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Medic In 1885 Boomed Tampa Bay As Site For 'Health City', W. C. Van Bibber Mar 2018

Medic In 1885 Boomed Tampa Bay As Site For 'Health City', W. C. Van Bibber

Sunland Tribune

No abstract provided.


Summer 2015 Review, The U.S Naval War College Mar 2018

Summer 2015 Review, The U.S Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales For China’S Territorial Integrity, By Alan M. Wachman, Andrew S. Erickson Mar 2018

Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales For China’S Territorial Integrity, By Alan M. Wachman, Andrew S. Erickson

Naval War College Review

Tufts Fletcher School professor Alan Wachman was a giant in the China, East Asian studies, and international rela- tions field who remains sorely missed following his untimely death in 2012. In what is widely considered one of his major scholarly contributions, through this pithy, well-researched book—rightly considered a classic—Wachman engages in exceptional interdisciplinary analysis to offer provocative coverage of historical episodes that have shaped Taiwan’s status fundamentally. Some events raise penetrating questions about what might have resulted had they ended differently; other factors inspire critical questions about East Asia’s future.


The U.S. Naval Institute On Naval Tactics, Edited By Wayne P. Hughes, Charles H. Lewis Mar 2018

The U.S. Naval Institute On Naval Tactics, Edited By Wayne P. Hughes, Charles H. Lewis

Naval War College Review

The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Tactics is a collection of thirteen essays as- sembled by Captain Wayne Hughes, USN (Ret.)—author of several books, most notably Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat and Military Modeling for Deci- sion Making. Captain Hughes is also an accomplished naval officer, having served as commanding officer of USS Hummingbird (MSC 192) and USS Morton (DD 948). Notable authors appearing in On Tactics include Admiral Woodward, RN, who commanded British forces in the Falklands War, and Giuseppe Fioravanzo, Admiral of the Fleet, Italian Navy. On Tactics is part of the U.S. Naval Institute’s new Wheel Books …


Fire On The Water: China, America, And The Future Of The Pacific, By Robert Haddick, Ian T. Sundstrom Mar 2018

Fire On The Water: China, America, And The Future Of The Pacific, By Robert Haddick, Ian T. Sundstrom

Naval War College Review

Robert Haddick proposes a revised U.S. strategy toward China. He argues agreeing with recent U.S. national security strategies—that continued U.S. forward presence is the only option that supports the American objectives of “an open international economic system; respect for universal values around the world; and a rules-based international order that promotes peace, security, and opportunity through stronger cooperation.” He articulates a two-front effort to ensure China rises within the existing international structure: positive reinforcement of good behavior combined with significant defense reforms to allow punishment of bad behavior.


Invasion Of Laos, 1971: Lam Son 719, By Robert D. Sander, Joseph Hammond Mar 2018

Invasion Of Laos, 1971: Lam Son 719, By Robert D. Sander, Joseph Hammond

Naval War College Review

“The only chance we have is to initiate bold moves against the enemy,” na- tional security adviser Henry Kissinger confided in 1971. This was his advice to the administration of President Nixon, which sought to end the Vietnam War by creating “peace with honor.” “Bold moves” would include two new strate- gies. One was resumed bombing of North Vietnam. The second would be new ground raids into Cambodia and Laos to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trail—the network that allowed Hanoi to supply communist forces in the south, and that at its peak even in- cluded an oil pipeline from …


More Than Just War: Narratives Of The Just War Tradition And Military Life, By Charles A. Jones, Joseph M. Hatfield Mar 2018

More Than Just War: Narratives Of The Just War Tradition And Military Life, By Charles A. Jones, Joseph M. Hatfield

Naval War College Review

Pedestrian forms of philosophical in- novation often involve the application of old ideas to new cases. It should there- fore come as no surprise that the creative bulk of what is published today on the ethics of war achieves its novelty —when it does at all—by applying the just war tradition to hitherto- unexamined aspects of contemporary warfare, for example, drones and unmanned systems, cyber warfare, intelligence and covert operations, asymmetric warfare, and terrorism.


