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A GUIDE TO READING ON VIETNAM
By Lieutenant Colonel L. A. Humphreys, U. S. Army (Retired), and Janet Colson
{Colonel Humphreys is a research associate and Miss Colson is a research assistant in the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford, California.)
Until 1955, the great bulk of Western language writing on Vietnam or Indochina was, quite naturally, in French. The amount in English before that time was meager, but after 1955, English language books began gradually to increase until after 1964 the number seems to have escalated with the war. This essay is confined to English language works (some are translations), but one of the bibliographies listed at the end of the essay and some of the bibliographic lists in the cited books cover French materials as well as English, and those who read French may wish to consult them for further study.
In writing this review, the authors have kept three principles in mind: objectivity, readability, and availability. Some of the books do not meet all these criteria, but there is at least one book in each category which approaches this standard. In keeping with our resolve to eschew the unobjective and the polemical, those books that tend to distort rather than inform have been weeded out. Books critical of the United States and U. S. activities in Vietnam have been included, even some that criticize the conduct of U. S. military operations, but it is criticism of a constructive sort—the criticism of a “loyal opposition.”
Geographical, Sociological and Historical Background. To introduce Vietnam and its physical environment and to place that environment in regional perspective, the reader will find South-East Asia: A Social, Economic, and Political Geography by Charles A. Fisher the most complete and up-to-date guide. South-East Asia is a formidable work of 800 pages, but for the reader interested in Vietnam, only those parts dealing with Southeast Asia as an entity, and those concerned specifically with Vietnam and her neighbors need be read. Should Fisher be unavailable, Southeast Asia by E. H. G. Dobby is still excellent.
The nature of the Vietnam war makes some knowledge of the social organization of the country indispensable in order to comprehend the problems faced there. Village in Vietnam, Gerald C. Hickey’s fine sociological study adds immeasurably to our understanding.
Any attempt at a broad understanding of the current situation in Vietnam and the various factors influencing it should begin with a historical grasp of Southeast Asia as a whole— a region of great cultural richness and diversity, related by geography and climate, but so varied in historical development. Perhaps the best general history of Southeast Asia for our purpose is Southeast Asia: Its Historical Development by John F. Cady. Cady also emphasizes the geographical, cultural, and ethnic aspects of the region. Although Cady does not attempt to cover in great detail the major political developments since World War II, he concludes with a chapter entitled “Relevance of the History,” in which he discusses the various factors influencing modernization and places the post-World War II problems of the region in perspective. The final sections contain a useful chronology of historical developments by regions and countries and a bibliography of basic reference guides, books, and periodicals. In addition to Cady, mention should also be made of the standard work, A History of South-East Asia by D. G. E. Hall, which can supplement or even substitute for Cady, although Hall concentrates on political history.
Other excellent historical works on Southeast Asia include The Roots of French Imperialism in Eastern Asia by John F. Cady and The Making of Southeast Asia by George Coedes, translated by H. M. Wright. These two focus primarily on some specific aspects of Southeast Asian historical development, but both books have direct relevance to Indochina and Vietnam.
Only one work in English can properly be called a history of Vietnam, The Smaller Dragon: A Political History of Vietnam by Joseph Buttinger. Well written and carefully documented, The Smaller Dragon treats Vietnam’s history from earliest times to the French conquest at the end of the 19 th century. The author concludes the book with a summary and chronology of events from the beginning of the 20th century to 1954.
There are several other books with good historical sketches included in them. The best of these is Vietnam Yesterday and Today by Ellen J. Hammer, but the concise history is not this little book’s only merit. It also contains succinct and authoritative sketches on Vietnamese traditions and institutions and an excellent perspective of the Vietnam problem in the context of contemporary events. For the busy reader, Miss Hammer’s book may be the best single work for understanding the broad outlines of the background to the Vietnam problem. The book has been criticized as over-sympathetic to Ngo Dinh Diem, but if this is a fault, it is a minor one. French Indochina by Virginia Thompson was the standard prewar work on French Indochina in English. It can still be read with profit for its excellent analysis of the French colonial period.
The French War. Little material exists in English on the “dirty little war” between the
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French and Viet Minh which dragged on from 1946 to 1954; there is no comprehensive work available on the military operations. By far the most detailed book on the events leading to the war and the political aspects of the situation in Indochina is The Struggle for Indochina by Ellen J. Hammer. The first edition does not include the events of 1954. The book is the best exposition of the complicated events of the Japanese occupation, the Allied liberation, the Communist-led independence movement and the belated attempt by France to reimpose colonial rule by force on the aroused people of Vietnam. It is still the standard English work for this era. Street Without Joy by Bernard B. Fall has given us a sensitive but incomplete view of the military side of the war. His descriptions of the battle at Hoa Binh, “Operation Lorraine,” “Operation Atlante” and other battles are vividly portrayed, and are the best available accounts. He has much to teach us about the Vietnamese variety of Communist revolutionary warfare. Unfortunately, Bernard Fall was killed in February 1967 near the coastal road in Central Vietnam known to the French as the Rue sans Joie from which he took the title for this book.
