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Naval Power in Soviet Policy: Studies in Communist Affairs, Volume 2
Pau] J. Murphy, Editor. Washington,
■C.: Government Printing Office, 1978. 7,41 PP- Append. $5.25 ($4.73).*
Reviewed by Captain Thomas A. Brooks, U. S. Navy
p*plain Brooks, a graduate of Fordham diversity, received his master's degree from P“irleigh Dickinson University. He was cornmissioned-via OCS in 1959 and has served ,0urs at sea, in Vietnam, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and on the staff of Commander Second Fleet. He is currently in charge of the Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center at CinCLantFlt.
This book is a collection of 16 papers by various authors on the Soviet Navy. Although the issue of how the Soviet Navy is influenced by and contributes to Soviet foreign policy is treated in several of the papers, this collection is much broader in scope than the title would imply, and is S1milar in concept to two works edited By Michael MccGwire (Soviet Naval developments [New York: Praeger, 1973] and Soviet Naval Influence: domestic and Foreign Dimensions [New Tork: Praeger, 1977]). On the whole, MccGwire's books, which drew from a Broader base of contributors and which ■ncluded more and, in several cases somewhat more thought-provoking papers, are better. Paul Murphy has obtained some excellent contributions, But, overall, the quality of the papers is uneven.
Among some of the better papers is one by John G. Hibbits which treats Gorshkov’s writings over the past 20 years. While Gorshkov has written something in most of those years, the importance of all of these writings is by no means equal, and it was not until the publication of Navies in War and Peace in 1972 that his writings become exhaustive and truly reveal
ing. Hibbits’ paper whets our appetite for the much-neglected area of open source Soviet literature on Soviet naval development. The treatment of Soviet naval missions is particularly perceptive and thought-provoking.
A paper by William Thomson discusses whether Gorshkov’s 1976 book Sea Power of the State is a statement of fact or a “sales pitch” to Soviet policymakers (while boasting to a broader audience about what has already been decided and accomplished). Gorshkov, after all, faces the same type of internal struggle for limited defense appropriations as do his Western counterparts. It is surely no coincidence that his book was published at the time of the 26th Party Congress; just as it is surely no coincidence that 0kean-10 and Okean-75 were held in the year before each new five-year plan was to be decided, and were much referenced in writings published around the time of the Party Congress.
John J. Herzog picks up on Gorshkov’s struggle for appropriations in his paper ". . .A Navy to Match National Purposes” when he points out that navies are expensive in terms of funds and scarce resources. The navy must, therefore, rate high in the Soviet scheme of priorities since limited assets are dedicated to becoming a strong naval power. In all, Herzog’s treatment of Soviet naval missions is good, although too heavily oriented toward peacetime missions and showing perhaps too little appreciation for the ASW role for Soviet submarines.
Michael MccGwire’s ideas on the Soviet Navy, although often controversial, are always stimulating. However, his contribution to this book—a paper on “Soviet Naval Programmes”—is overtaken by events since it is more than three years old. Therefore it should be read for the analytic technique in looking at Soviet shipbuilding rather than for the conclusions. As an appendix to the paper,
MccGwire has compiled and compared Soviet shipbuilding statistics with those of the Western nations. It is a valuable compilation that when considering the naval balance, the navies of the Western nations must be equally included. While many Western nations would join the United States in an all-out European war, there are U. S.-Soviet confrontation scenarios wherein we could not depend on many of those nations.
A paper by editor Murphy presents trends in Soviet naval force structure and includes numerous useful charts, tables, and compilations of statistics. Its value is in showing that the "growing Soviet Navy is not growing at all: it is shrinking in size. Another paper by Murphy provides a rundown of Soviet Naval Aviation (SNA), an area which receives too little attention particularly since SNA is repeatedly singled out by Gorshkov and others as being second in importance after the Soviet submarine force.
A fascinating paper by Claude Thorpe uses the Delphi Technique (systematically combining individual opinions of numerous authorities in order to derive a statistical consensus) in arriving at the relative priorities of Soviet naval missions. The technique is most imaginative, although the results confirm the findings of many other authors. It is interesting to note a common thread throughout all of these papers: sea lines of communication interdiction does not stand high in the priority ordering of Soviet naval missions.
