An officer in the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-18, and in the Military Intelligence Reserve, U.S. Army, 1922-30, Major Eliot is internationally known as a writer and lecturer on military and naval affairs. Author of seven volumes of studies, he contributes a weekly column, running in eighteen newspapers, and was a lecturer at the U.S. Naval War College in 1942 and again in 1948.

Articles by George Fielding Eliot

Our Far-Flung Ramparts

By George Fielding Eliot
October 1964
We should learn to think of our home continent and its flanking oceans as a single base area which is vital to our security and from which our power can ...

The Uncertain Trumpet

By George Fielding Eliot
May 1958
There is nothing basically wrong with the military establishment, but it needs a greater voice in the policies, and a clearer idea of what the nation requires of it.

Sea-Borne Deterrent

By George Fielding Eliot
November 1956
Changes in political alignments and scientific innovations will always necessitate rapid shifts of power and method as interim measures for offsetting advantage and maintaining balance.