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Postwar Defense Policy and the U. S. Navy, 1943-1946
By Vincent Davis. Chapel Hill, N. C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1966. 371 pages. $7.50.
REVIEWED BY
Admiral Robert B. Carney,
U. S. Navy (Retired)
(After serving as Chief of Staff for Admiral Halsey in the South Pacific and Third Fleet from July 1943 until after VJ-day, Admiral Carney was Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics and then Deputy CNO for Logistics in the immediate postwar years. He served as Chief of Naval Operations from August 1953 until his retirement in August 1955.)
This book stamps the author as a perceptive analyst and writer of readable prose. The book’s bibliography and interview list are impressive.
This reviewer, having served in the operating forces throughout World War II, cannot comment with first-hand knowledge on Washington happenings in the 1943-1945 period, but Mr. Davis’ account has the ring of documented truth.
The book’s title is somewhat misleading in that the story of 1946 is less comprehensive than the reporting on the years 1943 through 1945. Further, the author closes out his examination with some pertinent, but scattered, references to events occurring in the years subsequent to 1946, as though he found a suitable ending elusive. Indeed, the author’s talents, and the subject matter, would justify a Volume II—“1946 et seq”—as an alternative to the broad-brush treatment of the last part of this 1943 to 1946 study.
In his Preface and in his concluding paragraphs, Mr. Davis states as his purpose the focusing on the making of policy and strategy. He adheres to his stated purpose throughout the narrative, and it is interesting to note that he has correctly differentiated between “positions” arrived at by detached logic and those formulated in response to pressures considered inimical to Navy convictions—or to the Navy’s very existence.
Apprehension concerning Army and Air Force unification concepts is an oft-recurring theme of the book, and much of the text is devoted to Navy moves and countermoves triggered by this apprehension.
The reader must conclude that postwar planning was a sporadic and low-priority exercise in the middle-of-the-war years. If the author’s thorough research brought forth little of interest concerning that middle-of- the-war period, it is because little of pertinent interest was generated at the time. This should not be a cause for surprise, for the realities of the fighting were such that no clear picture of
Even as this powerful U. S. armada made ready to invade the Marshall Islands in 1944, a few naval officers were making plans for the postwar Navy. This initial sporadic, low-priority planning and then the intense postwar planning that followed are detailed in the book reviewed above.
postwar circumstances could be envisioned, even by astute statesmen much less Navy men preoccupied with “getting on with the war.” In this connection, Mr. Davis notes that the Navy high command tended to do its thinking in privacy, and no guidance was forthcoming from higher authority.
Postwar planning worthy of the name does not seem to have gotten underway until the latter part of 1944 or perhaps early in 1945. Mr. Davis gives a clear account of the greater understanding, savvy, and realism that entered into Navy thinking at that time. Although the author does not seem to have found reason to reflect on the imponderables of peace treaties, he does note that the new realism foresaw a gray interim between the cessation of hostilities and the assurance of a true peace.
These recorded events of nearly a quarter of a century ago may not arouse burning interest in the minds of those who are managing military and naval affairs today, even though we are now engaged in a struggle which will hopefully end one day leaving its own legacy of postwar problems. However, to those who participated in the 1941-1945 conflict and its aftermaths, there are parts of this book which will prove to be absorbing reading. Mr. Davis covers a wide spectrum of factors bearing on thinking and “positions,” and on resulting actions and effects. He outlines, in graphic and well documented form, the Navy’s traditional preoccupation with the Pacific, and that preoccupation is evident in its wartime thinking concerning postwar responsibilities. Mr. Davis might well have added that with the end of hostilities virtually all key positions in the Navy went to veterans of the Pacific campaigns, whereas those who had been solely engaged in the Atlantic and Mediterranean were not in similar demand. Curiously enough, the postwar importance of the Mediterranean was quickly recognized and acted Upon by deploying a force which was the forerunner of the current Sixth Fleet. Mr. Davis spotted that point, too.
The author’s perceptiveness is evident in his contrasting the Air Force’s great flair for Public relations with the Navy’s inbred dislike of publicity. He sees Secretary of the Navy
James V. Forrestal’s intelligent understanding of this vital function, and makes it plain that it was Forrestal who sparked whatever was accomplished in this field during this period.