Norman Friedman contributes some fascinating insights on the problems of designing a sea denial navy. It is not as inexpensive as commonly assumed. The author makes the excellent, but unfortunately seldom-considered point that we could overcome the Soviet sea denial capability if we could break up their command and control, the weak link in their naval structure.
Two papers, one coauthored by Ann Kelly Calhoun and Charles Peterson, and the other by Abram Shulsky, examine Soviet views on naval arms limitations and illustrate that the Soviets approach naval and other arms limitations from a very basically different perspective than we. They do not engage in arms limitation talks in order to achieve "world stability,” but rather to seek unilateral gain for themselves.
Robert G. Weinland presents an article on Soviet use of bases in Egypt prior to 1976. He differentiates between what is or is not a base and illustrates that, propaganda notwithstanding, the Soviets have used, continued to need, and continue to seek basing rights abroad, regardless of the Soviets’ semantics game concerning "bases."
The book concludes with a paper by Albert E. Graham, “Soviet Strategy and Policy in the Indian Ocean.” The author points out the many and varied reasons why the Indian Ocean area is important to the Soviets and shows just how hard the Soviets are trying to gain influence in the area.
Naval Power in Soviet Policy is volume 2 of the series “Studies in Communist Affairs,” published under the auspices of the U. S. Air Force. For the price, it is a worthwhile reference document and provides thought- provoking professional reading.
The Vietnam War
Ray Bonds, Editor. New York: Crown Publishers, 1979. 248 pp. Illus. Maps. Ind. $17.95 ($14.35).*
Reviewed by Major W. Hays Parks,
U. S. Marine Corps
Major Parks has served in command and staff positions in the Marine Corps since he received his commission in 1963 • Previous contributions to the Proceedings include “If l Become a Prisoner of War . . . , ” “Law of War Training in the Navy and Marine Corps," and reviews of books dealing with American POW experiences during the Vietnam War. He is writing a monograph in the official Marine Corps series on the Vietnam War.
The French and U. S. military campaigns in Vietnam, while militarily successful to the extent they were permitted to be, nonetheless were overshadowed by the complexities of prolonged, insurgent warfare. Each war was won, as promised by Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Giap, not on the battlefields of Vietnam, but on the streets of Paris and Washington. As Peter Braestrup has so ably demonstrated (Big Story: How the American Press and Television Reported and Interpreted the Crisis of Tet 1968 in Vietnam and Washington [Doubleday, 1978]), even where battlefield success was measurable, it was not always reported within a frame of reference the average reader or television viewer would perceive as a victory.
The Vietnam War is not intended to be a book to "set it all right,” but rather a book which provides concise examination of some of the major events and means of combat of the “wars” in Vietnam. It contains articles in chapter form by an impressive array of military historians, most members or former members of the U. S. Army Center for Military History or the Office of Air Force History. The text is augmented by more than 550 photographs, and diagrams.
The book is well presented, beginning with a chronology and 30 pages of high-quality artwork illustrating geographical factors of the war, uniforms and equipment of the participants, electronic surveillance methods, battlefield casualty evacuation procedures, and tactical concepts of the air war. Therein follows the text, which intersperses the chronological history of the myriad campaigns with chapters on the air wars against North Vietnam and the Laotian supply routes, the pacification campaign, and the use of the B-52 in a tactical role. Chapters by Bernard C. Nalty and Colonel Lane Rogers, U. S. Marine Corps, detail the battle for Khe Sanh and Navy and Marine Corps operations, respectively. A final chapter brings the book up to the present, analyzing the ongoing conflict between Vietnam, China, and Kampuchea.
The Vietnam War is not a com-
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prehensive treatment of the military campaigns fought in that land since 1945. It is, how-ever, a well-edited re port of the major military and pohn cal events which provides a balance view of the war in concise ^or^rl While it is doubtful that it will e come a coffee-table conversation Piece’ it would be a valuable addition to any military library.
