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Midway, Thomas Wildenberg Apr 2018

Midway, Thomas Wildenberg

Naval War College Review

Six decades after the spectacular American victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy’s First Air Fleet, the reasons behind the U.S. Navy’s success at the battle of Midway are still not fully understood. Though the details of this famous battle continue to be argued in the pages of scholarly jour- nals, the critical role of doctrine has not been properly analyzed.1 Yet it was better doctrine that ultimately led to the American victory once the forces were engaged, a victory that changed the course of war in the Pacific.

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Hospital Ships In The War On Terror, Richard J. Grunawalt Apr 2018

Hospital Ships In The War On Terror, Richard J. Grunawalt

Naval War College Review

Employment of military hospital ships in support of the war on terror is militarily, politically, and morally appropriate. White ships adorned with the red cross or red crescent are internationally recognized as protected platforms engaged exclusively in the care and treatment of the casualties of war or the victims of disaster, whether natural or manmade. Despite the humanity of their mission, outdated rules of conventional and customary international law, designed for a bygone era, hamper their effectiveness and imperil their safety.

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The Mosquito Can Be More Dangerous Than The Mortar Round, Arthur M. Smith, Craig Hooper Apr 2018

The Mosquito Can Be More Dangerous Than The Mortar Round, Arthur M. Smith, Craig Hooper

Naval War College Review

These words, penned in 1943 by the commander in chief of British forces in Burma during World War II, underline the reality that losses to malaria and other preventable diseases among Allied forces operating in the China-Burma- India theater far exceeded the number of casualties inflicted by enemy action.1 Today, as the global war on terrorism evolves, a similar failure to appreciate noncombat environmental threats—including mosquitoes and other disease- carrying insect vectors—will once again degrade combat effectiveness of deployed forces.

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From Conscripts To Volunteers, Cindy Williams Apr 2018

From Conscripts To Volunteers, Cindy Williams

Naval War College Review

Since the Cold War ended, twelve of NATO’s twenty-six member states have suspended compulsory military service or announced plans to phase it out, thus joining the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg in the family of nations with all-volunteer armed forces (AVFs). Most of NATO’s other members are deeply reducing the number of conscripts they call up each year, relying increasingly on volunteers to fill their military ranks.

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Terrorism And The New Security Dilemma, Philip G. Cerny Apr 2018

Terrorism And The New Security Dilemma, Philip G. Cerny

Naval War College Review

Since 11 September 2001, the primary focus of American foreign policy has os- tensibly been the “war on terror,” although the George W. Bush administra- tion has also given priority to other objectives, such as Iraq and national missile defense. This emphasis on the threat of terrorism is extremely valuable for ana- lytical purposes, because it draws attention to key aspects of security today—in particular the central paradox of how to deal with the increasingly diffuse char- acter of threats with the means available to state actors, in what is still to a large extent an interstate system.

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President’S Forum, J.L. Shuford Apr 2018

President’S Forum, J.L. Shuford

Naval War College Review

These have been several very busy months since I was installed as the President of the Naval War College. To be serving in a position once held by Admirals Alfred Thayer Mahan, Raymond Spruance, and Stansfield Turner (among others) is very humbling but also exciting. I return to the College at a time when the need for military leaders able to think critically and shape the future has never been greater.

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The Death Of The Grown-Up: How America’S Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization, Jeffrey H. Norwitz, Diana West Apr 2018

The Death Of The Grown-Up: How America’S Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization, Jeffrey H. Norwitz, Diana West

Naval War College Review

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Psychological Warfare In The Intifada: Israeli And Palestinian Media Politics And Military Strategies, Robert L. Perry, Ron Schleifer Apr 2018

Psychological Warfare In The Intifada: Israeli And Palestinian Media Politics And Military Strategies, Robert L. Perry, Ron Schleifer

Naval War College Review

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Geopolitics And The Great Powers In The Twenty-First Century: Multipolarity And The Revolution In Strategic Perspective, Stephen B. Smith, C. Dale Walton Apr 2018

Geopolitics And The Great Powers In The Twenty-First Century: Multipolarity And The Revolution In Strategic Perspective, Stephen B. Smith, C. Dale Walton

Naval War College Review

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China’S Future Nuclear Submarine Force, Alan Wachman, Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, Andrew R. Wilson Apr 2018

China’S Future Nuclear Submarine Force, Alan Wachman, Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, Andrew R. Wilson

Naval War College Review

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Research & Debate—The Unvarnished Truth: The Debate On The Law Of The Sea Convention, William L. Schachte Jr. Apr 2018

Research & Debate—The Unvarnished Truth: The Debate On The Law Of The Sea Convention, William L. Schachte Jr.