There is repeated reference to the awareness of Russia as an emerging, potentially unfriendly power. This point intrigues this reviewer whose recollections incline him to the belief that in the war years only a few officers believed that Russia would be a stumbling block in the postwar picture. It was difficult in those years to envisage Russia as a threat to U. S. supremacy at sea, or as a threat to the nation. Later, of course, all this was to change, but by VJ-day only Forrestal and a few others read danger signals in the Russian mentality and the political ideology in the Soviet Union.
There are many other interesting facets of those years which Mr. Davis discusses with understanding and objectivity in the context of post-war developments: the views and attitudes of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, the impact on Fleet composition and organizational assignments resulting from the burgeoning of naval aviation, the irresistible pressures of demobilization, the Navy’s determination to get into the nuclear weapons act, and the profound concern over the threats inherent in attacks on naval aviation, the Marine Corps, and the Navy’s very existence, carried on in the name of unification.
As long as Mr. Davis saw fit to tabulate expenditures in the 1945-1952 period, it is regrettable that he did not recount the struggle that took place in 1948-1949 in the Secretary of Defense’s Budget Advisory Committee, which consisted originally of General Joseph T. McNarney, U. S. Air Force; General James Richards, U. S. Army, and this reviewer. The problem: to allocate to each of the services appropriate amounts out of a total budget of 14.4 billion dollars. No other single factor had greater impact on the postwar defense posture of the United States prior to the Korean War.
To summarize, this is a conscientiously prepared treatise, done with insight, well put together, and readable. It is comprehensive up to a point—the end of 1945. Another volume is needed to complete the story, beginning with 1946.
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"Amidst the plethora of Civil War memorials now hitting print, this publication stands out like a first-order lighthouse on a clear and sparkling night."
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Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
By Charles H. Hapgood. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1966. 315 pages. Illustrated $14.50.
REVIEWED BY
Captain Victor A. Moitoret, U. S. Navy
(Captain Moitoret is Assistant Director for Hydrography of the Oceanographic Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.)
Was the science of determining accurate longitude once known and then lost? Did Columbus have a map of the Western Hemisphere prior to his voyage? Was Antarctica mapped by some people—before the Egyptians—when it was without its ice cap? These are some of the intriguing questions raised by Professor Hapgood in this challenging book.
This book is the result of seven years of study of ancient maps. Professor Hapgood’s efforts, assisted by his students at Keene State College, were initially triggered by a suggestion that the southern extremity of the 1513 map made by the Turkish Admiral Piri Re’is could be the Queen Maud coast of Antarctica. The author’s research included attempts to reconstruct the projections used for various medieval maps, analysis of accuracies of identified geographic locations, and the general conclusion that they probably all derived from more ancient and more accurate maps which have not survived. The account of the investigation is at times as gripping as a mystery novel—there are mistakes, false scents, then new discoveries. Copious notes and appendixes provide material for verifying or refuting some of the conclusions reached.
Professor Hapgood uses the evidence from the chart study in combination with his theory of possible explanations for the ice ages to hypothesize an advanced civilization of which we yet know almost nothing; this is a bold step. Whether one accepts this imaginative suggestion or not, the book makes the reader think in new terms.
It is unfortunate that the book could not have found a more professional, scientific publisher. The typography is jarring, and the reproductions of ancient maps fall far short of those presented in much less expensive works on cartographic history. There are at least a few minor factual errors and some surprising omissions.
In spite of its shortcomings, however, this volume will make fascinating reading for anyone who has ever navigated out of sight of his own home port.
Sloops & Shallops
By William A. Baker. Barre, Mass.: Barre
Publishing Company, 1966. 174 pages.
Illustrated. $7.50.
REVIEWED BY
Howard I. Chapelle
(Mr. Chapelle is Curator of the Division of Transportation, Smithsonian Institution.)
The hull forms and rigs of American colonial craft have been studied by many maritime historians. However, sources of precise in' formation are extremely rare, leaving much to speculation. Hence, there has been a tendency among maritime historians to underrate colonial ship and boat building skills- Reconstruction of old vessels requires not only a careful research background, but also a suitable degree of professional knowledge of naval architecture, for reconstruction is the designing of the vessel to specific limitations and conditions.
