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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.

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The Military Lens: Doctrinal Difference Anddeterrence Failure In Sino-American Relations, By Christopher P. Twomey, David Burbach Mar 2018

The Military Lens: Doctrinal Difference Anddeterrence Failure In Sino-American Relations, By Christopher P. Twomey, David Burbach

Naval War College Review

It has been said that “weapons speak to the wise—but in general they need interpreters.” The Military Lens, writ- ten by political scientist Christopher P. Twomey, associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California, shows the difficulty of that quote. Twomey makes a strong case that differing military languages and doctrines explain otherwise puzzling examples of deterrence failure and escalation.

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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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A Strategy Has To Be Able To Work To Be Masterful, Alan D. Zimm Mar 2018

A Strategy Has To Be Able To Work To Be Masterful, Alan D. Zimm

Naval War College Review

This essay was written in response to an article by Angelo N. Caravaggio, “‘Winning’ the Pacific War: The Masterful Strategy of Commander Minoru Genda,” which appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of the Naval War College Review (pages 85–118). Dr. Caravaggio takes to task “criticisms leveled at the Japanese for their ‘ill conceived’ or ‘poorly planned’ attack at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.” Since his endnote supporting this comment listed only my Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions as a source of this criticism, the finger appears to be pointed directly at me. Understandably, I was eager …

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The Key To Midway: Coral Sea And A Culture Of Learning, Carl Cavanagh Hodge Mar 2018

The Key To Midway: Coral Sea And A Culture Of Learning, Carl Cavanagh Hodge

Naval War College Review

Was the battle of Midway won or lost? In a recent edition of the Naval War College Review, James Levy grappled with some of the recurrent issues found in the scholarship of the battle of Midway, all of them related to the question whether one or another aspect of the Japanese way of war led to a catastrophic defeat at the hands of the U.S. Navy. Levy observes that an assumption common to many works is “that the Japanese did as much to lose the battle as the Americans did to win it, or more.”

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China’S Blue Soft Power, Andrew S. Erickson, Austin M. Strange Mar 2018

China’S Blue Soft Power, Andrew S. Erickson, Austin M. Strange

Naval War College Review

On 3 September 2014, almost six years since Chinese warships first entered the Gulf of Aden to fulfill antipiracy duties, China Central Television (CCTV)–8 aired the first episode of “In the Gulf of Aden” (舰在亚丁湾). The multidozen-episode program, designed to “ignite raging patriotism” (燃起熊 熊爱国心), given evening prime-time status, and attracting a popular audience with a star-studded cast, explores in dramatic fashion Beijing’s experience fighting modern piracy.

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The American “Pivot” And The Indian Navy, Harsh V. Pant, Yogesh Joshi Mar 2018

The American “Pivot” And The Indian Navy, Harsh V. Pant, Yogesh Joshi

Naval War College Review

Just after addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in June 2012, Leo Panetta, then the American secretary of defense, visited New Delhi, where he remarked that “defense cooperation with India is a lynchpin in this [pivot] strategy.” Since the thrust of the “pivot” has been on the maritime balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, both the Pacific and the Indian Oceans have gained tremendous traction in the new U.S. strategy. From the very initiation of the pivot, India has featured on the American radar as an important strategic partner.

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Deconstructing Nimitz’S Principle Of Calculated Risk, Robert C. Rubel Mar 2018

Deconstructing Nimitz’S Principle Of Calculated Risk, Robert C. Rubel

Naval War College Review

All military operations are attended by various forms of risk. Risk permeates the fabric of war from the actions of individual soldiers, sailors, and airmen to the policies, strategies, and decisions of national leaders. Decisions and actions have both potential and real consequences, and intelligent decision making normally involves a calculation of the odds for success and failure, as well as consideration of the consequences of potential failure. When success is less than a sure thing but through analysis of the salient aspects of the problem, including costs and consequences of failure, a commander decides to proceed nonetheless, we can …

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The Race To The Bottom, Jan Joel Andersson Mar 2018

The Race To The Bottom, Jan Joel Andersson

Naval War College Review

The growing need to protect global shipping routes and the intensification of maritime territorial conflicts have led to a naval arms buildup around the world. Perhaps the most-cited example of this new focus on naval power is the increasing number of countries building or planning new aircraft carriers, but many analysts are more concerned about the proliferation of modern attack submarines. Often considered the ultimate weapon of naval warfare, submarines are versatile platforms able to attack surface ships, conduct antisubmarine war- fare (ASW), deploy mines, and, as they are increasingly equipped with missiles, attack land targets.

