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Weak Link: The Feminization of the American Military
Brian Mitchell. Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1989. 232 pp. $17.95 ($16.15).
Reviewed by Holly Porteous
Today’s “charmed forces,” says Brian Mitchell, cannot be called upon to defend the United States in battle. The notion of Women in combat makes a mockery of all that the military embodies and ultimately undermines national security by discour- a8lng the recruitment of able-bodied males better suited to fight wars.
In making his case for the exclusion of women from combat roles, Mitchell calls uPon a number of studies that compare male and female performance in the military. Based on this research, he argues that women have only 80% of the overall strength of men, are more prone to ailments requiring medical attention, and in general have few of the qualities—- bravery, aggressiveness, and tolerance of deprivation—that are required of a combat soldier.
Despite these findings, says Mitchell, the U.S. All-Volunteer Force has been °hliged to recruit women actively and to encourage, even force, them to take on nontraditional roles. Mitchell identifies two developments that have led to this riX'ruitment policy: first, a steady decline ln the number of young males attracted to a military career and, second, the rise to Power of many who support equal rights t°r women in all aspects of U.S. society, notably those who support the Equal R'ghts Amendment. The influence of these feminist interest groups has had especially alarming results, says Mitch- e'h Women who would prefer assignments that pose no physical threat beyond a chipped nail are now being posted to artillery units. Worse yet, in their scramble to open service academies to women, military officials have seriously debased the standards of basic training.
Weak Link addresses a serious issue in which a thin line falls between the objec- llve and subjective. Objectively, the question of female combatants should be easily resolved by the application of Ct|Ual, task-related standards of physical strength and technical ability. Given uqual treatment, the selection of a male or cmale for a specific task would, in an 'deal world, be based upon performance
Are female military personnel really more interested in emery boards than rifles?
alone. There is, however, a subjective side to this debate that cannot be brushed aside. Is society prepared to accept women in the front lines, killing and being killed, in direct contact with the enemy? If so, should combat duty be completely voluntary for women, or should those who pass muster face the same risk of draft in time of crisis, regardless of gender?
Unfortunately, Mitchell does not pay adequate attention to this complexity. In his obvious personal distaste for female soldiers, Mitchell overplays the subjective side of the debate. Repeated references to “cute” women and their dimpled charms reduces his discussion to the level of name-calling. In many instances his analysis is questionable. Take, for example, his suggestion that because accusations of lesbianism are more frequent, that is an indication that female homosexuality poses a greater threat to service discipline than that of male homosexuality. Does Mitchell believe female homosexuality in the military is more prevalent than male homosexuality?
Similar instances of shoddy analysis are rife in Weak Link, and cast doubt on the book’s overall validity. This is unfortunate, because Mitchell does touch on some important points, such as the dangers of attempting to meet artificial quotas of women. Reverse discrimination of this sort is a detriment to the military if the result is an organization unable to protect the nation.
Careerism is another problem. Interestingly, Mitchell places the blame for the U.S. soldier’s nine-to-five attitude squarely on the shoulders of women. One might be forgiven for thinking careerism, rather than being a consequence of recruitment propaganda directed at women, is a more widely spread, nongender- specific phenomenon. At least, this is a proposition made in The Pentagon and the Art of War (Simon and Schuster, 1985) by Edward Luttwak, whose name, incidentally, appears among those endorsing Weak Link. One might also be forgiven for suggesting that pampered soldiers existed before the widespread inclusion of women in the military. Witness the Vietnam War with its litany of complaints about the relative luxuries enjoyed by the majority of men who were stationed in the administrative rear.
Read Weak Link for what it does and does not say. One can make a case against women in the military, but Brian Mitchell has chosen to allow emotional and simplistic analysis to undermine a well-researched book. Weak Link is therefore only a starting point, not a definitive statement.
Ms. Porteous, formerly assistant editor of Canadian Defence Update, now works in the business section of Jane's Defence Weekly.
The 1990 Defense Budget
William W. Kaufmann and Lawrence J. Korb. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1989. 51 pp. Tables. $8.95 ($8.05) paper.