In recent years marine archeologists have been most fortunate in being able to consult an author, skilled as a naval architect, thorough in research, who has concentrated on American colonial craft studies, William A. Baker. He is the designer of the reconstructed Mayflower, and he reported on this project in his book, The New Mayflower, Her Design and Construction, published in 1958. This work was followed, in 1962, by Colonial Vessels, Some Seventeenth Century Sailing Crajt, a more general study of certain colonial vessel types.
Now we have another Baker book, dealing primarily with the colonial sloops and shallops. Again there has been thorough research and good judgment in selection of source material, combined with professional skill in design to the resulting limitations in the reconstructions.
Shallops are discussed at length, from probable ancestry to final extinction of the type name. Mr. Baker emphasizes that a shallop could be any one of a number of different hull forms and rigs during the colonial period, and describes probable descendants, lately found in the Gaspe and in the maritime provinces of Canada. Mr. Baker has also designed a shallop, now sailing on the Chesapeake, putting his research to practical test.
Sloops are similarly examined, from the sloops-of-war used in the Royal Navy in the 17th century down to the, large, seagoing sloops of the 18th century—traders, privateers, pirates, and men-of-war. These big, one-masted vessels were typically American in the eyes of some contemporary English writers before the Revolution. Mr. Baker carries his study of the sloop to the packet period, with reference to coastal and river packet sloops, and to the Delaware Shallop, a type of sloop not previously recorded in published plans.
In this contribution to marine archeological knowledge, it is possible to form far more accurate estimates of the appearance, hull form, rig, and sailing qualities of colonial small craft and vessels than had previously been possible. Certainly, we now know these boats and vessels were not helpless tubs that could not work to windward or sail fast.
It is perhaps unfortunate that Mr. Baker does not show more lines plans, but the comparative drawings do, at least, show the important parallel in features of selected craft. The illustrations are all by the author.
This book should be in the hands of all naval and merchant marine historians interested in the American colonial period and, of course, marine artists and illustrators, whose imaginative pictures of colonial vessels have been too often medieval in hull form and general appearance, rather than colonial.
Finally, the book will be useful to ship model builders, whose number seems to grow steadily, with an increasing demand for technical, accurate information.
The book is well designed and well printed, and is highly recommended to all interested in sailing vessels.
The Last 100 Days
By John Toland, New York: Random House, 1966. 662 pages. Illustrated. $8.95.
The Last Battle
By Cornelius Ryan, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. 571 pages. Illustrated. $7.50.
REVIEWED BY
Lieutenant Colonel Hans Henzel,
U. S. Marine Corps
(Colonel Henzel saw combat on Guam and Iwo Jima in World War II and fought in the Korean War. He is currently in the Office of General Planning and Programming, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and is working toward a master’s degree in 20th Century European History at the University of Maryland.)
Few Americans have any comprehension of the savagery and vicious brutality, exhibited by both sides, which characterized the titanic struggle on the Eastern Front during World War II. We “Westerners” have no point of contact by which to measure these acts of cruelty and outright barbarism.
As is usually the case in such circumstances, it was the innocent who suffered most. We read of civilian casualties by the tens of thousands, by the hundreds of thousands, and to us they are but abstract figures. Of the military engagements, we know of reports of the all-out, no-quarter battles which were fought there between Teuton and Slav. But beyond that, most of us know very little. Both John
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Toland and Cornelius Ryan have contributed to our knowledge by throwing some more light into these dark corners of history.
Previous works of the authors are also known to the readers of World War II literature, Toland’s Battle: The Story of the Bulge (1959) and But Not in Shame (1961), and Ryan’s The Longest Day (1959).
Fundamentally, these two new books direct the reader’s attention to an inspection of the last and, for political reasons, the most important battle in Europe during World War II: the battle for Berlin.
Recently there has been a trend to popularize history, to put it into a perspective which will be not only scholarly and accurate, but also good reading. The authors of these two books use this treatment in attempting to frame these events in our recent past. Both authors have pursued their research in true Rankian fashion—attempting to view history objectively in terms of events as they really were—by spending a vast amount of time in tracking down primary sources. These sources are personal interviews with the participants.
The survivors represent a greater part of the only record which remains, since few new official documents of any consequence are likely to be discovered by researchers at this point in time. The captured German records are available to all. Of all the official documents the most illuminating are the state papers of the Allies. Unfortunately, custom and practice dictate that they must remain secret for decades before being made public. For example, the British Government has yet to permit public perusal of the great bulk of its documents pertaining to World War I.
