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

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

Naval War College Review

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In All Respects Ready: Australia’S Navy In World War One, By David Stevens, Angus Ross Mar 2018

In All Respects Ready: Australia’S Navy In World War One, By David Stevens, Angus Ross

Naval War College Review

Writing a definitive history of any major conflict from a single nation’s perspec- tive can be an exacting task—and, in the case of the First World War at sea, a thankless one too, when compared with the far better known and better reported situation on land. This notwithstanding, it is hard to imagine a more timely and well-balanced book. David Stevens, as the Royal Australian Navy’s historian, was perhaps in a perfect position to take on this project, but this should in no way diminish what he has achieved.


Relentless Strike: The Secret History Of Joint Special Operations Command, By Sean Naylor, Hy S. Rothstein Mar 2018

Relentless Strike: The Secret History Of Joint Special Operations Command, By Sean Naylor, Hy S. Rothstein

Naval War College Review

Once again, Sean Naylor has produced an authoritative and well-written book. Relentless Strike chronicles the history of the Joint Special Operations Com- mand (JSOC), America’s top-tier special operations military unit. To the benefit of history and the reader, and most likely to the consternation of the Pentagon, Naylor’s knowledge of special operations and his extensive contacts reveal the temperaments and competencies of key individuals and the details of numerous clandestine missions and organizational capabilities. Many will condemn Naylor for revealing these secrets, but the fault is not with Naylor; it is with those who talked. The book also, perhaps unintentionally, …


Social Science Goes To War: The Human Terrain System In Iraq And Afghanistan, Ed. Montgomery Mcfate And Janice H. Laurence, Yvonne R. Masakowski Mar 2018

Social Science Goes To War: The Human Terrain System In Iraq And Afghanistan, Ed. Montgomery Mcfate And Janice H. Laurence, Yvonne R. Masakowski

Naval War College Review

The twenty-first-century security environment has been characterized by numerous cross-cultural battle spaces, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. Army initiated the human terrain team (HTT) because it needed to address the impact of the human cultural dimension in the combat operational environment. The HTT’s mission was to conduct research (in the social sciences and anthropology) and to advise military commanders about the unique cultural aspects of the local/ regional population. In eleven chapters, McFate and Laurence have compiled an invaluable collection of experiences from the scientists involved.


Playing War: Wargaming And U.S. Navy Preparations For World War Ii, By John M. Lillard, Jon Scott Logel Mar 2018

Playing War: Wargaming And U.S. Navy Preparations For World War Ii, By John M. Lillard, Jon Scott Logel

Naval War College Review

With the Navy’s recent efforts to rein- vigorate war gaming, there has been renewed interest in the interwar gaming conducted at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. In the Naval War College Review, Proceedings, and other maritime journals, war-gaming experts and enthusiasts alike have tried to characterize the nature and value of the Navy’s war games played between 1919 and 1941. John Lillard’s Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Prepa- rations for World War II is the latest contribution to this resurgence.


Lawfare: Law As A Weapon Of War, By Orde F. Kittrie Reviewed By Kevin Rousseau, Kevin Rousseau Mar 2018

Lawfare: Law As A Weapon Of War, By Orde F. Kittrie Reviewed By Kevin Rousseau, Kevin Rousseau

Naval War College Review

In Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War, legal scholar Orde F. Kittrie analyzes the increasing effectiveness of the use of law to achieve objectives that not long ago might have been achievable only using force. In one of the first major works in English on the practice of lawfare, Kittrie has written an important book for lawyers, policy makers, and military strategists. Successful strategic performance requires an appreciation of the role of politics in war, and because law is an intensely political matter it is an integral part of the strategic operating environment. Kittrie’s highly readable Lawfare enhances our …


Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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The Destruction Of Convoy Pq17: 27 June–10 July 1942, Milan Vego Mar 2018

The Destruction Of Convoy Pq17: 27 June–10 July 1942, Milan Vego

Naval War College Review

The most critical problem for the Western Allies in the northern European theater in 1941–42 was the urgent need to secure the war matériel being sent to the Soviet Union. Initially, the Germans did not react strongly against the Allied convoys sailing to northern Russia. However, that began to change quickly after February 1942, when the Germans redeployed almost all their heavy surface forces and a large number of U-boats from home waters to northern Norway.


President’S Forum, P.Gardner Howe Iii Mar 2018

President’S Forum, P.Gardner Howe Iii

Naval War College Review

In this Presidents forum, I’d like to share some thoughts about a recent addition to my bookshelf: The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, by Andrew Gordon (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013). At first glance, it looks like a rather obscure history book on the battle of Jutland. After reading it, however, I now see it as an astute study of command culture with important insights on professional military ethics. This is a book with which every member of the maritime profession of arms should spend time.


A Maritime Or Continental Order For Southeast Asia Andthe South China Sea?, Peter Dutton Mar 2018

A Maritime Or Continental Order For Southeast Asia Andthe South China Sea?, Peter Dutton

Naval War College Review

Since the sixteenth century, Southeast Asia has been open to maritime trade and political engagement, advanced and supported by naval and other military power. Although historical evidence demonstrates that international trade oc- curred prior to that time, often robustly, at various times Chinese imperial leaders sought to dominate the economic, political, and security elements of the region. During these periods, Southeast Asia fell under the sway of China’s vast continental power and whatever naval power-projection capacities emperors built to augment it.


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

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

Naval War College Review

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Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson Mar 2018

Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson

Naval War College Review

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In My View, Matthew F. Calabria, John Demaggio Usnr (Ret.) Mar 2018

In My View, Matthew F. Calabria, John Demaggio Usnr (Ret.)