The Evil Hours: A Biography Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, By David J. Morris, Christopher Nelson Mar 2018

The Evil Hours: A Biography Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, By David J. Morris, Christopher Nelson

Naval War College Review

The numbers are staggering. In 2012 the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimated that eight thousand veterans take their own lives every year. Think about that—twenty-two people die every day of whom many, in pain and having lost hope, have carried their war with them for far too long. For some it may have been recent fight- ing in Afghanistan or Iraq; for others it may have been decades ago in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Regardless, the trauma these people experienced knows no boundaries between deserts and mountains, between marshes and oceans. Or as the great First World …


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

Book Reviews, The U.S Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Review Essay: Grand Strategy And World Order, Karl Walling Mar 2018

Review Essay: Grand Strategy And World Order, Karl Walling

Naval War College Review

From the end of the Cold War in 1989–91 and with increasing urgency in the immediate aftermath of 11 September 2001, perhaps few subjects seemed more important to those who frame and study strategy than developing a new American grand strategy for the twenty-first century. Who would play the role of George Washington in his Farewell Address advising Americans to steer clear of permanent alliances (he did not say “entangling alliances”—that was Thomas Jefferson’s phrase in his first inaugural message; Washington’s brilliant speech- writer, Alexander Hamilton, accepted that temporary alliances might be neces- sary or advisable from time to time, …


Frogmen Against A Fleet: The Italian Attack On Alexandria 18/19 December 1941, Vincent P. O’Hara, Enrico Cernuschi Mar 2018

Frogmen Against A Fleet: The Italian Attack On Alexandria 18/19 December 1941, Vincent P. O’Hara, Enrico Cernuschi

Naval War College Review

In March 1939 Italy’s Regia Marina established a specialized and secret naval warfare unit called Decima Flottiglia MAS (Motoscafo Anti Sommergibili), generally known as the 10th Light Flotilla or X MAS. This unit was innovative, in that it employed selected, highly trained personnel using special weapons and delivery systems to conduct sneak attacks. On the night of 18 December 1941, six members of this unit penetrated the main British naval base in the eastern Mediterranean at Alexandria, Egypt, and disabled the Mediterranean Fleet’s two battleships, a tanker, and a destroyer. In few military endeavors has so little been risked to …


“The Navy’S Success Speaks For Itself”?: The German Navy’S Independent Energy Security Strategy, 1932–1940, Anand Toprani Mar 2018

“The Navy’S Success Speaks For Itself”?: The German Navy’S Independent Energy Security Strategy, 1932–1940, Anand Toprani

Naval War College Review

The National Socialists’ primary foreign policy objective after taking office was to rearm Germany so that it might reverse the verdict of the First World War and acquire the “living space” necessary to becoming a world power on par with Britain or the United States. For the German armed services, the Third Reich’s ambitious plans meant that they were compelled to broaden their missions and operational capabilities.


Mentoring In The U.S. Navy: Experiences And Attitudes Of Senior Navy Personnel, W. Brad Johnson, Gene R. Andersen Mar 2018

Mentoring In The U.S. Navy: Experiences And Attitudes Of Senior Navy Personnel, W. Brad Johnson, Gene R. Andersen

Naval War College Review

The first operational definition of mentoring in organizations—offered by Kathy Kram in 1985—proposed that mentoring relationships facilitate an individual’s professional development through two distinct categories of “mentoring functions.” Career functions included sponsorship, exposure and visibility, coaching, protection, and provision of challenging assignments. Psychosocial functions included role modeling, acceptance and confirmation, counseling, and friendship.


The Jmsdf’S Resilient Power For Civil Society: Lessons From The Great East Japan Earthquake, Takuya Shimodaira Mar 2018

The Jmsdf’S Resilient Power For Civil Society: Lessons From The Great East Japan Earthquake, Takuya Shimodaira

Naval War College Review

The Asia-Pacific is a disaster-prone region. In humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations, it is crucial to save lives at the outset .Success in the initial phase will produce trustful relationships among civil and military actors and will influence subsequent relief operations. Soon after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck the central Philippines on 8 November 2013, the United States dispatched an aircraft carrier and conducted Operation DAMAYAN. Dr. Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, wrote, “The response to Haiyan could be a turning point for the United States in …


Implications Of Xi Jinping’S “True Maritime Power”: Its Context, Significance, And Impact On The Region, Sukjoon Yoon Mar 2018

Implications Of Xi Jinping’S “True Maritime Power”: Its Context, Significance, And Impact On The Region, Sukjoon Yoon

Naval War College Review

Xi Jinping’s declaration that China should strive to become a “true maritime power” (海洋强國) has been much discussed in the context of China’s “peaceful rise” (和平崛起) and the pursuit of the “Chinese dream” (中国夢). 1 Although there is, at face value, nothing quite new about Xi’s exhortation to the Chinese leadership, his remarks need to be understood against a rather complex background of situations, policies, and aspirations if their full significance is to be appreciated. Xi’s policy is not just about geographic dispositions but needs to be seen in terms of U.S. Navy captain Alfred Thayer Mahan’s sea-power theory—the “neo- …