In the case of the two books reviewed here, both cover the same material to some degree. Mr. Toland attempts to weave a vast tapestry of all the events that took place in Europe during the last 100 days. It is a formidable undertaking, and the author has documented his labors chapter by chapter. In spite of this, one has the impression that the broad spectral weave of the cloth appears only in spots. Those areas most readily available for documentation receive the greatest emphasis, i-e- those for which there are American and British sources and captured German documents. The absence of any Russian material of significance noticeably leaves one with the impression that the book is slightly out of balance. By this I do not mean that there is any lack of conscientious objectivity. The author did visit and gain material from sources now under Soviet control. However, there still is a job ahead for future historians.
It is the breadth of Mr. Toland’s approach which is also its weakness. He alternates between the highest councils of state and the reporting of personal experiences in relation to specific events: The happenings at Yalta are contrasted to the conversations in the Fuehrerbunker. The latter conversations are in quotations which sometimes cause the reader to wonder if he is not reading quotes which he doubts were ever quoted. Mr. Toland’s narrative moves the reader from the head-of-state and field army commander down to Private Joe Blow without shifting gears. The middle ground is not examined at all. Quite obviously, it is easier to put the focus of attention on the top echelon. Also, selecting incidents at random from the vast reservoir of human experience at the bottom provides an equilibrium of color to whatever degree the author wishes to inject it.
Because of his reporting of personal experience, some recent reviewers have accused Mr. Toland of being emotional. I disagree. To my thinking the sufferings and death of the individual soldier or civilian are as much a part of war as the doings of the big military staffs or the fateful decisions of the politicians. I do not know what these reviewers consider emotion, but the details involved in the passing of an individual from a living state to death appear to be one of the most emotional events an individual can experience. I doubt whether very many of these Sunday supplement reviewers have ever experienced the emotions Which accompany the sickening sound of a inuffled smack the moment a high velocity bullet strikes human flesh. Properly reported, such events constitute a very valid portion of the historical past.
Several items of immediate professional interest to naval officers appear in The Last TOO Days. These are the descriptions of the Worst recorded maritime disasters, the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustlojf and the Goya. These two former passenger liners, laden with refugees fleeing the Russians (mostly women and children), went down into the icy winter waters of the Baltic Sea with a loss of more than 8,000 and 7,000 lives, respectively. Those who have had a hand in writing the civilian evacuation SOPs for the amphibious forces will have a feeling of proximity for these events.
Mr. Toland’s The Last 100 Days is too big to take all at once. However, if you are buying for the wardroom library, it would be a handy volume to have, since it is compartmented. Those officers who loiter in the wardroom before or after mess might be inclined to take it bit by bit; it does not necessarily have to be read in sequence either.
Mr. Ryan had at his disposal the worldwide research capabilities and assistance of the Reader's Digest. The Last Battle shows it. The book deals specifically with the battle of Berlin, March-April 1945. The book is fast paced, extremely well organized, tightly written, and supported by well-researched facts. It moves out rapidly, carrying the reader along. Of the two books reviewed here, it is the superior if judged in terms of readability and conciseness.
As a monument to an endeavor in historical accuracy, Mr. Ryan has listed interviews of some 700 individuals. His presentation is a valuable contribution to a reconstruction of the history of the period. Most interesting is the account of Soviet participation, gleaned from personal interviews with the Soviet commanders themselves. He gives a more complete picture of the event than we have had heretofore.
However, Mr. Ryan also succumbs to the temptation to emphasize portions where the source material is most readily available, namely the American. Perhaps this may be justified in an attempt to underline one of history’s greatest might-have-beens, i.e. what would have been the result had the powerful U. S. Ninth Army not been ordered by General Eisenhower to halt at the Elbe. The question will long plague the study of U. S. diplomatic efforts in European affairs.
Additionally, Mr. Ryan’s book has with it an interesting array of photographs, many of them taken by the author. On the whole, the book is a new contribution to recent history which ought to make its round of the wardroom mess members during the next deployment period. If you haven’t got it, get it.
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Above the Pacific
William J. Horvat. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, 1966. 214 pp. Illus. $8.95.
