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Six Amazing Years, Robert F. Dunn

Naval War College Review

In only six years—1958–63, an era when the Navy operated some of the most challenging new aircraft in its history—the service cut its major-mishap rate in more than half. How?

The “Other” Law Of The Sea, Andrew J. Norris

Naval War College Review

The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea established a framework for legal governance of the world’s oceans and codified important principles. The vital details, however, are filled in by an array of widely accepted and broadly effective international treaties and mechanisms—the “other” law of the sea.

A New Carrier Race?, Yoji Koda

Naval War College Review

The recently commissioned JS Hyuga—a multirole, through-deck, helicopter-carrying destroyer— is the product of a Japanese naval concept that originated in the early postwar years, in the framework of the new constitution and the U.S.-Japanese alliance.

From The Sea, Daniel J. Kostecka

Naval War College Review

China’s navy currently possesses only a modest long-range force-projection capability. But between now and 2020, aircraft carriers and new amphibious assault ships will give it a robust capacity for force projection in East Asia and smaller missions farther afield—especially for, or in support of, nontraditional security operations.

From The Editors, The U.S Naval War College

Naval War College Review

On 2 March 2011, the Type 054A Jiangkai II–class guided missile frigate Xuzhou arrived off the coast of Libya after transiting the Suez Canal to oversee the evacu- ation of the thousands of Chinese civilians working in that country’s oil indus- try. This was evidently the first time a Chinese warship had ever entered the Mediterranean. There is thus a particular timeliness to our lead article, Daniel J. Kostecka’s “From the Sea: PLA Doctrine and the Employment of Sea-Based Airpower.” Through an analysis of doctrinal and academic writings on this sub- ject, the author explores current Chinese thinking concerning the …

Breach Of Faith: A Lack Of Policy For Responding To Data Breaches And What The Government Should Do About It, Jared Burns

Florida Law Review

One data breach in the summer of 2015 against the United States government cost taxpayers more than $350 million. Since 2005, the U.S. government has lost more than 183 million personnel records and countless files containing sensitive information. Despite all of this, the government has failed to create a policy for responding to data breaches. As proof of a lack of any clear policy, this Note analyzes two recent breaches against the government and explains how the responses, or lack thereof, are at opposite ends of the response continuum.

This Note creates a policy for government response to data breaches. …

Relationships Between Cattle And Biodiversity In Multiuse Landscape Revealed By Kenya Long-Term Exclosure Experiment, Truman P. Young, Lauren M. Porensky, Corinna Riginos, Kari E. Veblen, Wilfred O. Odadi, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Grace K. Charles, Hillary S. Young

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

On rangelands worldwide, cattle interact with many forms of biodiversity, most obviously with vegetation and other large herbivores. Since 1995, we have been manipulating the presence of cattle, mesoherbivores, and megaherbivores (elephants and giraffes) in a series of eighteen 4-ha (10-acre) plots at the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment. We recently (2013) crossed these treatments with small-scale controlled burns. These replicated experimental treatments simulate different land management practices. We seek to disentangle the complex relationships between livestock and biodiversity in a biome where worldwide, uneasy coexistence is the norm. Here, we synthesize more than 20 yr of data to address three …

Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson

Naval War College Review

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Winning At War: Seven Keys To Military Victory Throughout History, Paul C. Krajeski, Christian P. Potholm

Naval War College Review

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Living Weapons: Biological Warfare And International Security, Albert J. Shimkus Jr., Gregory D. Koblentz

Naval War College Review

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U.S. Strategy In Africa: Africom, Terrorism, And Security Challenges, Jonathan Stevenson, David J. Francis

Naval War College Review

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The Quiet Warrior Back In Newport—Admiral Spruance, The Return To The Naval War College, And The Lessons Of The Pacific War, 1946–1947, Hal M. Friedman

Naval War College Review

On assuming the presidency of the Naval War College immediately after World War II, Admiral Raymond Spruance called upon the United States to maintain a balanced operational fleet, an adequate afloat train and shore-base system, and a first-rate merchant marine—all as elements of a total, integrated package of American sea power.

Alliance Naval Strategies And Norway In The Final Years Of The Cold War, Jacob Børresen

Naval War College Review

From the mid-1980s until the end of the Cold War, Norway found itself a major focus of U.S. and NATO maritime strategy, an exposed position that brought conundrums of internal politics, foreign relations, and multinational military and naval doctrine.