Flugzeugtrager der U. S. Navy
Band I: Flottenflugzeugtrager
(Aircraft Carriers of the U. S. Navy/Vol. 1: Fleet Carriers)
Stefan Terzibaschitsch. Munich: Bernard &
Graefe Verlag, 1978. 360 pp. IUus- Append. DM 86 (Approx. $45.00).*
Reviewed by Norman Friedman
Dr. Friedman is a theoretical physicist concentrating on naval problems at the Huas Institute. He has authored and coauthored articles and papers on the U. S.-Soviet nava balance, an analysis of Soviet naval missile systems and tactics, and is currently preparing a history of U. S. aircraft carrier design for the Naval Sea Systems Command.
This is far and away the best avail able reference work on the U. S. c»r rier force. It is only half of a larger work; the second volume will covet not only the escort carriers but also that array of aviation auxiliaries which made the carrier war in the Pacific possible, yet are so often relegated to the small print in other compendia o U. S. warships. The virtue of the cut' rent work is its intelligent and complete approach to the subject, which other writers of warship compendia would do well to copy. Stefan Tet' zibaschitsch provides the usual list o carriers class by class and the usua dates, but he also includes the dates on which ships were laid up and fe' commissioned. These dates are often more important than the usual strike dates. For example, the carrier Franklin was carried on the Navy List as an ASW carrier as late as 1959, even though she saw no service after she was decommissioned in 1947. Ter- zibaschitsch also gives considerable details of changes (in armament and in radar suite for example) to ships >n service, and provides tables detailing composition changes in carrier air groups. These are essential in understanding the carrier force, but they are rarely provided in any standard reference work.
Terzibaschitsch has proven himself a master at illustration—a most important element in this type of book. Although data are often incorrect, because official sources are either dif- tcult to come by or are classified, nothing can invalidate a crisp, correctly-dated, detailed photograph. This book includes at least one photograph of every U. S. carrier in each •mportant configuration, with detailed notes of alterations and captions explaining visible electronic equipment and armament. Such captions are ex- rremely important as a reader may not fully realize what he can see in the photograph, no matter how clear it is. The photographs are also supplemented by drawings.
Even though the book is in German, it can be useful to those who cannot speak or read the language. Much of the data is in tabular form which can be easily decoded, and so much of the book is visual that it easily crosses the language barrier. A simple German-English dictionary will increase its value further.
The failings of the book can be traced to the fact that its author lives abroad. For the most part he must depend upon secondary sources—but that is not nearly enough. For example, he does not describe the design origins of the World War II and prewar carriers—information which can be acquired in the General Board archives at the Washington Navy Yard. This and other archival material would also have provided him with accurate data on the protective arrangements of these ships and on his sketch plans.
The lack of archival material reduces Terzibaschitsch’s grasp of the rationale for many carrier features. This is especially evident in his presentation on radars, which has incomplete information on radar evolution and particular mixes.
Terzibaschitsch is the epitome of a ship lover—a man concerned enough to document the appearance of ships and the changes in their appearance, while looking at the whole system of the carrier force. It is unfortunate that he has fallen victim to many inaccuracies like those cited. Nonetheless, his book should be a model for future naval compendia. It could be further refined by focusing on the reasons for ship designs and the way they are armed and equipped. That would be valuable, for example, as it would explain how and why we arrived at 90,000-ton carriers and why we may or may not wish to continue that line.
From the Langley (CV-1) through the Nimitz (CVN-68), numerous details of U. S. aircraft carriers are laid out in this well-illustrated compendium. How much greater is the Nimitz’j full-load displacement than the LangleyV? 76,600 tons.
Books of Interest
Compiled by Professor Jack Sweetman, Associate Editor
NAVAL AFFAIRS
Corsair Aces: The Bent-Wing Bird Over The Pacific
Walter A. Musciano. New York: Arco, 1979. 136 pp. Ulus. Maps. Append. Bib. $5.95 ($5.36) paper.
The technological and historical achievements of the Vought F4U Corsair, the first American fighter to enjoy performance superiority over Japanese aircraft in World War II, and the accomplishments of the Navy and Marine Corps aces who flew her are related in an attractive pictorial.