The “complete story” of flights “above the Pacific,” from the first Hawaiian balloon ascent in 1889 and the first Curtiss flights in 1910 to the present. Centered on Hawaii, this book’s coverage includes the role of the military as well as the civilian in the development of Hawaii’s role as the “aviation springboard of the Pacific.”
American Foreign Policy Since World War II
John Spanier. New York: Praeger, 1965. 289 pp. $2.25.
A revised, updated edition of one of the most respected, succinct summaries available. The author is a political scientist at the University of Florida.
Arms Control and Disarmament—
The Critical Issues
James E. Dougherty. Washington, D. C.: The Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown University, 1966. 92 pp. $2.00.
A University of Pennsylvania political scientist has Prepared the first of the Georgetown Center’s new series on critical issues and problems. His aims are to tdentify basic issues, to discover research and information gaps, and to stimulate research and writing to fill those gaps; a most timely and concise summary.
Catalog of Living Whales
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 259 pp. Illus. $1.00.
A unique compilation focusing on South America, but, in many respects, world-wide in scope; emphasizes the outstanding and interesting research on the biology of whales; contains hundreds of references to Published records and research materials. (U. S. National Museum Bulletin 246.)
Counterinsurgency Warfare
Wajor John S. Pustay, U. S. Air Force. New York: The Free Press, 1965. 236 pp. $6.95.
A succinct analysis of conflict as employed by Com- tnunists today, especially in under-developed areas. Wajor Pustay’s grim warning is that Communist victory in these regions can render a fearful blow to the West, and his purpose is to present a policy for the prevention of such costly defeats.
Data Analysis
Kim J. Loroch. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1966. 148 pp. $10.00.
A technical handbook describing a method of organizing, presenting, and interpreting the mass of vessel operating data that is or should be made available to those who operate the vessels, build them, and engage in research concerning them; also useful to the governmental maritime agencies; contains numerous sample forms and a bibliography.
Defeating Communist Insurgency
Sir Robert Thompson. New York: Praeger, 1966. 171 pp. $4.95.
A British authority’s succinct summary of Communist insurgency activities as he dealt with them during his many years service in the Malaya (1948-1960) and as head of the British Advisory Mission in Vietnam (1961-1965). This extensive experience has enabled Sir Robert to formulate sound doctrine on analyzing, confronting, and stopping such insurgency. His principal theme calls for the destruction of the underlying political subversive organizations; a most stimulating treatise.
Deterrence Before Hiroshima—The Airpower Background of Modern Strategy
George H. Quester. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1966. 196 pp. $6.95.
A brief, annotated study made under the auspices of Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs of which the author is a research associate. In broad terms, he traces the strategic complications of air strategy from 1899 to 1945.
Diary of the Sinai Campaign
Major-General Moshe Dayan, Israeli Army. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. 236 pp. Illus. $5.95.
A detailed and extremely candid account of the classic Israeli invasion of the Sinai peninsula in 1956; General Dayan, Israeli’s Chief of Staff at the time, planned and directed the lightning campaign. Appendixes list Israeli organization and booty.
Down to the Sea—A Century of Oceanography
J. R. Dean. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1966. 128 pp. Illus. 42s.
A meaty little volume introducing several major phases of the past century of oceanography. Chapters deal with such themes as: “Beginnings of Marine Science,” “Monoco’s Prince Albert’s Scientific Expeditions,” “Marine Institutions,” “World Maps and Charts,” and “Deep Submersibles.” Of particular value is a brief check-list coverage of “Some Resources of the Sea.”
Fighting Airmen
Curt Anders. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1966. 289 pp. $5.95.
A brief but useful series of biographical sketches of Rickenbacker, Mitchell, Arnold, Chennault, Doolittle, Kenney, and LeMay.
Fluid-Dynamic Drag
Sighard F. Hoerner. Midland Park, New Jersey: Published by the author, 1965. 453 pp. Illus. $15.00.
A thorough, highly technical coverage of “a vast field extending from tip tanks to airships . . . dust particles to supersonic weapons.” More than 700 illustrations are offered to make this highly systematic work the most complete book on drag. The German-born and trained author came to the United States after World War II and has been associated with the naval architecture firm of Gibbs and Cox, Inc., for several years.
How to Use NASA’s Scientific and Technical Information System
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 24 pp. Illus. 20fS.