The desperate battle at Dien Bien Phu is generally recognized as the climax of the First Indochina War. By a wide margin, the best book on it is Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu by Bernard Fall. Every military man should read this account.
Vietnam Between Wars. The interwar period from 1954 until 1959 begins to show the increased interest by American writers as our involvement in Vietnamese problems deepened. Several excellent works deal with this crucial period, but only one attempts to span both the situation in North Vietnam and South Vietnam—The Two Viet-Nams: A Political and Military Analysis by Bernard Fall. This is probably Fall’s best politically oriented book, but the reader should be warned that Fall, a Frenchman, was sensitive to U. S. criticism of the French in Indochina (although he did not hesitate to criticize them himself). South Vietnam: Nation Under Stress by Robert Scigliano is a well-documented and highly readable treatment of the Diem period in South Vietnam. He presents well the political, military, economic and sociological problems faced by U. S. advisors to the South Vietnamese government. The Lost Revolution by Robert Shaplen is more than the story of interwar years. The first hundred pages are a history of the First Indochina War, but the book’s emphasis is on the Diem era. Shaplen is highly critical of U. S. policy in Vietnam, particularly our failure to foster democratic forms; he feels that our best opportunity passed without our taking proper action. It is a highly controversial, but thought-provoking book.
On North Vietnam, two excellent works are recommended. The first is From Colonialism to Communism by Hoang Van Chi, which reviews the various nationalist movements in Indochina, the establishment of Communism in North Vietnam, and the key roll of Ho Chi Minh in these developments, with emphasis on the goals and tactics of the North Vietnamese Communists. A second well- written, thorough analysis of North Vietnamese statements and actions is Communism in North Vietnam: Its Role in the Sino-Soviet Dispute by P. J. Honey. In it, Honey discusses key North Vietnamese leaders, the evolution of North Vietnam from a “Chinese dependent” to a “communist neutral,” and Hanoi’s effort to follow a middle path between Moscow and Peking.
The definitive analysis of the Communist movement in South Vietnam is Viet Cong: The Organization and Techniques of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam by Douglas Pike. This detailed account of the organization and tactics used by the Communists to build a political and social base in South Vietnam establishes beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Viet Cong movement is directed from Hanoi by the Lao Dong (Communist) Party and that the National Liberation Front is under their control. Pike has also included a valuable glossary of terms and a section of biographical notes.
Although space prevents thorough analysis of periodical literature, one essay on the Viet Cong should be brought to the reader’s attention. George A. Carver, Jr. has made a concise, thorough analysis of the development of the Viet Cong organization and strategy in “The Faceless Viet Cong,” in the quarterly Foreign Affairs.
The Current War. No aspect of the Vietnam situation has received greater attention than the problem of U. S. involvement. The subject has been argued from every viewpoint imaginable, and there are many books and many more pamphlets and articles in print. The subject also arouses some of the bitterest controversy on Vietnam. On the general problem of the U. S. in Southeast Asia, there is Southeast Asia in United States Policy by Russell H. Fifield and The Security of Southern Asia by D. E. Kennedy. The Kennedy book is the more recent and points more directly to military problems; Fifield’s is more comprehensive and includes a valuable bibliographical note. Three other excellent books cover this same field and cannot be ignored: Southeast Asia Today—and Tomorrow by Richard Butwell, The United States and the Sino-Soviet Bloc in Southeast Asia by Oliver E. Clubb, Jr.; and The Changing Face of Southeast Asia by Amry Vandenbosch and Richard Butwell.
Turning next to books dealing specifically with the U. S. commitment to South Vietnam, with one exception, none really analyze the situation in a dispassionate and acceptably objective manner. The exception is The First Vietnam Crisis: Chinese Communist Strategy and United States Involvement by Melvin Gurtov, but this excellent study is concerned only with the crisis of 1953-1954. Works highly critical of U. S. government actions abound. “Vietnam: Evolution of the Crisis” appears in the quarterly magazine Asia; the series of articles under this title is helpful in understanding the U. S. involvement, as are Fall, The Two Viet- Nams; Scigliano, Vietnam: Nation Under Stress; and Shaplen, The Lost Revolution. (Reservations about Fall and Shaplen still pertain.) Viet-Nam Witness, 1953-66 by Bernard B. Fall is also helpful, but Fall’s bias becomes more pronounced in this later volume. Fall and Marcus G. Raskin have jointly edited another book, The Vietnam Reader: Articles and Documents on American Foreign Policy and the Viet-Nam Crisis. It carries pieces expounding many points of view, but the whole volume is clearly slanted toward the editors’ own viewpoints. Compiled certainly not as an explanation of U. S. involvement in Vietnam, the symposium Vietnam Seen from East and West, edited by Sibnarayan Ray gives us a sympathetic view of U. S. actions and problems in Vietnam by foreign and American authors.
