-1913
Peter Smith. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1974. 176 pp. Illus. $8.95. ($7.20).
Taking the title from the term for the money paid to sailors because of the extreme discomfort of the early destroyers, the book is both a narrative history and a pictorial reference to those ever-present ships and to the destroyer service of the Royal Navy.
Ready for Sea
H.P.K. Oram. London: Seeley Service, 1793.
245 pp. No price given (paper).
The book is full of one man’s rattling good personal tales of his experiences on board a four-masted barque bound for Australia on
the wool run, in a British battleship, and during his wartime service as a submariner.
Riverine Operations: 1966-1969
William B. Fulton. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1973- 210 pp.
Illus. $2.10 (paper).
The U. S. Army and Navy fashioned the Mobile Riverine Force by drawing on historic examples from American experience, especially in the Civil War, and more recent French experience in Indochina. This is an operational history of the force which gained much useful information should there be such operations in the future.
Schnellboote
Harold Fock. Herford, West Germany:
Koehlers, 1974. 227 pp. Illus. DM 68,—
This second volume picks up the technical and operational history of torpedo boats in the German Navy at the start of World War II and carries through to its conclusion. The text is in German.
USS Mississippi (BB-23)
Karl Lautenschlager, Culver City, Calif.: Profile, 1974. 23 pp. Illus. $2.00 (paper).
A lesser-known American battleship of the pre-dreadnought era is featured in a pictorial history that includes her service as an aircraft mother-ship in the earliest days of naval aviation, traces her subsequent sale to Greece, which renamed her the Kilkis, and describes her destruction by German aircraft during World War II. Warship Profile number 39.
ES Welcome Aboard
Jean Ebbert. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1974. 274 pp. $10.00. ($8.00).
A useful, full-range reference covering the formalities, informalities, difficulties and joys of being the wife of a naval officer; this seventh edition is a substantial update of the most recent edition, which was published ten years ago.
MARITIME AFFAIRS
Books Afloat & Ashore
Harry R. Skallerup. New York: Atchon, 1974. 277 pp. Illus. $12.00.
A unique social history that traces the origins and development of shipboard and shore establishment libraries, documenting the personal reading habits of seamen and the types of books they were likely to carry in their seabags.
Cruising the Pacific Coast,
Acapulco to Skagway
Carolyn and Jack West. Newport Beach, Calif.: Sea Publications, 1974. 352 pp. Illus. $10.95.
This third edition builds on the two previous ones by extending the coverage so that it now includes Mexico’s mainland shore from Acapulco north, the Baja peninsula, the complete U. S.-Canadian coastline to Alaska and the waters outside Vancouver Island.
International Relations and the Future of Ocean Space
Robert G. Wirsing, Editor. Columbia:
University of South Carolina Press, 1974. 146 pp. $5.95.
Based on a symposium held in April 1972, four essays discuss the conflicting priorities— national security, economic exploitation, and
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ecological conservation—that so frequently becloud international relations.
Maritime History: A Basic Bibliography
Edward W. Sloan, III. Middletown, Conn.: Choice, 1973. 20 pp. $2.00 (paper).
More than 300 books are listed in this review essay. Most of them are recent publications, but some are reprints of older titles.
Narratives of Shipwrecks and Disasters, 1586-1860
Keith Huntress, Editor. Ames: The Iowa State University Press, 1974. 249 pp. Illus. $9.95.
Contemporary accounts of 24 ships lost by storms, fires, explosions, reefs, collisions and human incompetence are brought together with a chronological list of books, pamphlets and broadsides in which the tragedies were the primary concern of authors and editors.
Nuclear Ships of the World
Joseph M. Dukert. New York: Coward,
McCann & Geoghegan, 1973. 220 pp. Illus.
$5.89.
Illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this is essentially a journalistic survey of nuclear ships and an explanation of their power plants.
Oars Across the Pacific
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook. New York: Norton, 1973. 244 pp. Illus. $6.95.
While not busy rowing, each author worked on the diary which forms the basis for this tale of rowing a boat from San Francisco to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in 363 days.
Perils of the Port of New York
Jeannette Edwards Rattray. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1973. 302 pp. Illus. $12.50.
A record of the maritime disasters which have occurred since 1614, ranging from Sandy Hook to Execution Rocks.