Designed to provide the interested person with a useful key to NASA’s scientific and technical information system; a most useful do-it-yourself pamphlet.
Lonely Victory, Atlantic Race 1964
Lieutenant Eric Tabarly, French Navy. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1966. 221 pp. Illus. $4.95.
The first-hand account of a French naval officer’s 27- day triumph in the 1964 solo sailboat race across the Atlantic; also contains a section on the other competitors and on “Problems of the Race.”
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Thirteenth Semiannual Report to Congress, January 1-June 30, 1965
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 264 pp. Illus. $1.75.
NASA’s semiannual progress and projects report discusses manned space flights, scientific investigations in space, satellite applications, advanced research and technology, nuclear propulsion and power generation, tracking and data acquisition, international programs, grants, and research contract activities, informational and educational programs, personnel, management, procurement, and support functions.
Naval & Maritime History:
An Annotated Bibliography
Robert G. Albion. Mystic, Conn.: Munson Institute of Maritime History, 1966. 62 pp. $1.00.
This Third Edition’s first supplement, covering 1963—
1965, updates Professor Albion’s highly useful bibliography, which has been the leader in the field since its first publication more than a decade ago.
Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office,
1966. 179 pp. 50fi.
Contains the full hearings held before the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy on 23 February and 1-7 March 1966.
Ocean Thermal Structure Forecasting
Richard W. Jones. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 217 pp. Illus. $1.50.
A scientific description of procedures for manually predicting the thermal structure of the ocean. Although procedures described are generally applicable to any ocean, emphais is on the thermal structure in the western North Atlantic region.
Okinawa—Victory in the Pacific
Charles S. Nichols, Jr. and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1966. 332 pp. Illus. $7.50.
A commercial reprinting of one of the most important of the U. S. Marine Corps monographs on World War II; complete and unchanged, this reprint contains many useful maps; originally published in 1955.
Power and Impotence—
The Failure of America’s Foreign Policy
Edmund Stillman and William Pfajf. New York: Random House, 1966. 244 pp. $4.95.
Two Hudson Institute analysts summarize U. S. military commitments around the world and urge a new foreign policy based on the realization that “the concept of one world power pitted against another is outmoded,” “that China does not present immediate dangers,” and that “America should seek slowly to end its primary foreign involvements . . a most provocative book.
The Baltimore Clipper—
Its Origin and Development
Howard Irving Chapelle. Hatboro, Pa.: Tradition Press Folklore Associates, 1965. 192 pp. Illus. $12.50.
A re-issue (first appeared in 1930) of the most authoritative reference on that “very fast, seagoing, fast sailing vessel of the 'pilot-boat construction’ type which was widely copied by the European designers and re-
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wains useful to this day in sailing cruising-yacht design.” The author is the renowned Smithsonian authority on America’s maritime history.
The Case of Richard Sorge
F. IV. Deakin and G. R. Stony. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. 373 pp. Illus. $6.00.
Two British historians have produced the most thorough analysis of the incredibly complex and far- reaching case of the Soviet spy Richard Sorge whose exposure which rocked Japanese-Nazi relations and revealed the remarkable inroads of Communism during the early years of World War II; documented and based on much new research material.
The Civil War
Catalog Section, The Army Library. Washington, D. C.: Army Library, 1965. Ill pp. Available on request.
A catalog of books in the U. S. Army Library in the Pentagon pertinent to the American Civil War. Sources and secondary works are systematically arranged and carefully indexed; of significant use even when the Army Library is unavailable.
The Early Spanish Main
Carl Ortwin Sauer. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1966. 306 pp. Illus. $7.95.
A University of California geographer casts new light on the crucial years from 1492 to 1519 as that period unfolded in the Caribbean region. By applying his professional specialty to historical documents, the author has produced a remarkably intriguing account which may stimulate serious contention over the character and motives of Columbus who, accord- Wg to Sauer, was far from the altruistic figure history usually portrays him. Rather, he was “ignorant, blundering, tyrannical, avaricious, and vain.” And, Columbus’ policies set the pattern for the “disastrous colonial policy” of the time, according to the author.
The Invention of the Aeroplane 1799-1909
Charles H. Gibbs-Smith. New York: Taplinger, 1966. 360 pp. Illus. $14.95.