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An effective defense of the U. S. government’s position is found in the publications of the U. S. Department of State. Among these are the white papers, A Threat to the Peace; North Viet-Nam's Effort to Conquer South Viet-Nam, and Aggression jrom the North; The Record of North Viet-Nam’s Campaign to Conquer South Viet-Nam. Other important speeches and statements on Vietnam have been reprinted in the U. S. Department of State.
Many of the books, especially those written by news correspondents, report on military operations. They often comment at some length on the effectiveness of specific U. S. or enemy tactics, but there are surprisingly few books dealing specifically and comprehensively with the military problem. However, every military man is urged to read this recent book on counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia: Defeating Communist Insurgency: The Lessons of Malaya and Vietnam by Sir Robert G. K. Thompson. The author draws useful lessons from his long experience in both Malaya and Vietnam. One older but still useful book deserves mention: Communist
Revolutionary Warfare: The Vietminh in Indochina by George K. Tanham. To understand the enemy’s view on “wars of national liberation,” one would do well to read People’s War, People’s Army by Vo Nguyen Giap. This volume also includes Giap’s article on the battle of Dien Bien Phu. For the Chinese theory on guerrilla warfare, from which Giap’s tactics derive, we recommend On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-tung translated by Samuel B. Griffith.
The Vietnam insurgency will obviously not be defeated by military action alone, and U. S. military personnel are coming more and more to realize this fact. Several of the books mentioned above treat the multiple non-military problems. Two other books will be helpful for understanding some of the problems of the U. S. non-military effort: War without Guns by George K. Tanham with W. Robert Warne, Earl J. Young, and William A. Nighswonger is the story of provincial operations of U. S. overseas missions in South Vietnam; and The Politics of Foreign Aid: American Experience in Southeast Asia by John D. Montgomery is an examination of our aid program in Southeast Asia, with Vietnam as the primary example.
Many of the journalists’ accounts of the events there are not easily placed in the above categories; they are treated as a separate grouping. These highly readable accounts of personal observations and experiences can help round out the reader’s knowledge and often can give him a better “feel” for the situation in Vietnam than many of the footnoted and documented narratives cited. The best of these are: Our Vietnam Nightmare by Marguerite Higgins, good on the Diem period; The Quicksand War: Prelude to Vietnam by Lucien Bodard translated by Patrick O’Brian, unsurpassed coverage of the French period, 1946-1950; The New Face of War by Malcolm Browne, long-time reporter on the Vietnam scene; Vietnam in the Mud by James Pickerell, who is very critical of U. S. tactics; and The Last Confucian by Denis Warner.
Periodical literature on Vietnam is abundant. All the general magazines and news magazines have given Vietnam considerable coverage. The Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature will direct the reader to most sources. We wish to recommend specifically some lesser known journals which have carried excellent and copious material on Vietnam. Among these, Asia, China Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Asian Studies, The Reporter and Vietnam Perspective. “Vietnam and World Peace” by Richard Scalapino in Vietnam Perspectives is an article deserving special mention. (Scalapino’s article also appears in Vietnam Seen from East and West.)
The U. S. Congress has published extensive material on Vietnam, including the testimony of many of the experts whose works are listed above. To mention some recent materials: The Vietnam Conflict: The Substance and The Shadow, Report of Senators Mansfield, Muskie, Inouye, Aiken, and Boggs to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, January 6, 1966; United States Policy toward China, Report of the House Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific, May 19, 1966; Background Information Relating to Southeast Asia and Vietnam (2nd Revised Edition), Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, March 1966; and Supplemental Foreign Assistance Fiscal Tear 1966—Vietnam, Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Eighty-Ninth Congress, Second Session, 1966. This last also appears in commercial paperback editions under various titles.
Many of the works cited earlier have excellent bibliographies or bibliographic notes in them, but the reader’s attention is called to at least a few pertinent bibliographic works. One excellent and recent bibliography of bibliographies: South and Southeast Asia: A Bibliography of Bibliographies by G. Raymond Nunn. Among recent bibliographies we recommend Vietnam: A Select Reading List, compiled by Rennie C. Jones (this bibliography may not be generally available). Perhaps the most useful of all is the yearly September issue of the Journal of Asian Studies, which carries an extensive, if not exhaustive, listing of materials on Asia appearing in the previous year. Library of Congress, Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference Sources in Western Languages, compiler Cecil Hobbs (Washington, D. C., 1964) will be useful for an introduction to French works on Vietnam as well as English; there is also an earlier (1952) edition of this volume.
The following is an alphabetical listing by title of the works mentioned above.
The Changing Face of Southeast Asia
Amry Vandenbosch and Richard Butwell. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1966. 448 pp. $7.50.
Communism in North Vietnam: Its Role in the Sino-Soviet Dispute
P. J. Honey. Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press,
1964. 207 pp. $6.95.
Communist Revolutionary Warfare: The Viet- minh in Indochina
George K. Tanham. New York: Praeger, 1961. 157 pp. $5.00.
Defeating Communist Insurgency: The Lessons of Malaya and Vietnam
Sir Robert G. K. Thompson. New York: Praeger,
1966. 171 pp. $4.95.
