James E. Wise Jr., a former naval aviator, intelligence officer, and Vietnam veteran, retired from the U.S. Navy as a captain. His books include Stars in Blue and U-505, among many others.

Articles by James Wise

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Dr. Eric Grove, Centre for Security Studies, University of Hull, Captain James E. Wise Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired), Commander Ward Carroll, U.S. Navy (Retired) & Captain Don Walsh, U.S. Navy (Retired)
August 2005
To Rule The Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World Arthur Herman. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2005. 648 pp. Maps. $26.95. Reviewed by Dr. Eric Grove, Centre ...

To Sicily with Alec Guinness

By Captain James E. Wise Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
June 2002
In the new Naval Institute Press book, International Stars at War, one of the greats of stage and screen brings the first invasion force ashore in World War IPs Operation ...

From Tarawa to Hooterville

By Captain James E. Wise, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired), and Anne Collier Rehill
August 1997
This excerpt showcases the heroics of a Naval Reserve officer who became known to television audiences as Oliver Wendell Douglas.

Stand By for a Ram!—Part II

By Robert A. Maher with Captain James E. Wise, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
October 1993
Now, after having been rammed some abandoned ship, as the crew below decks in the Borie begin to assess the damage to their ship.

U-Boats Off Our Coasts

by Lieutenant Commander James E. Wise, Jr., U.S. Navy
October 1965
During the two world wars, U-boats sailed into American coastal waters to wreak havoc among vulnerable merchantmen. The few U-boats that operated along the Atlantic coast in 1918 accomplished relatively ...

Books by James Wise