[3] Double-Edged Secrets: U. S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific during World War II
Capt. W. J. Holmes, USNR (Ret.), Annapolis, MD.: Naval Institute Press, 1979. 239 pp. Ulus. Maps. Ind. $11.95 ($9.55).
Captain Holmes served in the Ultra-secret, radio interception and code-breaking section of the naval intelligence operation at Pearl Harbor throughout World War II. In this spellbinding personal narrative he describes the men and the methods that made such a great contribution to victory. Until the recent relaxation of wartime security classifications the story of that contribution was completely unknown.
c. s. .Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific during Vnrkl Var II
^X HOLMES
|31 The Sea Power of the State
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov. Annapolis, MD.: Naval Institute Press, 1979. 290 pp. Maps. Ind. $17.95 ($14.35).
The name of Admiral Sergei Gorshkov, the father of the modern Soviet fleet, will need no introduction to Proceedings readers.
Several years ago the Naval Institute’s publication of Red Star Rising at Sea, a collection of articles Gorshkov had written for the Soviet naval journal Morski Sbornik, provided a fascinating insight to his thought. In this follow-up, the translation of a book published in Russia in 1976, he cites historical analogies and current affairs to continue his exposition of the importance of seapower to the policies and defense of the Soviet state.
The Southern Oceans and the Security of the Free World
Patrick Wall, Editor. London: Stacey International, 1977. 256 pp. Ulus. Maps. Append. Bib. £ 7.95 (Approx. $ 16.25) ($ 14.63),
£ 4.95 (Approx. $10.10) ($9.09), paper.
A dozen essays, edited by Conservative Member of Parliament Patrick Wall, by an international assembly of senior officers, analysts, and politicians assess the Soviet threat to sea lanes of the Indian Ocean and
the South Atlantic through which vita supplies of oil and minerals flow to Europe and the United States. Their unanimous conclusion is that this threat is large an growing.
MARITIME AFFAIRS World Ocean Atlas Volume I: Pacific Ocean Volume II: Atlantic & Indian Oceans
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Serge[1] G. Gorshkov, Editor-in-Chief. Oxford,
England: Pergammon Press, 1976 and 1978, respectively. (Originally published by the Soviet Ministry of Defense) 343 and 351 pp. Maps- Ind. $300.00 per volume.
“Magnificent” is the only word for this reference to the world’s great oceans. Tbe execution and range of color on the plates are especially striking. An English transb' tion of the introductory text and index accompanies each volume.
MILITARY AFFAIRS Tigers Over Asia
Bernard Nalty. New York: Elsevier-Dutton, 1978. 182 pp. Ulus. Bib. Ind. $8.95.
The history of the Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group formed by General Claire L. Chennault to fly against the Japanese for Chiang Kai-shek s Nationalist China is recounted in a volume of the “Men and Battle” series, of which one title was reviewed last month. During the seven months prior to their transfer into the U. S. Army Air Corps, the Tigers racked up 286 confirmed victories at a cost of only 12 losses.
The Limits of Military Intervention
Ellen P. Stern, Editor. Beverly Hills, CA.: Sage Publications, 1977. 399 pp. Map. Ind. $25-00 ($22.50), $8.95 ($8.06) paper.
The technology, operational procedures, international repercussions, and domestic dimensions, as well as the limits of military intervention, are analyzed in a series of papers by distinguished defense intellectuals. Among the contributors are Michael MccGwire, Paul R. Schratz, and Morris Janowitz.
The Military Equation in Northeast Asia
^,uart E. Johnson, with Joseph A. Yager.
ashington D.C.: The Brookings Institution, U?9. 87 pp. $2.95 ($2.66) paper.
^ volume in the Brookings Studies in Depose Policy series analyzes the present de- P oyment of U. S. armed forces in the ortheast Asian area in relation to the in- igenous forces and the aims of U. S. pol- lcy. Its authors conclude the study by rec- °mmending a significant reduction in the strength of U. S. ground forces in South orea and Japan, and advocating a shift in oaval force structure away from conventional aircraft carriers and associated sur- ace combatants to assault landing ships carrying V/STOL aircraft.