The First Vietnam Crisis: Chinese Communist Strategy and United States Involvement
Melvin Gurtov. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1967. 228 pp. $7.00.
French Indochina
Virginia Thompson. New York: Macmillan Co., 1942. 494 pp. Out of print.
From Colonialism to Communism
Hoang Van Chi. New York: Praeger, 1964. London: Pall Mall. 252 pp. $6.50.
On Guerrilla Warfare
Mao Tse-tung, translated by Samuel B. Griffith. New York: Praeger, 1961. 114 pp. $4.50.
Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
Bernard B. Fall. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.,
1967. 515 pp. $8.95.
A History of South-East Asia
D. G. E. Hall. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2nd ed. 1964. 968 pp. $12.00.
The Last Confucian
Denis Warner. New York: Macmillan Co., 1963. 274 pp. (paper, $.95, Penguin, 1964).
The Lost Revolution
Robert Shaplen. New York: Harper and Row, 1965. 404 pp. $6.95. (paper, $1.95).
The Making of Southeast Asia
George Coedes, translated by H. M. Wright. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. 268
pp. $6.00.
The New Face of War
Malcolm Browne. New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
1965. 275 pp. $5.00.
Our Vietnam Nightmare
Marguerite Higgins. New York: Harper and Row,
1965. 314 pp. $5.95.
People’s War, People’s Army
Vo Nguyen-Giap. New York: Praeger, 1961. 217 pp. $5.00.
The Politics of Foreign Aid: American Experience in Southeast Asia
John D. Montgomery. New York: Praeger, 1962. 336 pp. $6.50. (paper, $2.25).
The Quicksand War: Prelude to Vietnam
Lucien Bodard, translated by Patrick O’Brian. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1967. 572 pp. $7.95.
The Roots of French Imperialism in Eastern Asia
John F. Cady. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 1954. 322 pp. $5.00.
The Security of Southern Asia
D. E. Kennedy. New York: Praeger, 1965. 308 pp. $7.50.
The Smaller Dragon: A Political History of Vietnam
Joseph Buttinger. New York: Praeger, 1958. 535 pp. $7.50.
South and Southeast Asia: A Bibliography of Bibliographies
G. Raymond Nunn. Honolulu: East-West Center, University of Hawaii, 1966. 59 pp.
Southeast Asia
E. H. G. Dobby. London: University of London Press (U. S. distribution by Verry), 1950. 415 pp. $5.00.
South-East Asia: A Social, Economic, and Political Geography
Charles A. Fisher. London: Methuen and Co., and New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1964; 2nd ed.,
1966. 831 pp. $15.95.
Southeast Asia in United States Policy
Russell H. Fifield. New York: Praeger, 1963. 488 pp. $6.50. (paper, $2.95).
Southeast Asia: Its Historical Development
John F. Cady. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 657 pp. $10.75.
Southeast Asia Today—and Tomorrow
Richard Butwell. New York: Praeger, 1964. 182 pp. $4.95. (paper, $1.95).
South Vietnam: Nation under Stress
Robert G. Scigliano. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1963. 227 pp. (paper, $2.50).
Street Without Joy
Bernard B. Fall. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 1961. 322 pp. $7.95.
The Struggle for Indochina, 1940-1955
Ellen J. Hammer. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1955. 374 pp. $8.50. (paper, $2.95).
The Two Viet-Nams: A Political and Military Analysis
Bernard B. Fall. New York: Praeger, 1963. 493 pp. $7.95.
The United States and the Sino-Soviet Bloc in Southeast Asia
Oliver E. Clubb, Jr. Washington, D. C.: The Brookings Institution, 1962. 173 pp. (paper, $2.00).
Viet Cong: The Organization and Techniques of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Douglas Pike. Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, 1966. 490 pp. $7.95.
Vietnam: A Select Reading List
Rennie C. Jones. Melbourne, Australia: State Library of Victoria, 1966. 55 pp.
Vietnam in the Mud
James Pickerell. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1966. 129 pp. $5.00. (paper, $2.25).
The Vietnam Reader: Articles and Documents on American Foreign Policy and the Viet-Nam Crisis
Bernard B. Fall and Marcus G. Raskin. New York: Random House, 1965. 415 pp. Out of print, (paper, $2.45 Vintage).
Vietnam Seen from East and West
Sibnarayan Ray, Editor. New York: Praeger, 1966. 192 pp. $5.95.
Viet-Nam Witness, 1953-66
Bernard B. Fall. New York: Praeger, 1966. 363 pp. $6.95.
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Vietnam Yesterday and Today
Ellen J. Hammer. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. 282 pp. S3.95. (paper, SI.95).
Village in Vietnam
Gerald C. Hickey. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1964. 325 pp. SI0.00. (paper, S3.25, 1967)'.
War without Guns
George K. Tanham with W. Robert Warne, Earl J. Young, and William A. Nighswonger. New York: Praeger, 1966. 141 pp. S4.95.
