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The Battle Of Quemoy: The Amphibious Assault That Held The Postwar Military Balance In The Taiwan Strait, Maochun Miles Yu Mar 2018

The Battle Of Quemoy: The Amphibious Assault That Held The Postwar Military Balance In The Taiwan Strait, Maochun Miles Yu

Naval War College Review

The 1949 battle of Quemoy, a significant event in the military history of the People’s Republic of China, was not only a turning point for the civil war that remains unresolved across the Taiwan Strait but also the beginning of a chain of events that shaped the Cold War throughout Asia and the Pacific region for decades.


Who’S At The Helm? The Past, Present, And Future Leaders Of China’S Navy, Jeffrey Becker Mar 2018

Who’S At The Helm? The Past, Present, And Future Leaders Of China’S Navy, Jeffrey Becker

Naval War College Review

The PLA Navy is undergoing a substantial leadership transition, from an Old Guard that is fast retiring to a Rising Cohort, to be followed by its Future Leadership, representing a profound shift in professional education, training, international experience, and direct experience with new operations.


The 1974 Paracels Sea Battle: A Campaign Appraisal, Toshi Yoshihara Mar 2018

The 1974 Paracels Sea Battle: A Campaign Appraisal, Toshi Yoshihara

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The Paracels battle of 1974 illustrates a continuity in China’s creative use of naval and nonmilitary instruments of sea power. The apparent efficacy of mixing unorthodox methods with traditional tools of war suggests that China may turn to this playbook again in future confrontations in the South China Sea.


The Effect Of The Goldwater-Nichols Act Of 1986 On Naval Strategy, 1987–1994, Steven Wills Mar 2018

The Effect Of The Goldwater-Nichols Act Of 1986 On Naval Strategy, 1987–1994, Steven Wills

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The Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 fundamentally altered the process by which the U.S. Navy developed both strategy and the people involved in creating it, affecting the Navy’s ability to produce war-winning global strategic concepts in response to threats that can no longer be contained by regional planning alone.


A Design For Maintaining Maritime Superiority, John M. Richardson Mar 2018

A Design For Maintaining Maritime Superiority, John M. Richardson

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The United States Navy will be ready to conduct prompt and sustained combat incident to operations at sea. Our Navy will protect America from attack and preserve America’s strategic influence in key regions of the world.


The Cno’S Design And The Naval War College, P. Gardner Howe Iii Mar 2018

The Cno’S Design And The Naval War College, P. Gardner Howe Iii

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From The Editors, Carnes Lord Mar 2018

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

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Spring 2016 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

Spring 2016 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

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Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson Mar 2018

Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson

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From The Editors, Carnes Lord Mar 2018

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

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Deng Xiaoping's Long War, Richard J. Norton Mar 2018

Deng Xiaoping's Long War, Richard J. Norton

Naval War College Review

This book will be welcomed equally by historians, political scientists, and international relations specialists. It isa worthy addition to existing literature and belongs on any bookshelf dedicated to understanding modern China and Southeast Asia. Xiaoming Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Strategy at the Air War College, has provided valuable additional information and analysis concerning the People’s Republic of China’s invasion of Vietnam in 1979.


Why? And Other Thirty-Five-Year Questions, Jan Van Tol Mar 2018

Why? And Other Thirty-Five-Year Questions, Jan Van Tol

Naval War College Review

In this book, van Creveld notes that, despite their overwhelming superiority in virtually every facet of military power, Western militaries since 1953 deployed abroad to fight non-Westerners almost always have been defeated and forced to withdraw. He poses the question, “How did the world’s best and most ferocious soldiers, who for centuries fought and defeated anybody and everybody until they dominated the entire world, turn into pussycats?”


Winter 2017 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

Winter 2017 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

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Book Reviews, Jan Van Tol, Dale C. Rielage, Richard J. Norton Mar 2018

Book Reviews, Jan Van Tol, Dale C. Rielage, Richard J. Norton

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Review Essay, John B. Hattendorf Mar 2018

Review Essay, John B. Hattendorf

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How does one measure victory in combat operations? Is there a difference between victory ashore and victory at sea? These are certainly two fundamen- tal questions about the nature and character of war that are worthy of careful reflection, but too often they become lost among vague assumptions. The two scholars who have taken up the challenge in these two volumes represent differ- ent academic disciplines and each looks at the subject through quite a different lens. While each volume makes a substantial contribution to the literature by itself, when read together they provide an even more interesting and provocative …


The Development Of Vietnam’S Sea-Denial Strategy, Shang-Su Wu Mar 2018

The Development Of Vietnam’S Sea-Denial Strategy, Shang-Su Wu

Naval War College Review

In the past two decades, Vietnam’s military investment has manifested a strategic shift of national interest from land to the maritime sphere, especially since 2000. This evolution reflects the country’s altered external environment and its economic transformation. During the Cold War, Hanoi focused on land warfare. Despite the existence of a small navy since the 1960s, land warfare represented the main security issue for Vietnamese decision makers, whether it concerned the Vietnam War against the United States and its allies, military intervention in Cambodia, or border defense against China.


