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CncV0 Trident: 100 Years of
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?rassey’snnfEdit0r- Washington, DC: llus- Ind i7„ense Publishers, 1986. 407 pp.
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, and former NATO Secretary-General Dr. J. M. A. H. Luns, to name but a few.
To mark the centennial of the first issue of the Annual, the distinguished historian Professor Bryan Ranft was given the herculean task of distilling and editing 100 years of erudite and often highly technical contributions into one cohesive volume. In his preface, Professor Ranft explains that he followed a chronological sequence while attempting to maintain a thematic thread—and this he achieved admirably. Just as one should never be aware of a picture frame, only the picture, one should never be conscious of the hand of an editor, only the substance of the book; a bad frame can ruin a masterpiece and an inept editor can destroy the impact of the most telling pen. In this case, we have a masterly and sensitive editor, who has sifted out irrelevance and who presents a century of fascinating defense commentary with the minimum of interference, supplying only brief, essential introductions to each section.
It would be easier to precis The Book of Revelations on a postage stamp than to provide a detailed account of the complex scope of this book. But a glance at some of the editorial headings provides a cogent idea of the book’s contents: “ 1886— 1904: Global Rivalry and Technological Change”; “ 1914—19: The Great War”; “1920-35: Disarmament and Air Power Controversy”; “1936-39: Approach to War”; “1940-49: World War II: Interpreting the Lessons”; “1950-56: Infantry Wars in a Nuclear Age”; “1957-65: Strains within NATO: The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile”; “1966-81: Defence Reviews: NATO and the Increasing Soviet Threat.” The range of the subject matter in these chapters is as vast as the time span covered: from “The Value of Torpedo Boats in Wartime” (1896) to “Strategic Weapons” (1983); and from “The Tactical Qualities of the Dreadnought Type Battleship” (1907) to “Trident—A Candidate for Cancellation” (1982).
Reading this book from cover to cover at one sitting is not recommended—it would be like watching hour upon hour of flickering newsreel film with one eye and
reading Karl von Clausewitz with the other. It is a book to delve into. It does not matter where you open its pages, there will be something to delight and inform the student of naval history and benefit the naval officer. Although much of the book is historical and many of the early articles were centered around the British Fleet and politics, it contains ideas and truths that are both timeless and global.
Commander Hankinson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1942 at the age of 13. He served mostly in fleet destroyers on the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Far East stations, commanding HMS Cambrian from 1962-64. Commander Hankinson was a gunnery specialist and passed the Royal Navy Staff Course in 1962. He retired in 1966 to pursue a second career as a portrait painter.
Terrorism: How the West Can Win
Benjamin Netanyahu, Editor. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986. 254 pp. Append. Ind. $18.95 ($17.05).
Reviewed by Colonel W. Hays Parks,
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Terrorism has been described as a hydra of carnage, in recognition of its multiple facets, organizations, and uses— all negative. A particular negative aspect of the current surge of interest in terrorism is the proliferation of conferences and publishings by self-styled “experts” that discuss, attempt to define, and offer solutions to the terrorism threat. Scratch the surface of most and you find shallow, simplistic analysis that offers little of practical value to those responsible for developing and implementing programs for terrorism counteraction. This book is an improvement on the norm, and it is one of the best published on the subject to date.
Terrorism is the product of a conference sponsored by the Jonathon Institute, held in Washington on 24-27 June 1984. Its editor, Benjamin Netanyahu, is the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, and the brother of Lieutenant Colonel Jonathon Netanyahu, who was killed while leading the 4 July 1976 Entebbe
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The contributors are individuals who speak with authority; they include Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Attorney General Edwin Meese III, former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director William H. Webster, former Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Arens, Claire Sterling, Amaud de Borchgrave, Jean-Francis Ravel, and Paul Johnson. The contribution of each, while brief, penetrates the heart of particular issues: the challenge of terrorism to democracies, terrorism and totalitarianism, terrorism and the Islamic world, the international terror network, terrorism and the media, legal foundations for the war on terrorism, the domestic battle against terrorism, and the global battle against terrorism. An appendix summarizes the symposium on “Terrorism and the Media” held during the conference.
This book is one of the best collections of essays attacking the problem of terrorism, the threat it poses to democracies, and the approach that must be taken if terrorism is to be defeated. It defines terrorism: “the deliberate and systematic murder, maiming and menacing of the innocent to inspire fear for political ends”—something the subsequent Vice
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The book’s greatest value, now ^ in Netanyahu’s opening and c . ce says. In the clearest language, the threat in perspective and sll^eSS 0f the strategy of terrorism. In the P. orism setting forth a program f°r (he counteraction, he destroys rna[gjTOrism- popular myths surrounding , cjVilian One myth suggests that inciden (ef. casualties that occur when attac ^ s ^ rorist-related targets is the same .^nocent
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“Howlin Mad” vs. the Army: Conflict in Command, Saipan, 1944
Harry A. Gailey. Novato, CA: Presidio Press,
1986. 278 pp. Illus. Notes. Ind. Maps. $17.95 ($16.15).
During the campaign to capture Saipan, Marine Lieutenant General Holland M. “Howlin Mad” Smith relieved his subordinate, Army Major General Ralph Smith, of command of the Army’s 27th Infantry Division, for allowing the Army unit to lag behind the Marine advance. This book recounts and, more importantly, analyzes that controversial event and the eruption that followed in the press and in the upper echelons of the services.