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Aggression from the North; The Record of North Viet-Nam’s Campaign to Conquer South Viet-Nam
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of State, 1965. 64 pp. S-40.*
Asia
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Background Information Relating to Southeast Asia and Vietnam
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C., March 1966 (2nd ed.). 297 pp. SI.00.*
"The Faceless Viet Cong”
George A. Carver, Jr. in Foreign Affairs (Vol. 44, No. 3) April 1966. SI.50.
Far East Series Pamphlets
U. S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Media Services, Washington, D. C.
Southeast Asia: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference Sources in Western Languages
Compiler Cecil Hobbs. Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, 1964. 180 pp. S1.00. *
Supplemental Foreign Assistance Fiscal Year 1966—Vietnam
Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, U. S. Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, Second Session, Washington, D. C., 1966. 743 pp. $2.25.*
A Threat to the Peace; North Viet-Nam’s Effort to Conquer South Viet-Nam
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of State, 1961. Part I, 53 pp. Part I, out of print. Part II, 102 pp. $.55.*
United States Policy Toward Asia
Report of the House Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., May 19, 1966. 582 pp. Out of print.*
"Vietnam and World Peace”
Richard Scalapino in Vietnam Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 3 February 1966. $1.25.
The Vietnam Conflict: The Substance and The Shadow
Report of Senators Mansfield, Muskie, Inouye, Aiken, and Boggs to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C., January 6, 1966. 32 pp. $.15.*
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Jane’s Fighting Ships 1966-67
Edited by Raymond V. B. Blackman. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. 468 pages. Illustrated. $45.00.
REVIEWED BY
Norman Polmar
{Mr. Polmar, a Jormer assistant editor of the Proceedings, is the author of Atomic Submarines {1963) and Death of the Thresher {1964).)
Jane's Fighting Ships is received with ritual: First, one hastily turns through the pages, skimming the vast compilation of data and illustrations; here and there, a new ship appears and now and then an old favorite is sighted. Then one seeks out certain ships, wanting information on a new ship or wanting to see what the Editor has added to the listing. Next, there may be a careful reading of the Foreword; and finally, for some, the meticulous, page-by-page, almost ship-byship examination.
The degree to which one follows the above ritual undoubtedly influences his judgment of the book. Of course, some merely place the book on the shelf to be pulled out periodically as a reference. Even the briefest perusal will reveal that the Editor has performed a monumental task of assembling 2,100 illustrations and the particulars of some 13,000 ships of 98 navies and “sea defense forces.”
This edition gives new prominence to sub-
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marines which are presented second only to aircraft carriers in the order of ship listings. In explaining this arrangement, the Editor notes that the nuclear-powered, missilelaunching submarine “in the deterrent scheme . . . has become the battleship, and if she is not the capital ship of the fleet, for the aircraft carrier still holds sway there, she is certainly the capital ship of submarines.”
This is a realistic and welcome appraisal. Unfortunately, this progressive outlook did not carry through into a revision of other ship listings in the volume.
On submarines, the Editor also notes the British Navy’s decision to discourage use of the term “attack” submarine to obviate possible confusion among the not-so-well-in- formed between Polaris-armed submarines and those armed only with torpedo tubes, and also to suppress the term “hunter-killer” submarines. Instead, the Royal Navy prefers three categories: Polaris submarines, fleet submarines (nuclear-powered), and patrol submarines (conventionally-powered).
The U. S. Navy continues to favor the terms “attack” and, to a lesser extent, “hunter-killer,” thus contributing to a complicated and confusing system of warship designations (compounded by such nebulous classifications as “frigate” and lengthy ones such as “anti-submarine warfare support aircraft carrier”).
Among the new or extensively revised listings in this edition are the French cruiser De Grasse, refitted as flagship of the Pacific Experimental Nuclear Center; the new French missile frigate Suffren; the British assault ship Fearless; the British Navy’s planned Type 82 missile destroyers; the U. S. fast patrol craft (PCF) and river patrol boats (PBR) being used in Vietnam; the U. S. Navy’s forward depot ships (15 of these ships are listed, the forerunners of the controversial fast deployment logistic ships); the U. S. Coast Guard’s high- endurance cutters of the Hamilton class, and the Soviet support-escort ships.
However, in going through the new edition, one finds many pages which are the same as the previous edition. Perhaps the photos are rearranged and, in the 1966-67 edition, there is a new typeface for maj or headings, but the annual changes relatively little from year to year. Thus little is lost if one misses an edition—a significant factor when one considers the annual price of $45.00. But this lack of change is a minor fault, when one considers the amount of material which is revised annually in view of the security problems encountered by the Editor, and the fact that in some ship categories and, indeed, in some navies, little does change.