The Secret War
hrian Johnson. New York: Methuen, 1978.
357 pp. Illus. Maps. $15.95 ($14.36).
Six key areas of The Secret War between ®titish and German science and technol- °8y, 1939-1945, are treated in a handsome, well-illustrated book based on the hBC television series of the same name. The areas covered are: radio beams, radar, missiles, ASW devices, the Enigma codebreaking machine, and a daffy assortment °f misfires, including the Grand Panjan- dfum, a giant, rocket-powered wheel, laden with a ton of TNT, conceived as a means of breeching the Germans' concrete coast defenses. Unfortunately, it ran in circles.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Arab and American Cultures
George N. Atiyeh, Editor. Washington, DC.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1977. 236 pp. $9.75 ($8.78), $4.75 ($4.28) paper.
This volume records the proceedings of a conference of Arab and American intellectuals convened by the American Enterprise Institute to examine and compare the visions each group held of its own culture. The program was divided into five parts: history, literature, culture, politics, and a round table on the question, “Can Cultures Communicate?”
Broker or Advocate? The U. S. Role in the Arab-Israeli Dispute 1975-1978
Harvey Sicherman. Philadelphia, PA.: Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1978. 120 pp. $4.00 ($3.60) paper.
A perceived contrast in diplomatic styles—former Secretary of State Kissinger's step-by-step "brokerage" and President Carter's comprehensive ''advocacy”—provides the theme of this study of American efforts to mediate the Arab- Israeli conflict following the 1973 Mideast War.
The Department of State in the Middle East 1919-1945
Phillip J. Baram. Philadelphia, PA.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. 343 pp. Ind. $27.50.
This scholarly study of the internal dynamics and aims of U. S. State Department policy towards the Middle East, 1919-1945, argues that it consistently sought to expand American influence in the area by appealing to the Arab-Moslem majority, even at the cost of alienating European allies and endangering regional minorities.
Diversity and Development in Southeast Asia: The Coming Decade
Guy J. Pauker, Frank H. Golay, and Cynthia H. Enloe. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977. 191 pp. Ind. $5.95 ($5.36) paper.
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Council on Foreign Relations, this volume consists of three essays examining the political, economic, and social factors most likely to influence the ten nations of Southeast Asia in the coming decade. Among its conclusions are that authoritarian forms of government will continue to dominate the region, and that the potential for communal conflicts will remain high.
On the Shores of the Bab-el-Mandab: Soviet Diplomacy and Regional Dynamics
Nimrod Novik. Philadelphia, PA: Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1979. 83 pp. Map. $4.00 ($3.60) paper.
The author of this disturbing study contends that a steady increase in Soviet influence on the shores of the Bab-el- Mandab—the narrow waterway which links the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean—poses a grave threat to the security of the Persian Gulf and Western access to its oil supplies. Charging that American diplomacy has failed to comprehend the significance of that threat, he calls for the creation of a collective-security arrangement among the pro-Western states in this vital area.
Egypt could not have recovered from its defeat in the June War of 1967 so quickly without the massive influx of Soviet aid. The author of this account of the relationship, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, finds that while the interaction between the two countries increased greatly, it did not lead to a significant increase of Soviet influence over Egyptian policy.
South Africa: A Modern History
T. R. H. Davenport. Toronto, Ontario,
Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1977.
4.32 pp. Ulus. Maps. Append. Ind. $6.95 paper.
Although the emphasis is on the 20th century, the full sweep of South African history, from the late Stone Age through 1976, is traced in a well-documented and scholarly work. The author is a professor of history at Rhodes University, Grahams- town, South Africa.
The Soviet Union and Postwar Japan: Escalating Challenge and Response
Rodger Swearingen. Stanford, CA.: Hoover Institution Press, 1979- .340 pp. Maps. Append. Ind. $14.95.
The problems—ideological, political, cultural, diplomatic, economic, and military—that characterize the relationship between the Soviet Union and postwar Japan are explored by an Asian expert-
Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction
Edmund J. Gannon. Washington, D.C.: Council on American Affairs, 1978. 189 pp. Map. $5.00 ($4.50) paper.