E2 Prisoner-of-War Ship Models: 1775- 1825
Ewart C. Freeston. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1973. 174 pp. Illus. $22.50. ($18.00).
This represents a definitive survey of the bone ship models—and other miniatures of various materials—built by American and French prisoners held in England during the Napoleonic wars and after.
Ship Names
Don H. Kennedy. Newport News, Va.: The Mariners Museum, 1974. 175 pp. Illus. $7.95.
This unusual reference covers every aspect
of the ship-naming tradition from ancient to modern times. Primary emphasis is on usage in recent centuries in England and the United States.
H The Southern Cross
Hugh D. Whall. Annapolis, Md.: Admiralty
Publishing House, 1974. 172 pp. Illus. $9.95.
($7.95).
An account of the design and construction of the Australian yacht built to challenge for America’s cup in 1974.
MILITARY AFFAIRS Africa At War
A1 J. Venter. Old Greenwich, Conn.: Devin-Adair, 1973. 185 pp. Illus. $10.00.
A South African journalist presents a fairly current pictorial history of the African warfare that has characterized the political and social scene during the past 20 years.
Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh
Bernard C. Nalty. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 134 pp.
Illus. $1.30 (paper).
This history concentrates on the activities and accomplishments of the U. S. Air Force during the siege that occurred in 1968 when U. S. Marines and South Vietnamese soldiers were surrounded for 70 days by North Vietnamese troops. Also included are the several controversies which arose during the battle.
Airmobility: 1961-1971
John J. Tolson. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 304 pp. Illus. $2.80 (paper).
The development of airmobility in the U. S. Army is traced, with obvious emphasis on Vietnam war operations.
The Architecture of War
Keith Mallory and Arvid Ottar New York: Pantheon, 1973. 307 pp. Illus. $6.95 (paper).
The development of military architecture and construction in the 20th century is described with illustrations and text which often point to the contradictions that occurred between the applications of sophisticated technology and weaponry and the misapplications of discredited military strategies, such as the French Maginot Line and the German Atlantic Wall.
Base Development in South Vietnam: 1965-1970
Carroll H. Dunn. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1972. 164 pp.
Illus. $1.75 (paper).
The first Director of Construction of the
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam tells of the problems initially encountered: a hostile tropical climate, few building materials, and an unusually heavy reliance on civilian contractors because there were too few military engineer units available at the start.
Command and Control: 1950-1969
George S. Eckhardt. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 103 pp.
Illus. $1.50 (paper).
The author presents an analytical appraisal and description of the U. S. military command and control structure as it developed in Vietnam during a 20-year period of increasing involvement.
Communications-Electronics: 1962-1970
Thomas Matthew Rienzi. Washington, D.C.:
U. S. Government Printing Office, 1972. 184 pp. Illus. $1.00 (paper).
With a total strength of 23,000 men involved, the U. S. Army’s communications effort in Vietnam exceeded the scale of such efforts in any previous war in history.
Gettysburg: The Final Fury
Bruce Catton. New York: Doubleday, 1974. 114 pp. Illus. $8.95.
Slim though it is, this is probably the clearest and finest account of the Civil War’s best-known battle.
Grenades and Mortars
Ian Hogg, New York: Ballantine, 1974. 160 pp. Illus. $1.50 (paper).
With his usual skill, the author discusses the design, manufacture, and use of two of the favorite weapons of the infantryman; also included is a short chapter on bazookas.
Haig as Military Commander
James Marshall-Cornwall. New York: Crane, Russak, 1973. 324 pp. Illus. $14.50.
A plodding biography of the humane and steady general who eventually commanded the British armies of World War I. The author, who served on Haig’s Intelligence Staff during 1916 and 1917, tries valiantly to make his former chief better than history’s assessment but, by the last chapter, even he sees the futility of his attempt.
Hitler’s Bodyguards: SS Leibstandarte
Alan Wykes. New York: Ballantine, 1974. 160 pp. Illus. $1.50 (paper).
A short history of the most famous, or infamous, unit in the Waffen SS.
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Hitler’s War Aims
Norman Rich. New York: Norton, 1974. 548 pp. Illus. $14.95.