Of more significance are the book’s poor organization, innumerable typographical errors, poor photo dating, and misleading fleet strengths. With regard to organization, one can discern no reason for the ship arrangements beyond the destroyer-type ships. For example, in the U. S. section, the destroyer types are followed by amphibious transport docks, large seaplane tenders, fleet minelayers, mine counter-measures support ships, submarine tenders, destroyer tenders, inshore fire support ships, ocean minesweepers, etc. Mine warfare vessels are thus found on pages 389, 392-393, 395-396, and 413, making it a difficult and tedious task to comprehend the U. S. Navy’s mine warfare forces. The same holds true for amphibious ships: The amphibious transport docks (LPD) are listed on page 387 with the similar (in design, size, and task) dock landing ships (LSD) on page 397. The only difference in these categories is that the LPDs have a greater troop and vehicle lift at the expense of a well deck for landing craft. Similarly, amphibious assault ships (LPH) are still listed with aircraft carriers although their design and mission dictate that they be included with amphibious ships. If one argues that they, like true aircraft carriers, have flight decks and, hence, are aircraft carriers, then the amphibious force flagships (which are hidden between submarines and cruisers) should be listed with the command ships Northampton and Wright, which are tacked to the end of the aircraft carrier section.
The Editor’s scheme of printing the date when a photo was added to the book, rather than when the photo was taken, is of litde if any value and can be misleading. For example, the photo of the Hancock with AJ Savages on her deck was taken about a decade before it was added in 1965; the view of the destroyer Mayo added in 1965 shows her in pre-World War II paint, and the destroyer Bailey, added in 1966, shows her in wartime colors. The actual dates the photos were taken would be of considerably more interest and value.
Within the ship listings, little effort is made to indicate which ships are active or in reserve. This data is particularly significant for the U. S. and British navies and is readily available to the Editor (the exact status of each British ship is neatly listed in the annual Defense Estimates). The value of the table of “All the World’s Fighting Ships,” found in the back of the volume, is less useful by lack of this information. For example, the United States is credited with 34 heavy and large aircraft carriers with no indication that only 24 are active.
The typographical errors are numerous and discouraging. The U. S. Navy made some sort of history when four nuclear-powered submarines were launched on a single day, 22 June 1963; however, one of these, the Daniel Boone, is listed by Jane's as being launched in 1962. The nuclear-powered research submarine NR-l is listed as being 600 feet long! This is several hundred feet too long.
Finally, a critique of Jane's must cite the superficial coverage given to naval auxiliaries and certain amphibious ships. The growing size, specialization, and importance of these ships dictates that they be covered adequately in a study of navies. More data, photos, and some plan drawings of these ships are warranted. Plan drawings of new destroyer-type ships, amphibious ships, and submarines would also be most welcome.
This, then, is Jane's Fighting Ships 1966-67: a mixture of the excellent and of the poor; definitely a monumental undertaking.
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By Edward William Sloan, III. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1966. 297 pp. $7.50.
John Roach, Maritime Entrepreneur: The Years as Naval Contractor, 1862-1886
By Leonard Alexander Swann, Jr. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1966. 301 pp. $7.50.
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These two admirable, closely-related volumes present a wealth of new information and interpretation on how the U. S. Navy adjusted itself to the new technological developments of mid-19th century. To furnish steam for the Union Navy, Isherwood provided brilliant guidance as the first Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, while Roach produced much of the necessary machinery as the country’s leading builder of marine engines. Later, both were concerned with the steel ships of the “New Navy.” Isherwood served on one of the advisory boards that made such recommendations to the Secretary, while Roach built all four of the first steel ships, and bankrupted himself thereby. Both books throw much light on the ever-delicate relationship between the Navy and big business, with plenty of examples of friction. In addition,
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there is much original and interesting material on the industrial organization and operation of the day. Such material could be dull, but Sloan and Swann each tells his story well.
The two studies have had a parallel career. They grew out of term research projects of a Harvard graduate seminar in naval and maritime history. Each author decided to expand his term paper into a doctoral dissertation. Because of the overlapping subjects, they kept in close contact during their researches, whether it was in plowing through official reports in the Widener stacks, exploring the records at the National Archives, or harvesting reminiscences from the surviving descendants of the two men. The two completed theses were submitted to the Harvard History Department just an hour apart; the authors became Ph.D’s together. The Naval Institute published the companion volumes with full- size portraits of the two subjects as a striking feature of the jackets. Sloan, an assistant professor at Trinity, is now editing naval journals, while Swann is writing the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, or New York Naval Shipyard, as one prefers.
Each author has concentrated, as the titles indicate, on only a portion of his subject’s career, but has provided an ample biographical background. Isherwood, son of a New York physician, came on the scene before the days of engineering schools, but he got a good grounding at Albany Academy, gained practical experience in locomotive and bridge building, and had already published two technical papers when he began his long naval career as assistant engineer in 1844 at 22. He had a variety of experiences afloat and ashore, serving in some of the experimental steam vessels, arguing for better terms for the engineers, and continuing to write substantial scientific articles.
When the Bureau of Steam Engineering was established in 1862, in recognition of the new importance of steam, he became its first Chief and served until 1869.