A Himalayan Challenge, Iskander Rehman Mar 2018

A Himalayan Challenge, Iskander Rehman

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Ever since 1962, when soldiers from the People’s Republic of China inflicted a humiliating defeat on Indian forces, India and China have maintained an uneasy coexistence along the world’s longest disputed frontier. While certain aspects of the Sino-Indian security dynamic have improved markedly, others have given rise to growing unease. On the positive side of the ledger, the two nations have succeeded in avoiding a direct, armed conflict since a bloody skirmish in 1967, and have developed a number of confidence building measures to prevent isolated incidents from spiraling out of control.


Changing Dod’S Analysis Paradigm, John T. Hanley Jr. Mar 2018

Changing Dod’S Analysis Paradigm, John T. Hanley Jr.

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War gaming and military modeling have a well documented history covering over two centuries, a period that coincides with the inception and evolution of formal professional development for military officers. The term war game used here refers to “a warfare model or simulation that does not involve the operations of actual forces, in which the flow of events affects and is affected by decisions made during the course of those events by players representing opposing sides.”


President’S Forum, Jeffrey A. Harley Mar 2018

President’S Forum, Jeffrey A. Harley

Naval War College Review

In my forum in the Autumn 2016 issue of the Review I high- lighted a three-pronged agenda for the coming years, designed to focus our collective efforts to operationalize, navalize, and futurize the College’s endeavors. In the paragraphs that follow, I’d like to address several initiatives that are helping us to be of more value to the operating forces.


Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson Mar 2018

Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson

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Routledge Handbook Of Ethics And War: Just War Theory In The Twenty-First Century, Edward Erwin, Fritz Allhoff, Nicholas G. Evans, Adam Henschke Mar 2018

Routledge Handbook Of Ethics And War: Just War Theory In The Twenty-First Century, Edward Erwin, Fritz Allhoff, Nicholas G. Evans, Adam Henschke

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Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War Ii Story Of The Japanese-American Gis Who Rescued The Lost Battalion, Richard Norton, Scott Mcgaugh Mar 2018

Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War Ii Story Of The Japanese-American Gis Who Rescued The Lost Battalion, Richard Norton, Scott Mcgaugh

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Hunters And Killers, Vol. 2, Anti-Submarine Warfare From 1943, Sean Sullivan, Norman Polmar, Edward Whitman Mar 2018

Hunters And Killers, Vol. 2, Anti-Submarine Warfare From 1943, Sean Sullivan, Norman Polmar, Edward Whitman

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Napoleonic Warfare: The Operational Art Of The Great Campaigns, Michael V. Leggiere, John T. Kuehn Mar 2018

Napoleonic Warfare: The Operational Art Of The Great Campaigns, Michael V. Leggiere, John T. Kuehn

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Outsourcing War: The Just War Tradition In The Age Of Military Privatization, Edward Erwin, Amy Eckert Mar 2018

Outsourcing War: The Just War Tradition In The Age Of Military Privatization, Edward Erwin, Amy Eckert

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Sea Power: The History And Geopolitics Of The World’S Oceans, Philip M. Bilden, James Stavridis Mar 2018

Sea Power: The History And Geopolitics Of The World’S Oceans, Philip M. Bilden, James Stavridis

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Options For National Security: Policy Practitioners’ Advice For The New Administration, Sam J. Tangredi Mar 2018

Options For National Security: Policy Practitioners’ Advice For The New Administration, Sam J. Tangredi

Naval War College Review

Charting a Course is a compendium of analyses and recommendations from the scholar-fellows of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), the primary research center of National Defense University (NDU), along with a few individuals from NDU colleges.


Strategic Culture Is Not A Silver Bullet, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Mar 2018

Strategic Culture Is Not A Silver Bullet, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

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Money, Motivation, And Terrorism, Rewards-For-Information Programs, Christopher M. Ford Mar 2018

Money, Motivation, And Terrorism, Rewards-For-Information Programs, Christopher M. Ford

Naval War College Review

Governments rely on both hard and soft power to neutralize terrorists. The State and Defense Departments offer rewards running to millions of dollars for information to aid in the fight, but these programs receive a surprising lack of scrutiny. Both historical and psychological analysis can improve our framing and execution of such programs.


Confronting Uncertainty With Decentralized Command, British Naval Decision Making At The Outbreak Of The War Of 1812, Kevin D. Mccranie Mar 2018

Confronting Uncertainty With Decentralized Command, British Naval Decision Making At The Outbreak Of The War Of 1812, Kevin D. Mccranie

Naval War College Review

During an era of slow, uncertain communications, Royal Navy operations during the opening months of the War of 1812 underscore the complexity of naval decision making at the campaign level. Studying this period aids in understanding the relationship among governmental leaders, their theater commanders, and operational elements at sea.