The administration and government of conquered territories and the treatment of their populations, as well as Hitler’s intentions toward those that managed to stay beyond his grasp, are described in this text that follows the Nazi establishment of the new order.
Home of the Commandants
Karl Schuon. Quantico, Va.: Leatherneck Association, 1974. 214 pp. Illus. $7.95.
This updated version of the history of the Marine commandants’ house deals with what is probably Washington’s oldest public residence. It was first occupied by Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Franklin Wharton in 1806.
The Illustrated History of the Russo- Japanese War
J. N. Westwood, Chicago: Regnery, 1973. 126 Pp. Illus. $8.95.
Contemporary photographs and drawings more than adequately assist the narrative, which includes extracts from eyewitness accounts. The author also wrote Witnesses of Tsushima.
The Last Offensive
Charles B. MacDonald. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 532 pp.
Illus. $15.20.
The focus of this ninth volume in the his
tory of the U. S. Army in the European theater during World War II is on the battles fought by the First, Third, Seventh, Ninth, and Fifteenth Armies as they pressured the German Armies into eventual surrender. The role of tactical air support and other Allied units are also covered.
The Marines in Vietnam: 1954-1973
History and Museums Division, Headquarters,
U. S. Marine Corps. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 277 pp.
Illus. $2.65 (paper).
This 13-article anthology and an accompanying annotated bibliography cover the Marine participation in Vietnam as reported in the pages of the Proceedings, Naval Review, and Marine Corps Gazette.
Marlborough as Military Commander
David Chandler. New York: Scribners, 1973.
368 pp. Illus. $14.95.
A clear presentation of the 18th century techniques of warfare is a main feature of this extremely fine military biography.
Marxism-Leninism on War and Army
B. Byely and others. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 335 pp.
$2.45 (paper).
Intended as reading for Soviet officers studying Marxist-Leninist teachings on war and the armed forces, this translated book discusses doctrine and the problems of military power of nations in contemporary circumstances.
Medical Support of the U. S. Army in Vietnam: 1965-1970
Spurgeon Neel. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 196 pp.
Illus. $3.00 (paper).
The purpose of this monograph is to provide an overview of significant medical problems, decisions, achievements, mistakes, and lessons learned in Vietnam.
Military Dress of North America 1665-1970
Martin Windrow and Gerry Embleton. New York: Scribners, 1973. 159 pp. Illus. $10.00.
A pictorial review of the uniforms of the troops of all nations who served and fought on the North American continent. The overall layout leaves something to be desired and a few errors in the captioning of illustrations distract.
The Peninsula Campaign, 1862
Joseph P. Cullen. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole,
1973. 192 pp. Illus. $8.95.
This is a well-written account of the Civil War’s opening campaign, which matched McClellan against Lee in the struggle to take Richmond; analyses of personalities, while usually short, are sharp and on the mark.
The Politics of Defense Analysis
Ralph Sanders. New York: Dunellen. 1973. 361 pp. $15.00.
A study of the institutional and political pressures that affect defense systems analysis in the Pentagon, in the White House, and throughout the country.
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Queen Victoria’s Little Wars
Byron Farwell, New York: Harper and Row, 1973. 394 pp. lllus. $8.95.
From 1837 to 1901, in Asia, China, Canada, Africa, and elsewhere, constant military expeditions were undertaken to protect resident Britons or British commercial or other interests. Continuous warfare became an accepted way of life in the Victorian era and produced more than its share of bravery, tragedy, and humor, all of which have been well captured here.
Scientific-Technical Progress and the Revolution in Military Affairs
N. A. Lomov, Editor. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 279 pp.
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This collection includes translations of a series of Soviet military writings describing the present state of their military theory and practice in relation to scientific and technical progress.
Soldiers and Statesmen
Monte D. Wright and Lawrence J. Paszek, Editors. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 211 pp. $1.60 (paper).
The relationship between the military man and the diplomat as practiced at various
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Strictly Personal
John S. D. Eisenhower. New York: Doubleday,
1974. 412 pp. Illus. $10.95.
This is a pleasantly constructed memoir in which the author admits to a privileged life and an undistinguished military career; obviously the best parts are those directly concerned with his father, General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
U. S. Army Special Forces: 1961-1971
Francis J. Kelly. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973. 227 pp.