Naval War College Review

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The “Triangle Of Death”—Medical Sustainability In Expeditionary Sea-Based Operations, Arthur M. Smith Apr 2018

The “Triangle Of Death”—Medical Sustainability In Expeditionary Sea-Based Operations, Arthur M. Smith

Naval War College Review

Sea bases and the joint forces operating from them must be ready for numerous and severe casualties—and yet they will neither possess nor be close to sophisticated medical resources. Without timely delivery of care, the result is increased mortality and morbidity of combat casualties. How will the sick and combat wounded receive proper treatment?

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No Oil For The Lamps Of China?, Gabriel B. Collins, William S. Murray Apr 2018

No Oil For The Lamps Of China?, Gabriel B. Collins, William S. Murray

Naval War College Review

Chinese naval and strategic planners fear, and their Western counterparts seem to believe, that a maritime blockade could interrupt or significantly impede China’s energy supplies in a limited war. But probably it could not, and thinking it could is dangerous for everyone.

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The New Maritime Strategy—The Rest Of The Story, Robert C. Rubel Apr 2018

The New Maritime Strategy—The Rest Of The Story, Robert C. Rubel

Naval War College Review

The Naval War College made a major contribution to the conceptualization and formulation of the new maritime strategy. The organizer of the College’s effort lays out some of the logic that governed its approach to the project and addresses from that perspective what the strategy’s purposes are, and are not.

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Implementing The Seapower Strategy, Wayne P. Hughes Jr. Apr 2018

Implementing The Seapower Strategy, Wayne P. Hughes Jr.

Naval War College Review

The “Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower”—the new maritime strategy—is the result of a broadly based, collaborative effort, and it has great significance as a guide for the nation’s maritime operations. But what does it not say? What remains to be done?

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“A Cooperative Strategy For 21st Century Seapower”—A View From Outside, Geoffrey Till Apr 2018

“A Cooperative Strategy For 21st Century Seapower”—A View From Outside, Geoffrey Till

Naval War College Review

Many navies around the world are thinking through their own strategic conundrums in matching resources to commitments and so are watching with great interest how the U.S. Navy “squares this circle.” How will its strategic thinking develop? How will it structure the fleet? How will it operate? How should everyone else respond?

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From The Editors, Carnes Lord Apr 2018

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

Naval War College Review

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Full Spring 2008 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Apr 2018

Full Spring 2008 Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

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Summer 2006 Full Review, The U.S. Naval War College Apr 2018

Summer 2006 Full Review, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

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The British Seaborne Empire,, John B. Hattendorf Apr 2018

The British Seaborne Empire,, John B. Hattendorf

Naval War College Review

Jeremy Black deliberately titled his book to link it with two classics, works that every maritime historian knows: C. R. Boxer’s The Dutch Seaborne Empire (1965) and J. H. Parry’s The Spanish Seaborne Empire (1966). The planned volume in that series that would have provided an overview of the British Empire was never completed, although nearly twenty years later D. B. Quinn and A. N. Ryan filled the gap for the early phase with their England’s Sea Empire, 1550–1642 (1983). Black’s con- tribution shows a significantly different approach as well as a much broader and more nuanced view of the …

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Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergenceof The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868–1922,, S. C. M. Paine. Apr 2018

Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergenceof The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868–1922,, S. C. M. Paine.

Naval War College Review

Charles Schencking, in charting Japan’s creation of the world’s third-largest navy by 1922, illuminates the workings of the Japanese political system and the evolution of both interservice rivalries and civil-military relations in the de- cades preceding World War II. He bases his history on an impressive reading of Japanese and English-language primary and secondary sources to produce a story with political implications far be- yond the history of one service.

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The Submarine: A History,, William S. Murray Apr 2018

The Submarine: A History,, William S. Murray

Naval War College Review

In this excellent and rather lengthy book, Thomas Parrish uses detailed vi- gnettes to illustrate how submarines, the men who operated them, and the organizations that produced them changed naval warfare between great powers during the twentieth century. The author does this with a deft hand, providing a wealth of details concerning many notable personalities and techni- cal facts of his arcane subject in a way that both informs and entertains. One has only to read the first three pages, which quickly discuss the short and tragic life of the Confederate submarine CSS H. L. Hunley, to get an accurate …

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Imperial Grunts: The American Military On The Ground,, Zygmunt F. Dembek Apr 2018

Imperial Grunts: The American Military On The Ground,, Zygmunt F. Dembek

Naval War College Review

Robert Kaplan’s book Imperial Grunts is an account of a war journalist cum travel writer visiting U.S. military com- mands worldwide. Kaplan travels through “barracks and outposts of the American Empire,” from Yemen to Co- lombia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Af- ghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa, introducing readers to “imperial grunts” (U.S. Marines and Army troops and the Navy and Air Force personnel who sup- port them) at these forward-deployed locations.