This is a distinguished British aviation authority’s thorough coverage of a very early phase of aviation. The author’s primary concern is with the early technical developments rather than the personalities involved; numerous illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index; a major reference work.
The Joint Economic Report
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 86 pp. 25^.
One of the most effective and “painless” means Whereby the average American can keep posted on the nation’s over-all economic picture.
Flush Decks and
Four Pipes
By Commander John D. Alden, U. S. Navy
SEA POWER MONOGRAPH NUMBER 2
If there has ever been such a thing in the history of the United States Navy as a typically American class of ship, the flush-deck destroyers of World War I came closest to filling the bill. The second monograph in the U.S. Naval Institute’s new Sea Power series tells their story from their entrance on the stage of war in 1917 until the last of them, ending her days as a Central American banana boat, was scrapped in 1955 • 110 photographs • Deck and accommodation plans • Data on all 273 flush- deckers • Bibliography • List Price $7.50 • Member’s Price $6.00
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The Mare’s Nest
David Irving. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965. 320 pp. Illus. $6.95.
The British author of The Destruction of Dresden (1964) has produced the most thorough coverage of the World War II German secret weapons campaign and Allied countermeasures. British politics, personalities, and intelligence are shown in their determined struggle to outsmart the enemy. Peenemiinde quite naturally is a focal point in this volume’s able presentation.
The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1967
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 276 pp. Illus. $3.50.
Provides, in convenient form, the data required for the practice of astronomical navigation at sea.
The Principles of Navigation
E. W. Anderson. New York: American Elsevier, 1966. 653 pp. Illus. $15.00.
The former senior navigator of the Royal Air Force has prepared an up-to-date, over-all review of navigation in the modern age. He offers completeness in broad outline and makes wide use of authoritative reference works to substantiate his points and to assist the reader who wishes to probe more deeply. A unique index which may be used as a glossary is included.
The Zeppelin in Combat
Douglas Robinson. London: Foulis, 1966 (U. S. distribution by Aeronautica Corp., 7506 Clybourn, Sun Valley, Calif. 91352). 417 pp. Illus. $9.50.
The revised edition of the most thorough and authoritative coverage of this significant aeronautical aspect of World War I. The author’s exhaustive use of unique primary sources has made this the outstanding historical reference work in its field. (See review by S. W. Roskill, “The Zeppelin in Combat,” U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings, March 1963, pp. 111-113.)
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Fifth Annual Report to Congress,
Jan. 1, 1965-Dec. 31, 1965
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 52 pp. Illus. 25<jt.
A complete summary of the Agency’s activities for the calendar year 1965.
U. S. Policy With Respect to Mainland China
Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966. 670 pp. $2.00.
The complete coverage of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s hearings of 8, 10,16, 18, 28, and 30, March 1966, in which 14 of the nation’s leading Far East authorities presented their views and were intensely questioned on U. S. relations with Red China. A major source of contemporary authoritative viewpoints by recognized experts.
PERIODICALS
"Congressman Vinson
and the ’Deputy’ to the JCS Chairman”
John C. Ries in Military Affairs, Spring 1966.
Includes a useful 2,500-word summary of the development of the Joint Chiefs of Staff concept from World War II to the present.
"Integration and Arms Control in the European Political Environment:
A Summary Report”
Karl W. Deutsch in The American Political Science Review, June, 1966.
The detailed summary report of an American study group working on the single basic question: What arms control and disarmament measures might be acceptable to Europeans in 1966, in 1971, and in 1976? Or, put differently what would be Europe’s attitude in those years either to arms competition or to arms control, and what particular policies would be most or least popular in Europe in this respect?
"Jones at Monterey, 1842”
James High in Journal of the West, April 1966.
A recounting of Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones’ spectacular blunder of 19 October 1842, when under the illusion the anticipated war with Mexico had begun, he seized Monterey, California.
"The Defense of South Asia”
Norman D. Palmer in Orbis, Winter 1966.
A succinct coverage by a leading American political scientist whose writings on South Asia are recognized as highly authoritative.
"The C-5A Phenomenal Flying Tunnel”
Major General R. T. Conier, U. S. Air Force, in National Defense Transportation Journal, March- April 1966.
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"The Pacific Squadron and the Conquest of California, 1846-1847”
Oakah L. Jones, Jr. in Journal of the West, April 1966.