Fighting The Naval Hegemon: Evolution In French, Soviet, And Chinese Naval Thought, Martin N. Murphy, Toshi Yoshihara Mar 2018

Fighting The Naval Hegemon: Evolution In French, Soviet, And Chinese Naval Thought, Martin N. Murphy, Toshi Yoshihara

Naval War College Review

Geography gives strategy its context. Secure from land invasion, Great Brit- ain and later the United States employed a distinctive form of sea power to defeat their adversaries. Both used their navies to control sea-lanes and vital choke points and to apply direct pressure along enemy coastlines. Through their dominance of the oceans they were able to shape the political and economic order of the world. It is fair to say that what amounts to the Anglo-American school of naval power has demonstrated its efficacy time after time: over the past 250 years these two powers have, singly or together, …


From The Editors, The U.S Naval War College Press Mar 2018

From The Editors, The U.S Naval War College Press

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


The Death Of Money: The Coming Collapse Of The International Monetary System, Robert C. Whitten, James Rickards Mar 2018

The Death Of Money: The Coming Collapse Of The International Monetary System, Robert C. Whitten, James Rickards

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Power, Law, And The End Of Privateering, John B. Hattendorf, Jan Martin Lemnitzer Mar 2018

Power, Law, And The End Of Privateering, John B. Hattendorf, Jan Martin Lemnitzer

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Presidents & Their Generals: An American History Of Command In War, Richard Norton, Matthew Moten Mar 2018

Presidents & Their Generals: An American History Of Command In War, Richard Norton, Matthew Moten

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Small Navies: Strategy And Policy For Small Navies In War And Peace, Sean Sullivan, Michael Mulqueen, Deborah Sanders, Ian Speller Mar 2018

Small Navies: Strategy And Policy For Small Navies In War And Peace, Sean Sullivan, Michael Mulqueen, Deborah Sanders, Ian Speller

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


The Relevance Of History To Current Military Challenges: Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/Ad Strategies, Peter Dombrowski, Sam J. Tangredi Mar 2018

The Relevance Of History To Current Military Challenges: Anti-Access Warfare: Countering A2/Ad Strategies, Peter Dombrowski, Sam J. Tangredi

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Wanted: U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Champion, Scott C. Truver Mar 2018

Wanted: U.S. Navy Mine Warfare Champion, Scott C. Truver

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Revisiting The Navy’S Moral Compass: Has Commanding Officer Conduct Improved?, Jason A. Vogt Captain Mar 2018

Revisiting The Navy’S Moral Compass: Has Commanding Officer Conduct Improved?, Jason A. Vogt Captain

Naval War College Review

Since the 2012 publication here of Captain Mark F. Light’s “The Navy’s Moral Compass,” the service has taken effective measures to address reliefs of commanding officers for personal misconduct, but the poor decisions of some have continued to trouble Navy leadership. What are the next steps?


On Littoral Warfare, Milan Vego Mar 2018

On Littoral Warfare, Milan Vego

Naval War College Review

The lack of adequate capabilities for littoral warfare could cost a blue-water force like the U.S. Navy dearly in a high-intensity conventional war. So might the lack of a sound theory of littoral warfare, operational concepts, and doctrine; these require much effort and time and cannot be produced in a hurry after hostilities start.


The Law Of Cyber Targeting, Michael N. Schmitt Mar 2018

The Law Of Cyber Targeting, Michael N. Schmitt

Naval War College Review

Cyber technology on the battlefield has outpaced the law, or at least full understanding of how extant law governs emerging capabilities—a strategically perilous state of affairs.


From The Editors, Carnes Lord Mar 2018

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Spring 2015 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

Spring 2015 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Winter 2015 Review, The U.S. Naval War College Mar 2018

Winter 2015 Review, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Bleeding Talent: How The U.S. Military Mismanages Great Leadersand Why It’S Time For A Revolution, By Tim Kane, Thomas Gibbons Mar 2018

Bleeding Talent: How The U.S. Military Mismanages Great Leadersand Why It’S Time For A Revolution, By Tim Kane, Thomas Gibbons

Naval War College Review

This book provides a critical analysis and highlights a dysfunctional U.S. Army officer personnel management system. The author explains why the best and brightest young officers depart early for civilian careers and what can be done to encourage them to remain on active duty. Kane also outlines why the military’s leadership training is so successful and admired by civilian industry.