Naval War College Review

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Realpolitik: A History, Alexander B. Gray, John Bew Mar 2018

Realpolitik: A History, Alexander B. Gray, John Bew

Naval War College Review

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Mayday: The Decline Of American Naval Supremacy, Josh Heivly, Seth Cropsey Mar 2018

Mayday: The Decline Of American Naval Supremacy, Josh Heivly, Seth Cropsey

Naval War College Review

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From The Med To The World, Patrick Hunt Mar 2018

From The Med To The World, Patrick Hunt

Naval War College Review

Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant, by Shelley Wachsmann; Homeric Seafaring, by Samuel Mark; Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship, 7th–11th Centuries, by Angus Konstam


Jutland: Acrimony To Resolution, Holger Herwig Mar 2018

Jutland: Acrimony To Resolution, Holger Herwig

Naval War College Review

Jutland: The Naval Staff Appreciation, edited by William Schleihauf; The Jutland Scandal: The Truth about the First World War’s Greatest Sea Battle, by J. E. T. Harper and Sir Reginald Bacon; Jutland: The Unfinished Battle, by Nicholas Jellicoe


The U.S. Navy Won The Battle Of Jutland, David Kohnen, Nicholas Jellicoe, Nathaniel S. Sims Mar 2018

The U.S. Navy Won The Battle Of Jutland, David Kohnen, Nicholas Jellicoe, Nathaniel S. Sims

Naval War College Review

Over the course of the half-year from the battle of Jutland to the end of 1916, Williams S. Sims and his associates set the course that led to the U.S. Navy of the twenty-first century.


Wars And Rumours Of Wars: Japanese Plans To Invade The Philippines, 1593–1637, Stephen Turnbull Mar 2018

Wars And Rumours Of Wars: Japanese Plans To Invade The Philippines, 1593–1637, Stephen Turnbull

Naval War College Review

On three occasions between 1593 and 1637, Japan’s rulers gave serious consideration to sending military expeditions against the Spanish Philippines. Explaining why these plans were not put into effect sheds light on Japan’s military capabilities at the time, especially its lack of naval capacity.


A Thousand Splendid Guns: Chinese Ascms In Competitive Control, Alan Cummings Mar 2018

A Thousand Splendid Guns: Chinese Ascms In Competitive Control, Alan Cummings

Naval War College Review

Implementing distributed lethality, developing antiship cruise missile programs, and acquiring affordable small- to medium-sized surface combatants—constituting a revival of antisurface warfare capability from near zero—must be a priority for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific.


When Robots Rule The Waves?, Robert Sparrow, George Lucas Mar 2018

When Robots Rule The Waves?, Robert Sparrow, George Lucas

Naval War College Review

By virtue of the distinctive character of war at sea, a number of unique and complex ethical questions are likely to arise regarding the applications of autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles.


Distributed Stovl Operations And Air-Mobility Support: Addressing The Mismatch Between Requirements And Capabilities, Robert C. Owen Mar 2018

Distributed Stovl Operations And Air-Mobility Support: Addressing The Mismatch Between Requirements And Capabilities, Robert C. Owen

Naval War College Review

A joint logistics approach based on U.S. Air Force air-mobility assets, especially if enhanced by a medium-sized tanker/transport aircraft, can offer significant advantages in the flexibility, sustainability, and safety of Marine distributed short-takeoff–vertical-landing operations, particularly in the face of sophisticated antiaccess/area-denial capabilities.


The Relationship Between Global Naval Engagement And Naval War-Fighting Posture, Robert C. Rubel Mar 2018

The Relationship Between Global Naval Engagement And Naval War-Fighting Posture, Robert C. Rubel

Naval War College Review

Decisions on fleet design should be informed by an understanding of the relationship between forward engagement and combat posture. Regarding these two functional elements of the Navy’s mission as either mutually exclusive or having a primary/collateral relationship is a recipe forstrategic error.


The Past Is Prologue, Jeffrey Harley Mar 2018

The Past Is Prologue, Jeffrey Harley

Naval War College Review

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From The Editors, Carnes Lord Mar 2018

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

Naval War College Review

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The Evolution Of Modern U.S. Naval Strategy, Frank C. Pandolfe Usn Mar 2018

The Evolution Of Modern U.S. Naval Strategy, Frank C. Pandolfe Usn

Naval War College Review

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

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

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


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

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

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Taiwan In Transformation: Retrospect And Prospect,By Chun-Chieh Huang, Grant F. Rhode Mar 2018

Taiwan In Transformation: Retrospect And Prospect,By Chun-Chieh Huang, Grant F. Rhode

Naval War College Review

As a native Taiwanese deeply steeped in Chinese historical and philosophical sources, Chun-chieh Huang adds dimen- sions that are less emphasized in many other perceptive books on contemporary Taiwan. A prolific scholar of treatises on Confucian thought, Huang believes that Taiwan can bring much to contempo- rary Confucian thinking, since Taiwan interprets the world through a lens of contemporary and vibrant democracy— as opposed to China’s legacy of the Cultural Revolution and party control.


Westmoreland’S War: Reassessing American Strategy In Vietnam,By Gregory Daddis, William Thomas Allison Mar 2018

Westmoreland’S War: Reassessing American Strategy In Vietnam,By Gregory Daddis, William Thomas Allison

Naval War College Review

General William Westmoreland, the American commander of Military As- sistance Command Vietnam (MACV) from 1964 through 1968, remains one of the most contentious personalities of the Vietnam War, still the subject of intense debate among veterans and historians of the war. Prevalent still is the view that “Westy” could not see the forest for the trees, or vice versa, and disastrously lacked strategic vision and operational creativity owing to his parochial focus on employing Cold War “big unit” doctrine and attrition to combat an insurgent war of unification.