New Weapons Old Politics: America’s Military Procurement Muddle
Thomas L. McNaugher. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1989. 251 pp. Figs. Notes. Ind. $34.95 ($31.45) hardcover, $14.95 ($13.45) paper.
Reviewed by Lieutenant W. 1’. Holland, U.S. Naval Reserve
The salad years of increased defense budgets have stuttered to a halt. They are victims of real and perceived fears and hopes inherent in a mounting budget deficit and the seemingly relaxed international atmosphere engendered by political developments in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The questions now are which of the many ambitious and expensive weapons programs will be delayed or cut, and which overseas commitments will be shrunk or eliminated?
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence J. Korb and William W. Kauf- mann have written a short, readable book with detailed recommendations on defense spending, specifically for fiscal year 1990, but for the next decade in general. They demonstrate that while the services may not be able to buy all the weapons or operations they want, they will certainly be able to buy what they need. The fiscal year 1990 budget is smaller than what the military is accustomed to, but it is not a small budget.
The choices the two authors propose are highly debatable, particularly where the sea services are concerned. “The Navy,” they state, “is probably the worst offender where large-scale inefficiencies are concerned.” They recommend retiring five carriers (three more than the Navy intends). They do not discuss, or even connect, the increase in personnel or operating tempo this measure would entail. Instead, they simplisti- cally suggest that “the Navy . . . give up” keeping carrier battle groups and Marine expeditionary units deployed to the Sixth and Seventh Fleets. The authors envision a Navy simply standing ready to sally forth from port in reaction to international events.
This book does provide grist for heated discussion in the wardroom or ready room: it proposes deferring the purchase of P-7As, canceling the Seawolf (SSN- 21) and the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) classes in favor of buying more Los Angeles (SSN-688)- and Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)-class ships, and delaying production of a successor to the now 30- year-old A-6 design, the Advanced Tactical Aircraft.
A useful presentation of budgeting concepts and a big-picture view of the Defense Department’s choices, The 1990 Defense Budget clearly itemizes the costs of advanced technologies, maintenance of overseas commitments, conventional versus nuclear forces, etc. It shows how, by increasing time in research and development instead of stretching out production, substantial money can be saved— seemingly without a loss of advantage in the laboratory, factory, or field.
But what advantages are there to be gained by keeping a weapon longer in research, development, and test rather than producing it for use in the fleet or field? Thomas NcNaugher addresses that topic comprehensively in New Weapons Old Politics, a short, albeit complex, history and methodology of how defense procurement got to where it is today and how the participants in the system operate with one another. He presents a strong case for a radical reform to procurement policy; DoD should drastically reduce paperwork and audits to discipline contractors, make research and development competitive, and delay final production of weapon systems until their technology has matured through operational testing of prototypes.
McNaugher’s overall thrust is that defense investment needs to be shifted from the factory floor, where it produces immature, fault-prone aircraft, tanks, and missiles, back to the laboratory for use in the basic research followed by creative engineering development.
He argues strongly that savings can be realized by removing the bureaucratic barnacles that have attached themselves to procurement. Competition in the production phase of a weapon system’s life does little to promote efficiency and may, in fact, harm it. Competitive research and extended development can be the stick to discipline contractors, eliminating the need for an army of auditors and mountains of paperwork.
Materiel professionals, weapon system acquisition managers, and industry executives will find McNaugher’s book productive, if dry, reading.
Lieutenant Holland is a naval aviator and surface warfare officer assigned to the staff of the Commander Fighter Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Preventing World War III: A Realistic Grand Strategy
David M. Abshire. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. 331 pp. Notes. Ind. $19.95 ($17.95).
Fateful Visions: Avoiding Nuclear Catastrophe
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Graham T. Allison, and Albert Camesale, editors. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1988. 299 pp. Tables. Notes. Ind. $34.75 ($31.45).
Reviewed by Vice Admiral Jerry Miller, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Books about national policy and strategy are bound to flood the market when political relationships between major powers are changing significantly. The choices facing the reader are many, with authors ranging from the theoretical academic to the practicing strategist.