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From The Editors, Pelham G. Boyer Mar 2018

From The Editors, Pelham G. Boyer

Naval War College Review

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Information Disorder And The Need For News Literacy Education In The Digital Era, Lauren Brown-Hulme Mar 2018

Information Disorder And The Need For News Literacy Education In The Digital Era, Lauren Brown-Hulme

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This paper serves as a comprehensive report on the need for and barriers to news literacy education in the United States. Current misinformation issues in the U.S. are introduced and the importance of news literacy among citizens of a democracy. Answers to these questions are sought: What are the current challenges regarding news literacy in the digital age and what are the implications? Further, can news literacy be taught? Based on measured practices, what are the best methods for news literacy education? Existing literature covers the topics of information disorder and news literacy, highlighting the importance of news literacy in …

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The Reality Of Escape In Fantasy, Abbigail Mazour Mar 2018

The Reality Of Escape In Fantasy, Abbigail Mazour

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This paper seeks to examine the instances of escape experienced by the characters in popular fantasy novels such as The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and looks at how this escape teaches its audiences lessons about the real world and philosophical truths. It answers the question of whether or not fantasy is escape and why, accepting fantasy as escapist, this genre—and escape itself—is valuable to its audiences. The method for completing this project was a close analysis of the primary texts The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter along with the research and writing done by Tolkien …

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Sex Differences In Political Leadership In An Egalitarian Society, Christopher Von Rueden, Sarah Alami, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven Mar 2018

Sex Differences In Political Leadership In An Egalitarian Society, Christopher Von Rueden, Sarah Alami, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven

ESI Publications

We test the contribution of sex differences in physical formidability, education, and cooperation to the acquisition of political leadership in a small-scale society. Among forager-farmers from the Bolivian Amazon, we find that men are more likely to exercise different forms of political leadership, including verbal influence during community meetings, coordination of community projects, and dispute resolution. We show that these differences in leadership are not due to gender per se but are associated with men’s greater number of cooperation partners, greater access to schooling, and greater body size and physical strength. Men’s advantage in cooperation partner number is tied to …

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Encountering Shakespeare's Cleopatra: The Subversion Of The Occident's Threat Of Objectification, Amany El-Sawy Mar 2018

Encountering Shakespeare's Cleopatra: The Subversion Of The Occident's Threat Of Objectification, Amany El-Sawy

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

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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.

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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, …

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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.

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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.

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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 …

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Changes In Abundance Of Silvetia Compressa At San Clemente Island Before And During The 2015–2016 El Niño, Suzanne Graham, Brian Hong, Samantha Mutschler, Brendan Saunders, Jessica Bredvik Mar 2018

Changes In Abundance Of Silvetia Compressa At San Clemente Island Before And During The 2015–2016 El Niño, Suzanne Graham, Brian Hong, Samantha Mutschler, Brendan Saunders, Jessica Bredvik

Western North American Naturalist

Silvetia compressa is a common rocky intertidal fucoid that plays an important role in the community and has experienced widespread declines throughout California. The causes of these declines are unknown, but sea surface temperature (SST) is considered one of the dominant factors affecting intertidal algae. The 2015–2016 El Niño introduced anomalously high SSTs to southern California, which may have impacted rocky intertidal species. This study investigates temporal changes in abundance of S. compressa with respect to SST at 4 sites on San Clemente Island (SCI), California, from 2012 to 2016. Point-intercept data were used to quantify percent cover during biannual …

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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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