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The credits and debits of the Green Berets are assayed in this operational history of their Vietnam experience.
U. S. Military R&D Management
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A panel of defense experts from industry and academia sees danger to the United States
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World Armaments and Disarmament: SIPRI Yearbook 1974
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Cambridge, Mass.: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1974. 526 pp. $16.00.
This reference’s purpose is to describe as completely as possible the major quantitative and qualitative changes that take place in the world’s arsenals and to evaluate the efforts to control these arsenals. The yearbook is current to the beginning of 1974.
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Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants
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Introduction to Marine Engineering
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Marine Fouling and Its Prevention
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Almanac of Naval Facts
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Dictionary’ of Military and Naval Quotations
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Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations
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Guide to the Soviet Navy By Siegfried Breyer. Translated from the German by Lt. Cdr. M. W. Henley, RN (Ret.). 1970. 353 pages. Illustrated. $12.50 ($8.00)
The Junks & Sampans of the Yangtze
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Naval and Maritime Chronology 1961-1971
1973. 330 pages. Index. $15.00 ($12.00)
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Naval Terms Dictionary
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Prisoner of War Ship Models, 1775-1825 By Ewart C. Freeston. 1973. 192 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $22.50 ($18.00)
H. H. Rogers Collection of Ship Models
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Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology By Claude P. Lemieux, 1954. 140 pages. $4.50 ($3.60)
Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages By E. L. Bloomster. 2nd ed. 280 pages. Illustrated. $12.50 ($10.00)
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Aboard the USS Florida: 1863-65
By William F. Keeler. Edited by R. W. Daly. 1968. 252 pages. $9.50 ($7.60)
Aboard the USS Monitor: 1862
By William F. Keeler. Edited by R. W. Daly.
1964. 278 pages. $8.50 ($6.80)
Aircraft versus Submarine
By Alfred Price. 1973. 268 pages. Illustrated.
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The Airships Akron and Macon, Flying Aircraft Carriers of the U. S. Navy By Richard K. Smith. 1965. 228 pages. Appendixes. Illustrated. $12.50 ($10.00)
America Spreads Her Sails
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1973. 241 pages. $10.00 ($8.00)
American Steel Navy
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American Voyages to the Orient
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Amerika Samoa
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Most Dangerous Sea
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Narvik—Battles in the Fjords
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Naval Regulations 1802
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Nothing Too Daring
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Red Star Rising At Sea
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The Rescue Ships
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Soviet Naval Strategy
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Studies in Naval History
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Surfboats and Horse Marines
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Thence Round Cape Horn By Robert Erwin Johnson. 1963. 276 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $9.00 ($6.00)
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The Tribals
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U. S. Navy: Vietnam
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The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915
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A Voyage Towards the South Pole
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White Ensign, The British Navy at War, 1939-1945
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Lady in the Navy
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Roach, John, Maritime Entrepreneur:
The Years of Naval Contractor, 1862-1886
By Leonard A. Swann, Jr. 1965. 303 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $9 00 ($6.00)
Rodgers, Commodore John, 1773-1838
By Charles Oscar Paullin. 1967. Reissue of 1909 edition. 434 pages. Illustrated. $10.00 ($8.00)
Rodgers, Rear Admiral John, 1812-1882
By Robert E. Johnson. 1967. 426 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. $10.00 ($8.00)
Rodney