Abshire fits the latter category. A West Point graduate, Abshire was immediately introduced to the effects of a national strategy when he served as a platoon and later company commander in the Korean War, an experience that could have started him questioning the policy and strategy that could cause a nation to become embroiled in such a mess. His later experience in the academic world as both student and teacher prepared him for roles in the Department of State, as NATO ambassador, and as White House counsel. He brings to the reader real- world experience, much of it obtained firsthand during national crises.
Abshire contends that past strategy f°r preventing World War III has worked, but is now out of date. What is needed is a new “grand” strategy that is “global in nature, encompassing economics, technology, arms control and leadership as well as the need for military stability. Part I of his book sets the stage by discussing the pluses and minuses of the past. Abshire emphasizes NATO because he contends that the “unity of Europe is critical to a successful grand strategy t0 prevent World War III.” But Japan and China, he says, are “the Power Balancers . . . equally crucial” in the prevention of such a war.
Part II analyzes the components of the new grand strategy: politics, the public, deterrence, negotiating, resources, technology, the Third World, and the economy. Then Abshire describes an organizational structure that he considers appropriate for the creation and implementation of his strategy. His organization calls for an increased role, “personality and experience permitting,” of the Vice President, who would be more an executive responsible for making sure the executive process works and that an executive-legislative partnership exists. He calls for a division between policy and operations on the National Security Council staff and a better audit of policy, relying on the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He wants a presidential counselor with “the authority to coordinate the efforts of the planning and analyses staffs in the areas of security and economics.” Finally, Abshire suggests forming a special group “to maintain a list of global contingencies and possible responses to them” with more emphasis on net assessment.
Abshire puts considerable emphasis on the role of a strong economy in national security, referring to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s views on this point. “Units and
coherence must be the bedrock of our strategy,” Abshire points out, and it must start with the presidency and the Congress. His plea for the United States and other nations to rise above the petty and move to the grand is in earnest. He concludes, “Pax cannot exist without Shalom.”
Nye, Allison, and Carnesalc are theoretical in their approach; their work is another chapter in the continuing effort of Harvard University to examine the many Ways of preventing nuclear war. They Present a series of papers by other academics who explore five theoretical visions of “desirable worlds.” The first teorld is one in which the vulnerability of Populations and societies is radically reduced. The second is one with radically reduced reliance on nuclear weapons. The third world has political accommodation between the superpowers. The iourth is a world with a great increase in ’•He relative power of one of the superpowers. And in the fifth world the international system is transformed.
In their conclusion, the editors postulate that if the superpowers take appropriate actions to “reduce the risk of nuclear tear each year, then nuclear war need not Cven be likely.” One appropriate action ’he editors never seem to be able to avoid mentioning in their work is the inclusion permissive action links in nuclear teeapons based on naval ships. The book contains almost 50 pages of notes, for it tefers frequently to the words of many other academics on the subject.
If the reader is looking for another theoretical discussion of hypothetical sce- Uarios about nuclear war. Fateful Visions Provides plenty of material. For a more
Nixon recognized the leverage to be gained from the U.S.-Soviet- Chinese triangle in 1972, when he greeted Chon En-lai in Beijing only three months before signing SALT 1 with the Soviets. The United States must continue to manage this delicate relationship to its best advantage, for China is still a power balancer.
down-to-earth and specific approach to the prevention of future wars, nuclear or otherwise, Abshire presents some interesting discussion, based on real world experience.
Admiral Miller fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Before retiring in 1974, he was the Deputy Director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
DEFCON One
Joe Weber. Novato, CA: Presidio Press,
1989. 334 pp. Gloss. $18.95 ($17.05)
Reviewed by Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired)
“A blazing debut by one of America’s new thriller stars,” says Tom Clancy on the dust jacket of DEFCON One. It is no surprise that the reigning master teller of military stories should say so because Joe Weber has written a tale right out of the Clancy genre. If you like Clancy you will like Weber. He has produced a quick read and a gripping story in a plausible setting with a minimum of jargon. The hardback should sell well; the paperback will be a blockbuster.
It is the middle of the 1990s. Despite perestroika and glasnost, the Soviet economy remains in shambles. Ethnic unrest is endemic. Open communications with the West have brought the Soviet people to the realization that they are a have-not nation. This has bred increasing discontent and incipient rebellion.