The Korean War: Pusan to Chosin, An Oral History
Donald Knox. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. 697 pp. Illus. Ind. Maps. Append. $24.95 ($22.45).
Combining battalion and regimental records with the personal recollections of the men who were there, Knox has created a vivid, day-byday account of the first seven months of the Korean War. This is the war through the eyes of the men who fought it, from the perspectives of privates and generals, soldiers and marines, infantry, cavalry, engineers, and artillery. The story is dramatic, humorous, inspiring, and revealing. It is important reading
E The Marine Officers’ Guide,
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Col. Kenneth W. Estes, USMC. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1985. 523 pp. Illus. Gloss. Ind. Append. Tables. $24.95 ($19.96).
This guide has served Marine Corps officers, both neophytes and seasoned veterans, since it first appeared in 1956. Continuing the tradition established by Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., Colonel Estes has updated this important work while preserving the many elements that have made it essential to all those who wield the mameluke. The Guide reflects the many changes in service organization and public law since the appearance of the fourth edition. The selective additions and deletions have enhanced the Guide's currency and usefulness.
On the Meaning of Victory: Essays on Strategy
Edward N. Luttwak. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. 315 pp. Notes. Ind. Tables.
$18.45.
This collection of essays by the author of The Pentagon and the Art of War (Simon and Schuster, 1984), examines the strategic and foreign policy issues facing the United States in the 1980s. Some of these essays have been reprinted from The Washington Quarterly, Commentary, and various other publications while some appear here for the first time. The book has four major divisions: “How to Think About Nuclear War”; “The Politics of Defense”; “The Wider Context of Strategy”; and “On the Meaning of Strategy.”
Peacekeepers at War: A Marine’s Account of the Beirut Catastrophe
Michael Petit. Boston: Faber and Faber, 1986.
229 pp. Gloss. $17.95 ($16.15).
This is an eyewitness account by a young Marine who was in Beirut when 241 of his comrades died at the hands of a lone Muslim extremist. Laced with humor and packed with emotion, Peacekeepers at War is a story of youthful fervor, mounting fear, intense frustration. and sudden death. It is a story of the chess-like moves of strategic decision makers and international politics as seen through the eyes of one of the chessmen. It is an important contribution that should be read by all players.
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Silent Wings: The Saga of the U. S.
Army and Marine Combat Glider Pilots During World War II
Gerard M. Devlin. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1985 . 410 pp. Illus. Bib. Notes. Ind. Maps.
$27.95 ($25.15).
Filled with daring, hair-raising feats, spectacular achievements, and horrifying disasters, Silent Wings is a detailed history on the gliders used in the European, Pacific, and China- Burma-India theaters of World War II. These engineless aircraft—some with wingspans in excess of 100 feet—carried troops, supplies, and even tanks far behind enemy lines. Devlin interviewed hundreds of pilots, conducted massive documentary research, and collected many photographs for this impressive work.
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Soviet Airland Battle Tactics
Lt. Col. William P. Baxter, USA (Ret.). Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1986. 269 pp. Notes. Ind. Maps. Tables. $18.95 ($17.05).
Adhering to the centuries-old adage, “Know thine enemy,” Colonel Baxter takes a careful look at our potential enemy, the Soviet Union. By comparing the United States and the Soviet Union to the proverbial hare and turtle, he contends that the Soviets plod along on a carefully charted course while the United States alternately naps and dashes frantically about in the world of strategy and military competition. He provides an intensive study of the Soviet soldier, a careful explanation of the organization of the Soviet armed forces, and a comparative look at superpower strategies and tactics. This book, which combines hard data with some philosophy and prognosis, will prove useful to both Soviet-watchers and U. S. policy makers and critics.
Soviet Armed Forces Review Annual
David R. Jones, Editor. Gulf Breeze, FL:
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This is the ninth in a long-running series of annuals reviewing the capabilities, limitations, and developing trends of the Soviet Union’s armed forces. This book, covering April 1984 to March 1985, includes a chronology of Soviet military events, a statistical overview of Soviet military power, and a series of essays covering each of the components of the Soviet armed forces and other relevant topics ranging from the economy to space programs. This scholarly annual is must reading for any serious Soviet watchers.
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The Dogma of the Battle of A"n'h'Sen The Theories of Clausewitz and and Their Impact on the Gerrna Conduct of Two World Wars ^
Col. Jehuda L. Wallach,
Forces, Reserve. Westport, C ■ ^ ]nd.
Press, 1986. 334 pp. Append- $45.00 ($40.50).
Hell on Wheels: The 2nd Armored
Division, World War II n^ddi°
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Donald E. Houston. Novato, . ApP4"^' Press, 1986. 466 pp. Maps. wu”
Bib. Ind. $12.95 ($11.65) paper-
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The Mechanized Battlefield: A Analysis gators-
Lt. Col. J. A. English, CD, et aU
McLean, VA: Pergamon-Brassey^ jilus- tional Defense Publishers, 1985.
Figs. Maps. Bib. $30.00 ($27-0 )■
Search and Rescue/Survival Train ^
M. M. Rastellini, Editor, PP'
Department of the Air Force, 1 jq), Illus. Figs. Maps. Bib. $19.00 (
U. S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighti g North Vietnamese, 1967 \yash'n-
Maj. Gary L. Telfer, USMC, et *1- pjVjsion ton, DC: History and Museums ^ Headquarters, U. S. Marine 0 ^ppeau- 338 pp. Illus. Maps. Figs. Notes- Ind. $10.00 ($9.00).
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