By David Spinney. 1969. 484 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. $14.50 ($11.60)
Naval Review (Clothbound Editions)
Naval Review, 1962-63 Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1962. 378 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Review, 1964
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1963. 393 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Review, 1967
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1967. 335 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $12.50 ($10.00)
Naval Review, 1968
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1968. 420 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $15.00 ($12.00)
Naval Review, 1969
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1969. 478 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $15.00 ($12.00)
Naval Review, 1970
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1970. 560 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Review, 1971
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1971. 360 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Review, 1972
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1972. 354 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Review, 1973
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1973. 368 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Review, 1974
Edited by Frank Uhlig, Jr. 1974. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($8.00)
Physical Education
Conditioning Exercises, Games, Tests Prepared by Karl C. H. Oermann, Carl H. Young, and Mitchell J. Gary. I960. 3rd ed. Illustrated. $6.50 ($4.40)
How to Survive on Land and Sea
By Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and John J. Craighead. 1956. 3rd ed. 366 pages. Illustrated. Glossary. Paperbound. $5.50 ($4.40)
Service Life
The Best of Taste: The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations
Edited by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957. 244 pages. Illustrated. $7.00 ($4.80)
The Book of Navy Songs
Compiled by the Trident Society of the U. S. Naval Academy. 160 pages. Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members. $4.00 ($3.20)
Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage By Vice Adm. Leland P. Lovette, USN (Ret.). 1959. 4th ed. 358 pages. Illustrated. Appendixes. $10.00 ($6.80)
Prayers at Sea
By Chaplain Joseph F. Parker, USN. 1961. 287 pages. $4.50 ($2.80)
The Sailor’s Wife
By Lucy G. Wright. 1967. 2nd ed. 103 pages. Illustrated, paperbound. $1.95 ($1.20)
Service Etiquette
By Rear Adm. Brooks J. Harral, USN (Ret.), and Oretha D. Swartz. Revised by Oretha D. Swartz. 1963. 2nd ed. 444 pages. Illustrated. $10.50 ($7.20)
Welcome Aboard
By Jean Ebbert. 1974. 7th ed. 274 pages. Appendix. Index. $10.00 ($8.00)
Naval Institute Insignia
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Lapel Button $1.50 Lapel Clutch Pin $1.50
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Aircraft and Seapower
By Vice Admiral Arthur Hezlet. 1970. 370 pages. Illustrated. Maps and diagrams. Bibliography. Notes. Index. $15.00 ($9.00)
Airplanes
By Enzo Angelucci. 1973. 287 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $14.95 ($11.95)
The American Way of War
By Russell F. Weigley. 1973. 584 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $12.95 ($10.35)
America’s Lighthouses
By Francis Ross Holland, Jr. 1972. 230 pages. Illustrated. Index. Bibliography. $15.00 ($12.50)
Arms and Strategy
By Laurence Martin. 1973. 320 pages. Illustrated. Glossary. Appendices. Index. $15.95 ($12.75)
Brassey’s Annual 1973
Edited by Major General J. L. Moulton. 1973. 345 pages. Illustrated. $18.50 ($14.80)
Christopher Columbus
By Ernie Bradford. 1973- 288 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. $16.95 ($13.55)
Chronology of the War at Sea,
Vols. I and II
By J. Rohwer and G. Hummelchcn. 1974. 650 pages. Illustrated. Index. $25.00 ($20.00)
Churchill as Warlord
By Ronald Lcwin. 1973. 283 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. $10.00 ($8.00)
The Deadly Stroke
By Warren Tute. 1973. 221 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. $6.95 ($5.55)
Dictionary of Weapons and Military Terms By John Quick. 1973. 515 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. $25.00 ($18.75)
Fast Sailing Ships
By David R. MacGregor. 1973. 315 pages. Illustrated. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 ($37.00)
Folklore and the Sea
By Horace Beck. 1973. 463 pages. Illustrated. Index. $14.95 ($11.95)
Gideon Welles
By John Niven. 1973. 676 pages. Illustrated. Notes. Bibliography. $17.50 ($14.00)
Glory of the Seas
By Michael Jay Mjelde. 1970. 303 pages. Illustrated. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. $12.50 ($10.50)
Justice Under Fire
By Joseph W. Bishop, Jr. 1974. 315 pages. Chapter notes. Index. $8.95 ($7.20)
Modern Airmanship
By Neil D. Van Sickle. 4th edition. 1973. 909 pages. Illustrated. Index. $15.95 ($12.75) Narratives of Shipwrecks and Disasters Edited by Keith Huntress. 1974. 249 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. $9 95 ($7.95)
Nelson the Commander
By Geoffrey Bennett. 1972. 322 pages. Illustrated.