In the Kremlin a cabal of the Old Guard is joined. The members plan to undo the heretical changes brought about by Mikhail Gorbachev and maneuver the
Soviet Union to its rightful place as ruler of the world.
Gorbachev is assassinated. The Old Guard takes over. Soviet forces move toward and threaten the United States. Encounters take place in space, in the air, on the sea, and under the sea. There is even a chase through the wintry Russian countryside, complete with a helicopter rescue by the Central Intelligence Agency. The Soviets test U.S. mettle around the world at the individual level, at the unit level, and at fleet levels, from the deep recesses of Cheyenne Mountain to the White House. Forces clash. A space shuttle is lost. Ships are sunk. Aircraft go down in flames. There is action aplenty, whether the reader identifies best with spies, astronauts, fighter pilots, antisubmarine crews, ship drivers, battle group commanders, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or politicians.
Although this is Weber’s first novel, he does an outstanding job. Things do bog down a bit in his description of Soviet developments leading up to the cabal and his list of Russian names is long, tedious, and confusing. A cast of characters in the back of the book would have helped immensely. A foldout map also would have helped the reader. Because action takes place all over the globe, it is difficult to keep in one’s mind all the many locations.
Finally, the purist and the nitpicker do have material. Weber does a good job writing about aviation matters but when he gets to ASW, submarines, and surface ships he demonstrates a weak understanding. For example, early in the book the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) gets trapped in the Sea of Okhotsk on an intelligence mission. With 97 nuclear- powered attack submarines in the U.S. order of battle, it is difficult to see how a nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine would ever be risked in such an area on such a mission. At other times Weber describes helos and S-3 Vikings “trailing sonobuoys.” He has an obvious problem differentiating between sonobuoys and dipping sonar. Then, anyone ever assigned to the USS Virginia (CGN-38) will be sorely disappointed to Find that her nuclear power plant has been replaced with gas turbines and that the commanding officer has been downgraded to commander. None of that really takes away from the story, but casting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs as a naval aviator, Vietnam combat veteran, and former carrier group commander is really testing the readers’ gullibility ... or maybe it’s wishful thinking.
Technical inaccuracies notwithstanding, the book is a good one and reading it for recreation is recommended. But beware. Once you pick it up it will be hard to put down.
Admiral Dunn recently retired as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare.
Soviet Air Defence Missiles
Steven J. Zaloga. Alexandria, VA: Jane’s Information Group, 1989. 384 pp. Photos. Illus. Tables. Figs. Key. Bib. Ind. $50.00 ($45.00).
Reviewed by Norman Friedman
This is a remarkable book. It is the most complete history of Soviet surface- to-air missiles that we are likely to see for many years, covering not only the weapons themselves but some of the politics of the design bureaus that create them. Zaloga also describes the postwar Soviet antiaircraft guns designed for strategic air defense, as well as the history of the Soviet strategic air defense organization. Soviet missiles have seen considerable combat, and Zaloga explains the lessons of that experience.
Zaloga is already well known among aficionados of armored vehicles, having published histories of U.S. and Soviet armor, as well as a history of the Polish campaign of 1939. He enjoys the great advantages of reading and speaking both Polish and Russian, so that he has been able to exploit what turns out to be an extensive Soviet memoir literature. For this book he has also used U.S. intelligence material released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Although this book primarily describes a particular class of weapons, it also provides valuable insights into the structure of the Soviet defense industry, both in its research and development and its production aspects. For example, Zaloga seems to have been the first to explain the rationale of how the Soviets designate their equipment, a rationale that connects directly to the structure of Soviet industry-
Because Zaloga’s previous interest has been in ground forces, he is naturally more interested in strategic air defense and in tactical ground air defense than in naval systems. But almost all Soviet naval air defense missiles are variants of ground-based weapons, and these naval versions are covered in substantial detail- Zaloga also provides considerable material on the sole exception, SA-N-3.
A final chapter describes Soviet land- based air defense radars.
Dr. Friedman, a regular contributor to Proceedings, is the author of the Naval Institute's Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems.