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

Book Reviews, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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In My View, Dennis B. Wilson, W.J Holland Jr., David K. Brown Apr 2018

In My View, Dennis B. Wilson, W.J Holland Jr., David K. Brown

Naval War College Review

The central thesis of the article entitled “U.S. Policy on Small Arms and Light Weapons,” by Loretta Bondì, which appeared in the Winter 2006 edition of the Naval War College Review, is that the U.S. system of export controls on small arms is as good as any, and better than most other countries, but that American moral authority in this area is undermined by its permitting widespread civilian ownership of firearms.

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Night Session Of The Presidium Of The Central Committee,22–23 October 1962, Alexander Fursenko Apr 2018

Night Session Of The Presidium Of The Central Committee,22–23 October 1962, Alexander Fursenko

Naval War College Review

On the night of 22 October 1962, Nikita Khrushchev* arranged for all mem- bers of the Presidium† to be telephoned and summoned to a meeting. At about seven o’clock at night, Moscow time, all were asked to promptly report to the Kremlin. When the Central Committee’s secretary, Frol R. Kozlov, then Khrushchev’s right-hand man, was asked by deputy premier Anastas I. Mikoyan the reason for the emergency session, the former replied that “an important an- nouncement is expected from [President John F.] Kennedy regarding Cuba.”

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The Attack At Taranto, Angelo N. Caravaggio Apr 2018

The Attack At Taranto, Angelo N. Caravaggio

Naval War College Review

The lack of a decisive British victory in the Mediterranean theater fundamen- tally affected British maritime strategy throughout the Second World War. The Royal Italian Navy, or Regia Marina Italiana (RMI), exerted a disproportion- ate influence on British strategy and fleet disposition, because its existence could not be ignored and British operations to eliminate it failed. On 11 November 1940, Admiral Andrew Cunningham, the British commander of naval forces in the Mediterranean, had the opportunity to eliminate the entire complement of battleships from the Italian order of battle, at Taranto.

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Geography, Technology, And British Naval Strategyin The Dreadnought Era, Jon Tetsuro Sumida Apr 2018

Geography, Technology, And British Naval Strategyin The Dreadnought Era, Jon Tetsuro Sumida

Naval War College Review

In The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, Alfred Thayer Mahan ar- gued that the effective deployment of naval force had determined the outcomes of the great European wars of the eighteenth century. Many, if not most, readers believed that this historical survey was the basis of related major arguments that were applicable to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The first was that naval supremacy was the prerequisite to economic prosperity and international political preeminence.

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U.S. Coast Guard Health Services Respondersin Maritime Homeland Security, Arthur J. French, Joe Direnzo Iii, Chris Doane Apr 2018

U.S. Coast Guard Health Services Respondersin Maritime Homeland Security, Arthur J. French, Joe Direnzo Iii, Chris Doane

Naval War College Review

Unlike most other federal agencies, the Coast Guard is a true first-response organization, with statutory authority and responsibilities that allow re- sponses following a disaster without waiting for a Stafford Act declaration of state request for assistance. This ability and expectation have been lauded in the public press critiques of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina. As an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, the lead federal department for responses to terrorism and natural disasters, the Coast Guard must maintain capabilities to respond to terror- ism and all-hazard incidents in the maritime and coastal regions.

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Medical Command And Control In Sea-Based Operations, Arthur M. Smith, Harold R. Bohman Apr 2018

Medical Command And Control In Sea-Based Operations, Arthur M. Smith, Harold R. Bohman

Naval War College Review

During World War II it took the Navy and Marine Corps years to confirm and refine their prewar doctrine for amphibious attack. The labor began with the first U.S. landings at Guadalcanal in August 1942; the resulting doc- trine, organization, tactics, and techniques were subsequently used by the Army in Europe. Early operations in both theaters highlighted the enormous difficul- ties associated with essential medical elements, and it was not until late 1944, perhaps 1945, that these problems were adequately solved.

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