A well-documented, scholarly account of the U. S. Navy’s role in the seizure of California during the Mexican War. The author shows how U. S. naval contingents were more employed on land than at sea.
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Aboard the USS Monitor: 1862 .........................................................................................
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Almanac of Naval Facts.....................................................................................................
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Amcrika Samoa: A History of American Samoa
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John Roach, Maritime Entrepreneur: The
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Lion Six....................................................................................
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Thence Round Cape Horn....................................................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
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The Hunters and the Hunted........................................................................................................ $3.50 ($2.80)
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Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement.............................................................. $2.00 ($1.60)
Edited by Cdr. W. C. Blattmann, USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paperbound.
Geography and National Power.................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
Edited by Prof. W. W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. A summary of the physical, economic, and political geography of the world. 3rd Ed., 1962.
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Naval Logistics ........................................................................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
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Naval Review 1962-1963 ......................................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
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The Ships and Aircraft of the U. S. Fleet...................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
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The Art of Knotting and Splicing................................................................................................. $5.00 ($4.00)
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Heavy Weather Guide.................................................................................................................. $6.00 ($4.80)
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Naval Shiphandling..................................................................................................................... $7.00 ($5.60)
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Practical Manual of the Compass................................................................................................. $3.60 ($2.88)
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The Coast Guardsman’s Manual................................................................................................. $4.75 ($3.80)
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Division Officer’s Guide............................................................................................................ $3.00 ($2.40)
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The Marine Officer’s Guide.................................................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
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The Naval Aviator’s Guide...................................................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)
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The Naval Officer’s Guide.......................................................................................................... $7.75 ($6.20)
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Naval Terms Dictionary.............................................................................................................. $5.50 ($4.40)
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Watch Officer’s Guide................................................................................................................ $3.00 ($2.40)
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Selected Readings in Leadership................................................................................................. $2.50 ($2.00)
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Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants....................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
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Fundamentals of Construction and Stability of Naval Ships.................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Prof. T. C. Gillmer, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd Ed., 1959. 373 pages.
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Internal Combustion Engines.................................................................................................. $6.00 ($4.80)
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Elements of Applied Thermodynamics.................................................................................. $5.00 ($4.00)
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Fundamentals of Sonar............................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
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The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services........................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
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Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables....................................................................................... $1.65 ($1.32)
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Marine Fouling and Its Prevention........................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
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Ocean Sciences........................................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
Edited by Capt. E. J Long, USNR (Ret.). Written by 18 eminent oceanographers. Fills the gap between popular and technical writing. 1964. 304 pages. Illustrated.
The Rule of Nine................................................................................................................. • ($.60)
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A Brief History of Courts-Martial............................................................................................... $-50 ($-40)
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International Law for Seagoing Officers..................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
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Military Law.............................................................................................................................. $2.00 ($1.60)
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Dialogues on Russian Culture.................................................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
By Assoc. Prof. W. H. Bulfum, Assoc. Prof. H. R. Keller, and Prof. C. P.
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Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese.......................................................................................... $4.50 ($3.60)
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Naval Phraseology..................................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
Common naval terms and phrases in English-French-Spanish-Italian-Ger- man-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages. Paperbound.
Russian Conversation and Grammar, 3rd edition, I960 By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy
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Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology................................................................................. $4.00 ($3.20)
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The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations............................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
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Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage....................................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)
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Prayers at Sea............................................................................................................................. $3.50 ($2.80)
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The Sailor’s Wife....................................................................................................................... $1.50 ($1.20)
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U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Annapolis Today........................................................................................................................ $6.00
By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. Complete description of U. S. Naval Academy activities. 1963. 329 pages. Illustrated.
The Book of Navy Songs.......................................................................................................... $3.00
Compiled by the Trident Society of the Naval Academy. 160 pages. Illustrated.
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The Prayer of a Midshipman........................................................................................................ $.25
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USS Enterprise (June 1962) by C. G. Evers................................................... $5.00
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USS America (April 1966) by C. G. Evers (18 X llt^ inches)................................................... $1.00
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How to Write a Research Paper................................................................................................ $1.00 ($.80)
Prepared in the Department of English, History, and Government, U. S.
Naval Academy. 1963. 80 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Institute Lapel Button.................................................................................................... $1.00 ($1.00)