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Territory of Lies: The Exclusive Story of Jonathan Jay Pollard
W°lf Blitzer. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1989. 336 pp. Photos. Ind.
Reviewed by Captain Esmond D. Smith, ■lev U.S. Navy
This is a real-life spy story with a difference; it was based largely on interviews given to the author by Jonathan Jay Pollard, the U.S. Naval Intelligence analyst who spied for Israeli intelligence. Much of the book, which tells the story from Pollard’s point of view, was either Written by Pollard himself or derived from direct Pollard quotes. A reader rrught expect this book to be a whitewash °f the Pollard spy case—which is probacy what Pollard himself intended. Instead, author Wolf Blitzer maintains umazing objectivity in describing the case and analyzing its consequences. The |°ng, rambling, and obviously self-serv- lng quotes from Pollard demonstrate to reader the personality flaws that led ■urn into espionage. The result is a fascinating study in psychology and a credible analysis of the consequences of this case t° U.S.-Israeli relations.
Blitzer is the Washington bureau chief °f The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli newsPaper. Along with the rest of the world, he learned about the Pollard case on 20 November 1985, when the U.S. press reported an attempt by Pollard to request Political asylum at the Israeli embassy in Washington. Pollard and his wife Anne "'ere refused entrance to the embassy and arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) immediately afterward for espionage.
For a year after their arrest the Pollards remained silent, refusing all requests for Press interviews. In November 1986, hey changed their minds and, as they ^Waited sentencing in federal court, Anne ollard’s father approached Blitzer and asked if he would be interested in interviewing Jonathan Pollard. Thus began a dose relationship that led Blitzer to ques- tlon the actions and intentions of his own government and resulted in this book.
. As one would expect, most of the book ls about Pollard, his background, educa- tlQn, and espionage career. Blitzer’s sources for most of this information are ollard himself and members of his fam- 1y- Pollard claims to be an Israeli patriot anh portrays himself as a spy who was *eft out in the cold” by the Israeli government. He considers himself to be an ’utellectual and a Zionist. He turned to espionage because he was appalled at the Cr*tical intelligence that the United States 'Vas withholding from Israel for political feasons. But the fact that he did not have legitimate access to most of the material that he provided to Israel (“enough documents to fill a six by six foot room,” according to the prosecuting attorneys) woujd seem to indicate that Israel told him specifically what it wanted, not that Pollard chose which data he thought Israel should have.
Pollard also claims that he was reluctant to take money from the Israelis, feeling that by doing so he was debasing his legitimate motives. But his statements in this book, subsequently confirmed by Blitzer from other sources, indicate that he and his wife definitely enjoyed the expensive trips to Europe and the “presents” given to them by their Israeli paymasters. Neither Pollard nor his wife was above using classified U.S. intelligence documents for gain. Background documents on the People’s Republic of China found in their house by the FBI were used to further Anne Pollard’s public relations career. No one, Blitzer and the Pollards included, has been able to rationalize this aspect of the case.
While the most fascinating part of this book is about Pollard himself, the reactions of the Israeli government to the Pollard case are also interesting. The Israelis continue to characterize Pollard’s espionage on their behalf as a “rogue” operation that was not officially sanctioned by the Israeli government. Blitzer’s sources in Israel, however, say that Pollard is receiving a $5,000-per-month salary from Israel, following an Israeli intelligence tradition of providing “nest eggs” for captured agents when they are finally released. This money is presumably in addition to the $200,000 in legal fees raised by private groups in Israel, which Blitzer claims are covering active financial support from the Israeli government.
Blitzer’s interviews with Pollard provided him with detailed information with which to approach Israeli officials involved in Pollard’s case, and he has successfully ferreted out a credible story of official and continuing Israeli involvement. He, like Pollard, feels that Israel was remiss in not providing Pollard with a viable escape route in the event that his espionage efforts were detected. Unlike Pollard, however, Blitzer’s analysis leads him to believe that the risk—the potential for political damage to Israel—far outweighed the importance of any intelligence that could be gained by spying against Israel’s most important ally.