Isherwood had a frustrating experience trying to get the Merrimack to sea from the Norfolk Navy Yard, only to be thwarted by the timorous old commandant. The establishing of the blockade called for a swarm of steam vessels. His engines were criticized for their weight and their lack of economy and
power, but he knew that if green, volunteer engineers caused them to break down, repairs would be a grave problem. Isherwood’s masterpiece was the unarmored cruiser Wampanoag, one of a class started in 1863 and finally completed in 1868. Her engines drove her at a top speed of 17 knots, unequalled by any other vessel for 11 years, or by any warship for 20 years.
His career ended in 1869 when Admiral David D. Porter, U. S. Navy, took over for his “hundred days” under Grant, hating engineers in general and Isherwood in particular. Porter’s postwar reputation, incidentally, is not enhanced in either of these studies. Several chapters deal with Isherwood’s frequent quarrels with various individuals.
From the naval standpoint, interest in the Roach volume centers around his controversial gaining of the contracts for all four of the new steel warships in 1883. Roach had come far since reaching the United States in 1832 at 17 as a penniless Irish immigrant. Starting as a laborer, he eventually rose to the top among the marine iron works in New York. In 1871, he took the decisive step of moving the center of American shipbuilding from New York’s East River to the Delaware at Chester, with the accompanying shift from wooden to iron hulls. He used this Chester yard “as the nucleus for fabricating a perfectly integrated and self-sufficient complex that eventually had included the sequence from the iron mine to blast furnace to rolling mill to shipyard to steamship line.” The author’s analysis of these stages makes the volume a valuable contribution to economic history.
Roach’s widespread interests had brought him into occasional lively differences of opinion with the Navy and with some Congressmen interested in naval matters. To represent him in some of those disputes, he had used the legal services of William E. Chandler, a shrewd “operator.” This same Chandler was Secretary of the Navy when the contracts for the new steel warships came up.
Swann gives a dramatic account of the opening of the bids at the Secretary’s office on 2 July 1883. Two other Delaware shipyards, Charles H. Cramp’s and Harlan & Hollingsworth, had also bid, but Roach was lowest on each of the four ships. “Chandler paused and then awarded the building contracts for all four ships to Roach. At that moment, Charles Cramp, with a flushed face, jumped up and cried: ‘Mr. Secretary, are you going to give all those contracts to one man?’ Chandler replied, ‘I don’t see how I can help it.’ The law required the awarding of the contract to the lowest responsible bidder . . . Some were quick but wrong to interpret the outcome of the bidding as part of a scheme for looting the naval appropriations. . . . The disappointed and jealous Cramp accused Roach and Chandler of collusion.” However legally correct Chandler may have been, one gets the impression that it might have been better policy to have given the other yards part of the construction.
There is a chapter on “Building the ABCD Ships,” bringing out the exasperating practice, which would continue into later times, of causing serious delay and added expense by changing the plans and specifications. In March 1885, the Democrats returned to power for the first time in 24 years, just as the Dolphin, the first of the new quartet, was ready for her first trial. She acquitted herself well, and the Naval Advisory Board recommended that she be officially received. The new Democratic Secretary, William C. Whitney, however, insisted on a thorough investigation and further trial, during which time Roach’s payments were held up, and he was driven to receivership. “The subsequent performance of the Dolphin dispelled any doubts about her construction and vindicated the quality of Roach’s workmanship.” Roach, suffering from cancer, died early in 1887, just before the Chicago, the largest of the quartet, was completed.
The value of both books is enhanced by a liberal amount of scholarly apparatus—notes, appendix and bibliography—with further references available in the footnotes of the original dissertations at Harvard.
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Aeronautics: Flying Since 1913
G. W. B. Lacey. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1966 (U. S. distribution by British Information Service). 22 pp. Illus. $1.00 (paper).
A brief booklet containing text and photographs relating to London’s Science Museum’s unique collection of aircraft. (See page 129 of the February 1967 Proceedings for information on a companion volume.)
Antique Aircraft Directory
Jim M. Foreman. Amarillo, Texas: Quest Directories, P. O. Box 7115, Amarillo, Texas 79109, 1966. 112 pp. Illus. $5.00.
Listed by type are the antique aircraft (with some exceptions) currendy on the FAA’s records in the United States. Information is given on registration, construction number, year of manufacture, and owner’s name and address of each type. Illustrations are limited to a few reproductions of advertisements for some of the aircraft, as they appeared at the time.
The Atlantic Idea and its European Rivals
Harold van B. Cleveland. New York: McGraw- Hill, 1966. 186 pp. $5.95; $2.95 (paper).
A former State Department official and now a businessman focuses his attention on the theme that the Atlantic Alliance can definitely work either as a relationship between a strong United States and a strong Europe or as a federation under American leadership. He devotes particular attention to the German situation and reminds his readers that among the plus factors in NATO’s history is the success in rehabilitating” the Germany of 1955 and ushering her back into the society of respectable nations. He also explores the economic features and futures of the Atlantic idea and comes up with an over-all optimistic picture.