Bibliography. Notes. Index. $12.00 ($9.60)
New England and the Sea By Roger G. Albion, William A. Baker, and Benjamin W. Labaree. 1972. 280 pages. Illustrated. Index. $12.50 ($10.50)
The Ocean Sailing Yacht By Donald M. Street, Jr. 1973. 703 pages. Illustrated. Glossary. Tables. Bibliography. Index. $18.95 ($15.20)
The Rand McNally Travel Guide For Military Families
1973. 158 pages. Softbound. $2.95 ($2.35)
The Saga of Cimba
By Richard Maury. 1971. 252 pages. Illustrated. $6.95 ($5.55)
Science and Technology as an Instrument of Soviet Policy
By Mose L. Harvey, Leon Goure, and Vladimir Prodofieff. 1972. 219 pages. Clothbound. Footnotes. Index. $5.95 ($5.35)
Sea of Glory
By Nathan Miller. 1974. 558 pages. Illustrated. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. $12.95 ($10.35)
Seven Centuries of Sea Travel
By B. W. Bathe. 1973. 300 pages. Illustrated.
Bibliography. $29.50 ($23.60)
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
1973. 2672 pages. $47.50 ($38.00)
The Southern Cross
By Hugh D. Whall. 1974. 172 pages. Illustrated. Appendix. $9.95 ($7.95)
Survive the Savage Sea
By Dougal Robertson. 1973. 269 pages. Illustrated.
$7.95 ($6.35)
"There She Blows”
By Ben-Ezra Stiles Ely. 1971. 248 pages. Illustrated. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. $6.95 (*5.75)
Three Adventures
By Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Diole. 1973. 304 pages. Illustrated. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $9.95 ($7.95)
World Travel Guide
By Connie Gibson Wehrman. 1974. 212 pages. Softbound. $2.45 ($1.95)
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Portfolios of the American Sailing Navy
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Full color renderings, suitable for framing. Carefully researched and authentic to the last detail. Painted by Melbourne Smith. Six 18 X 21l/2-inch prints, matted, in a portfolio with a separate sheet, also suitable for framing, giving specifications on each ship and details from her history. Priced as follows:
Six Frigates of the American Sailing Navy, 1776-1825. Sold only as a set $45.00 ($28.00)
Raleigh—1776; Constitution— 1797; Essex—1799; Philadelphia —1800; President—1800; and Brandyuine—1825.
Six Schooners of the American Sailing Navy, 1775-1838. Sold only as a set $45.00 ($28.00)
Hannah—Ill's-, Vixen—1803; Alligator—1821; Grampus—1821; Boxer—1831, and Flying Fish—1838.
Six American Ships-of-the-Line, 1782-1837. Sold only as a set $45.00 ($28.00)
America—1782; Pennsylvania—1837; Delaware—1820; Ohio—1820; Columbus—1819; Independence—1814.
"To the Rescue" by Anton Otto Fischer
(22 X 29 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
"Attack on a Galleon” by Howard Pyle
(22 X 29 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS Long Beach by C. G. Evers
(26 X 22 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS New Jersey by C. G. Evers
(29 X 22 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS Claude V. Ricketts by C. G. Evers
(23 X 29 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
"Windy Corner” by Charles Dixon
(22 X 29 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS Enterprise by C. G. Evers
(26 X 22 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS Massachusetts by C. G. Evers
(22 X 29 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS Haddo sepiatone etching by John Taylor Arms
(16 x 22 in.) $3.50 ($2.80)
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Flying Cloud by Warren Sheppard
(26 X 22 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
USS Bainbridge by C. G. Evers
(26 X 22 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
"The Sunlit Sea” by Frederick J. Waugh
(22 X 26 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
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Schooner Yacht America by C. G. Evers
(21 X 26 in.) $6.00 ($4.80)
The Naval Institute is proud to offer these high quality full color reproductions of the most significant paintings in the Naval Academy Museum. These prints are available at list price only, since proceeds from their sale are used for the restoration and preservation of the Museum’s fine collection of historical paintings.
"Return of the Mayflower"
by B. F. Gribble (21 X 26 in.) $6.00
Constitution and Guerriere by Thomas Birch (21 X 26 in.) $6.00
"Celebration of Washington’s Birthday at Malta on Board the USS Constitution” by J. G. Evans (21 X 26 in.) $6.00
"Homeward Bound”
by Edward Moran (23 X 36% in.) $10.00
"Boston Harbor from Constitution Wharf” by Robert Salmon (21 X 26 in.) $6.00
"The Ocean: Highway of All Nations” by Edward Moran (22 X 28 in.) $6.00)
"Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli”
by Edward Moran (26 X 21 in.) $6.00