While current attention to the Pollard case lies dormant, Israel will likely continue to pay the political price of its involvement with Jonathan Pollard. As for Pollard himself, Blitzer concludes his book by saying: “As a result of his crime, Pollard continues to languish in prison. He broke the law; he violated the trust that the U.S. government had placed in him. He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.” To which I would like to add—he got exactly what he deserved.
Captain Smith, a frequent contributor to Proceedings, holds the Edwin T. Layton Chair of Military Intelligence at the Naval War College.
Books of Interest
By Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy
Amphibious Warfare: An Illustrated History
Norman Polmar and Peter Mcrsky. New York: Sterling, 1988. 192 pp. Photos, lllus. Maps. Append. Notes. Bib. Ind. $34.95 ($31.45).
Nearly 200 photographs and illustrations supplement the excellent account of the leaders, tactics, and various ship and craft types of amphibious operations—from the Greco- Persian wars to the Falklands and Grenada conflicts.
The Circus Master’s Mission
Joel Brinkley. New York: Random House, 1989. 403 pp. Notes. $18.95 ($17.05).
Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times reporter Brinkley has written a novel about U.S. involvement in Central America that former CIA director Admiral Stansfield Turner calls “a tale of intrigue, romance, and serious concern for national affairs around White House aides, CIA field operatives, mid-level contras, and reporters.”
The Cuckoo’s Egg
Clifford Stoll. Garden City, NY: Doublcday,
1989. 326 pp. Bib. $19.95 ($17.95).
Stoll was a computer systems manager when his pursuit of a 75-cent accounting error led him to discover an unauthorized user on his computer system. Rather than merely expelling the intruder, Stoll monitored the intrusion and discovered that he had stumbled upon a major espionage ring based in Europe and receiving KGB support. A year of stalking the elusive intruder and ultimately springing a clever trap netted the spies and cast new light upon an increasingly important security issue of the computer age.
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expanded edition continues the Stock- a'e s story, describing their post-POW lives, where Jim and Sybil have faced challenges of 4 different nature. The same love, personal strength, and commitment that carried Jim and ybil through the difficult Vietnam years have continued through Admiral Stockdale’s stormy tenure as president of The Citadei and as se- n>or fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.
The Painful Field: The Psychiatric Dimension of Modern War
Richard Gabriel. Westport. CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. 187 pp. Notes. Bib. Ind. $39.95 ($35.95)
Gabriel describes the history and current trends in military psychiatry. One of the most fascinating aspects is the ongoing research to develop a drug that will enable soldiers to endure the stress of combat but not impair their other capabilities—i.e. a mind-altering substance that will reduce anxiety but retain full alertness. He argues that the Soviets and Americans, unlike earlier researchers, understand that all soldiers arc subject to mental collapse in modern warfare.
Radar Systems
Paul A. Lynn. New York: Van Nostrand Rcinhold, 1989. 145 pp. Photos. Tables. Figs. Gloss. Bib. Ind. $37.95 ($34.15).
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Jane’s Military Communications 1989
John Williamson, editor. Alexandria, VA: Jane’s JJ Ashing, 1989. 862 pp. Photos. Illus. Append. loss- Ind. $140.00 ($126.00) paper.
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°Pedic reference works covers the varied asPects of military communications equip- jjtenh including all forms of radio, encryption, ‘tesunile, laser, and optical technology, as "tell as direction-finding and jamming equipment. Manufacturers’ and equipment indexes augment the subject/nation presentation. This 8u>de is indispensable to anyone involved with or mterested in military communications.
Making People Disappear: An Amazing afonicle of Photographic Deception
ulg n dairbcrt. Elmsford, NY: Pcrgamon Press, ,,“9- 190 pp. Photos. Notes. Bib. $27.95 '^25.15) paper.
Photographs are not always what they seem; ■tey are often altered for political or propaganda purposes. Before-and-after shots in this °°k show Vladimir Lenin’s disheveled appearance improved; Adolf Hitler dressed in a uniform he was not wearing; and Mao Tse- ang’s wife removed from the Long March, hese and other fascinating examples illustrate ne sinister and sometimes humorous fictions treated after the unblinking eye of the camera as faithfully (if not irrevocably) recorded.