The post-colonial political histories of the states of sub-Saharan Africa are concisely surveyed.
World Armaments and Disarmaments: SIPRI Yearbook 1978
New York: Crane, Russak, 1978. 518 pp.
Ulus. Maps. Append. Bib. Ind. $42.50 ($38.25).
The ninth issue of the yearbook of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reviews developments in arms research, production and trade, arms control, and disarmament in 1977.
The Missing Man: Politics and the MIA
Capt. Douglas L. Clark, USN. Washington, D-C.: National Defense University Press, 1979 ( or sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C.). 121 pp. Bib. $2.75 ($2.48) paper.
Approximately 2,500 Americans were reported missing in action (MIA) in the Vietnam War. This study, the first publication of the National Defense University Press, describes how the MIA question gradually became a political issue for both rhe United States and North Vietnam. It concludes that this politicization was contrary to the best interests of the United States, the missing men themselves, and rheir families.
Our Endless War Inside Vietnam
ht. Gen. Tran Van Don. San Rafael, CA.: Presidio Press, 1978. 274 pp. Append. Ind. 112.95. •
General Tran Van Don had a front row, center seat in the tragedy of the Republic °f Vietnam. A lieutenant-general at the age of 47, he became Minister of National Defense in the short-lived government of Big” Minh in 1964 and subsequently entered politics, serving successively as chairman of the defense committees of the South Vietnamese house and senate. In this book, a combination of history and memoir, he reflects on the 30-year struggle that ended with the fall of Saigon in the spring of 1975.
Rommel in Normandy
^Adm, Friedrich Ruge, Federal German Navy (Ret.), Translated by Ursula R. Moessner. San Rafael, CA.: Presidio Press, 1979. 266 pp.
Ulus. Maps. Ind. $12.95.
The name of Admiral Friedrich Ruge will be familiar to many American readers both as a distinguished naval historian and first chief inspector (de facto CNO) of the Federal German Navy. From November 1943 until August 1944, he served as naval advisor to Field Marshal Rommel in France. His recollections of their association, and of the measures taken to resist the anticipated Allied invasion, provide an absorbing insight into Rommel, the commander and the man.
Royal United Services Institute and Brassey’s Defence Yearbook 1978/79
Edited by The Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies. New York: Crane, Russak & Co., 1979. 365 pp. Illus. Maps. $49.50 ($44.55).
The 89th edition of this respected British annual follows the three-part format which has characterized it in recent years. Part I,
"Strategic Review,” consists of a number of articles devoted to current defense issues. Part II, "Weapons Technology,” surveys new military hardware (land, sea, and air); and Part III contains a selective bibliography of defense publications printed during the past year and a chronology of events.
The U.S. Air Service in World War I Volume I: The Final Report and a Tactical History
Volume II: Early Concepts of Military Aviation
Maurer Maurer, Editor. Washington, D.C.:
The Office of Air Force History, 1978 (for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.). Volume I: 448 pp. Ulus. Maps.
Append. Ind. $10.75 ($9.68); Volume II:
460 pp. Illus. Append. Ind. $8.25 ($7.43).
The first two, handsome volumes of a projected four-volume documentary history present an overview of U. S. Army aerial operations in France in World War I. Volume I reprints “The Final Report of the Chief of Air Service, AEF” and “A Tactical History of the Air Service, AEF,” both of which were prepared in France at the end of the war. Volume II contains a collection of documents reflecting “Early Concepts of Military Aviation” during the period 1914-1917.
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The Coast Watchers
Cdr. Eric A. Feldt, OBE, Royal Australian Navy. New York: Bantam Books, 1979. 269 pp. Illus. Maps. $2.25 paper.
During the Southwest Pacific campaigns, Allied forces benefitted greatly from intelligence of Japanese naval and air activity reported by The Coast Watchers—military and civilian personnel planted behind enemy lines for just that purpose. This account of their operations, first published in 1946, was written by the Australian naval officer who directed them.
The Hundred Days of Lt. MacHorton
Ian MacHorton, in collaboration with Henry Maule. New York: Bantam Books, 1979. 288 pp. Illus. Map. $2.25 paper.
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