Hiding In Plain Sight—The U.S. Navy And Dispersed Operations Under Emcon, 1956–1972, Robert G. Angevine

Naval War College Review

As U.S. naval forces increasingly operate under the threat of antiship ballistic-missile attack while relying on rapid communication and information exchange, potential adversaries are likely to seek to target those forces and disrupt their communications and networks. Principles the U.S. Navy developed and practiced in the Cold War may still be workable responses.

The Development Of The Angled-Deck Aircraft Carrier—Innovation And Adaptation, Thomas C. Hone, Norman Friedman, Mark D. Mandeles

Naval War College Review

In the years immediately after World War II, three British innovations—the angled flight deck, steam catapult, and optical landing aid—enabled the modern aircraft carrier. How did the U.S. Navy take such quick advantage of them, and why were they not American innovations in the first place?

From Bottle Rockets To Lightning Bolts—China’S Missile Revolution And Pla Strategy Against U.S. Military Intervention, Vitaliy O. Pradun

Naval War College Review

The United States has long considered that China’s military limitations would restrict it, in case of a conflict over Taiwan, to “access denial” against intervening U.S. forces. But the evidence suggests that China’s emerging strategy and force structure is actually much more ambitious, direct, and dangerous.

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

Naval War College Review

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Spring 2011 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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Winter 2011 Full Review, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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Avoiding Trivia: The Role Of Strategic Planning In American Foreign Policy, Thomas G. Mahnken

Naval War College Review

Students of American national security policy, particularly those without the benefit of firsthand policy-making experience, frequently under- or over- estimate the difficulty of formulating and implementing strategy in the U.S. government. As a result, observers tend either to portray senior policy makers as dolts or incompetents or to engage in a sort of strategic nihilism holding that it is impossible to develop sound strategy in this day and age.

Organizing Opnav (1970–2009), Thomas Culora

Naval War College Review

For any institution adapting to change, the dreaded “R-word” (reorganization) has come to represent an often disrup- tive, albeit necessary, transition. But as the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) authors Peter Swartz and Michael Markowitz clearly highlight, reorgani- zation has been the near-normal state for the Navy Staff (OPNAV) over the past several decades. Conducted under the sponsorship of the Naval History and Heritage Command, this CNA re- port effectively tracks the numerous changes in the organization of OPNAV in response to changes both in Chiefs of Naval Operations (CNOs) and in the strategic and budgetary environments since 1970.

The Army Vs. The Indians Vs. The Settlers: The South Florida Frontier Between The Seminole Wars, Joe Knetsch

Sunland Tribune

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Commentary, Virginia Cruse

Naval War College Review

“Abu Ghraib,” “Guantanamo,” “water boarding,” and “torture” are politically charged and evocative terms that bring to mind interrogation. Nine years into the Afghanistan and Iraq wars (though the “combat phase” of the latter has re- cently ended), strenuous debate continues over the efficacy of human intelli- gence (HUMINT) techniques employed to obtain critical information. It is my definite sense that this debate has become so politically charged as to be counter- productive. Since interrogation often provides the essential elements of information in asymmetrical-warfare analysis, perhaps the time has come to end the debate and ask the question, “How is the …

Asymmetric Warfare At Sea, Thomas G. Mahnken

Naval War College Review

During the six months between August 1942 and February 1943, the waters around the island of Guadalcanal witnessed an almost constant struggle between the Japanese and American navies. The campaign included more than a half-dozen major battles, many of which occurred at night. Although the U.S. Navy enjoyed a technological advantage over the Imperial Japanese Navy, including its widespread adoption of radar, it lost all but one of the campaign’s major engagements.

From The Editors, Pelham G. Boyer

Naval War College Review

As the United States enters its tenth year at war with an amorphous yet brutal enemy, it is worth stepping back from the familiar policy issues we continue to debate as a nation to reflect on what it means for our armed forces to be at war today. Ten years ago, the critical issue facing the American military was widely said to be “transformation”—the refashioning of our armed forces principally through the introduction of new technologies that would enable us to retain our competitive edge in the new networked security environment of the twenty-first century.

Tampa At The Turn Of The Century: 1899, Leland M. Hawes Jr.

Sunland Tribune

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Waiting For War To Begin: News Dispatches From The Tampa Bay Hotel, Alexandra Frye

Sunland Tribune

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An Island Fortress: Egmont Key's Fort Dade, Geoffrey Mohlman

Sunland Tribune

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Madison Starke Perry Vs. David Levy Yulee: The Fight For The Tampa Bay Route, Joe Knetsch

Sunland Tribune

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In My View, Rex A. Buddenberg

Naval War College Review

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