0() Years of Army-Navy Football: A ictorial History of America’s Most '-oiorful and Competitive Sports Rivalry
pane Schoor. New York: Henry Holt, 1989.
444 PP- Photos. Append. $24.95 ($22.45).
The Young Admirals Sweep All Before
hem, Smiting the Enemy Hip and Thigh, and °rcing Complete Capitulation.” This 1890 sub-headline in The New York Times described |*e beginning of an American classic—the Army-Navy Football Game. Veteran sPortswriter and author Gene Schoor commemorates the centennial of this great contest, r°ni the famous exploits of “Jolly Roger” “taubach and “Doc” Blanchard, to Joe Reeves (who wore the first ever football hel- teet) and Worth Bagley (who was the only aaval officer killed in the Spanish-American war after successful seasons as Navy’s quarterback in 1891-93).
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modem radar systems, particularly pulse radar for air traffic control. It covers systems currently used in Britain, France, West Germany, and the United States.
Spying for America: The Hidden History of U.S. Intelligence
Nathan Miller. New York: Paragon House, 1989. 482 pp. Photos. Illus. Notes. Bib. Ind. $24.95 ($22.45).
From George Washington’s Tory spy, John Honeyman, to Abraham Lincoln’s premier detective, Allen Pinkerton, to the Cold War’s Allen Dulles, to the National Security Council’s Oliver North—this well-documented and highly readable account covers the history of U.S. intelligence. It is a story of heroes and scoundrels, of courage and incredible duplicity. It is the story of those elements that at the same time protect and threaten U.S. democracy.
Storming Intrepid: A Novel
Payne Harrison. New York: Crown Publishers,
1989. 755 pp. $19.95 ($17.95).
In the Tom Clancy and Dale Drown tradition, this techno-thriller involves a U.S. space shuttle with a payload that will make the Strategic Defense Initiative a reality. The problem arises when control of the shuttle and its priceless cargo is lost—apparently to the Soviet Union. Fast-paced action and intriguing scenarios are blended with human drama and impressive technology to make this novel harrowingly believable.
Vietnam Now: A Case for Normalizing Relations with Hanoi
John LeBoutillier. Westport, CT: Praegcr, 1989.
115 pp. Append. Gloss. Bib. Ind. $18.95 ($17.05).
Former President Richard Nixon writes in his foreword to this book: “To wake up one day and discover that we have ‘lost the future to old resentments or diplomatic bungling would be to miss the trenchant lessons of our experiences in Southeast Asia.” Former Congressman LeBoutillier contends that normalizing relations with Hanoi would weaken Soviet influence in a rapidly growing region of the world and would “stop the bleeding” that still goes on from the war.
World War II: A 50th Anniversary History
The Writers and Photographers of The Associated Press, 1989. 320 pp. Photos. Maps. Ind. $19.95 ($17.95).
Nearly 200 Associated Press correspondents covered the world’s greatest conflict, some losing their lives in the process. Their words and pictures commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war’s 1939 beginning in this informative and, for some, nostalgic book.
Other Titles of Interest__________
Battles and Battlescenes of World War Two
David G. Chandler. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co,, 1989. 160 pp. Photos. Maps. Ind. $19.95 ($17.95).
Combat Frogmen: Military Diving from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day
Michael Welham. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens, 1989. Photos. Bib. Ind. Order directly from publisher.
Deeds of War
James Nachtwey. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1989. 166 pp. Photos. $34.50
($31.05).
The Defense Procurement Mess
William H. Gregory. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989. 219 pp. Tables. Bib. Ind. $19.95 ($17.95).
Low-Intensity Conflict: The Pattern of Warfare in the Modern World
Loren B. Thompson. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989. 207 pp. Notes. $29.95 ($26.95) hardcover, $16.95 ($15.25) paper.
Maritime Security
Kenneth Gale Hawkes. Centreville, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1989. 352 pp. Photos. Figs. Append. Bib. Ind. $45.00 ($40.50).
The Second World War: A Complete History
Martin Gilbert. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1989. 846 pp. Photos. Maps. Bib. Ind. $29.95 ($26.95).
Weatherhawk: A Novel
Herbert Crowder. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. 419 pp. $19.95 ($17.95).