Ancient Men of the Arctic
J. Louis Giddings. New York: Knopf, 1967. 406 pp. Illus. $10.00.
A lively, personal narrative of a leading American anthropologist’s 1939 to 1954 expeditions to Alaska, seeking the prehistoric culture of a simple people basically unrelated to the other inhabitants of North America. This is a nontechnical volume which offers wide appeal to the layman. Until his death in 1964, the author was a professor of anthropology at Brown University.
The Chiefs of Naval Operations and Admiral’s House
Naval History Division. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1967. 48 pp. Illus. $.35 (paper).
An illustrated booklet, containing the history of the CNOs and their official residence in the U. S. Naval Observatory grounds in Washington, D. C. Many fine photographs, including one of each CNO, make this an attractive and useful publication.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Brigadier General Samuel B. Griffith, II, U. S. Marine Corps (Ret.). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 398 pp. $10.95.
A leading authority on Communist China presents the most thorough and by far the best analytical account of Mao Tse-tung’s military force, from its origin in the 1920s through its endurance in the 1930s, its triumph in the late 1940s, and its employment as a major national and international factor in the 1950s and 1960s. The book’s elaborate documentation and bibliographical features play key roles in making this one of the most useful and authoritative reference works on Communist China.
The Coming of the Italian-Ethiopian War
George W. Baer. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967. 320 pp. $6.95.
A comprehensive coverage of the political, diplomatic, and military aspects among the great and lesser powers involved with Mussolini’s 1935 aggression against Ethiopia. Baer shows that Great Britain and France found themselves caught between their desires to the supporters of the League of Nations and their wishes for peace with Italy. He asserts that their failure to support the League contributed appreciably to the coming of World War II.
The Country Team
U. S. Department of State. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1967. 80 pp. Illus. $1.00.
This illustrated profile of U. S. missions abroad provides a close-up portrait of the U. S. Foreign Service in action. Individual chapters describe the work of the political, economic, consular, administrative, military, and other principal elements of U. S. overseas posts.
Diplomacy and Power in Washington-Peking Dealings: 1953-1967
Kenneth T. Young. Chicago: University of Chicago Center for Policy Study, 1967. 47 pp. $1.00 (paper).
This brief monograph consists of an authoritative lecture delivered in January 1967 by an American expert on the Far East to the University of Chicago’s Policy Study Center. The author, currently President of The Asia Society, is a prominent diplomat, business man, and author who served as U. S. Ambassador to Thailand from 1961 to 1963.
A Dragon Embattled
Joseph Buttinger. New York: Praeger, 1967. 1,352 pp. 2 vols. boxed, $18.50.
The author of The Smaller Dragon (1958), which traced Vietnam’s history up to the end of the 19th century, has now written a massive treatise, thoroughly documented with more than 200 pages of notes, appendixes, and bibliography, covering that troubled nation’s history from the beginning of French colonialism to the fall of Diem in 1963. This is unquestionably the fullest, English-language account and should long stand as a major work in its field.
An Economic Profile of Mainland China
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1967. 684 pp. $2.25 (paper).
A two-volume compilation of detailed, authoritative reports on Communist China prepared at the request of the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress. Herein are two-dozen unusually penetrating studies dealing with the following broad themes: General Economic Setting; Economic Sectors; Population and Manpower Resources; and External Economic Relations. Nowhere is there available in print a collection of facts and figures to match this.
Five Days to War: April 2-6, 1917
Colonel R. Ernest Dupuy, U. S. Army (Retired). Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole-Giniger, 1967. 192 pp. Illus. $6.95.
A distinguished and prolific writer on military matters chronicles with pictures and text the five days preceding the U. S. entry into World War I.
Ho Chi Minh on Revolution
Edited and Introduction by Bernard B. Fall. New York: Praeger, 1967. 416 pp. $6.95.
The late Professor Fall, authority on Vietnam, compiled and edited these speeches, articles, letters, pamphlets, and personal interviews of the North Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh. They cover nearly a half century from 1920 to 1966 and provide a rare insight into the powerful 77-year-old President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
India’s Quest for Military Security: Defence Politics, 1947-1966
Lome J. Kavic. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. 225 pp. $6.00.
This authoritative analysis of India’s quest for security since her independence in 1947 evaluates the bases and aims of that policy and shows how it responded to both foreign and internal pressures. Based on extensive research and many interviews with military and civil officials both in and out of India, this is a most illuminating account of the world’s second most populous state.
Last Chance in Europe
Charles O. Lerche, Jr. Chicago: Quadrangle, 1967. 221 pp. $5.00.
A brief but meaningful survey of the significant changes in Western Europe since the end of World War II—changes which, the author reveals, have unfortunately not been fully recognized and dealt with by the United States. In his book, Professor Lerche, late political scientist at American University, strongly urges his countrymen to face up to these new realities and to readjust policies, attitudes, and actions accordingly.
Letters from Vietnam
Bill Adler, Editor and Compiler. New York: Dutton, 1967. 224 pp. $3.95.
A unique collection of personal letters from active participants in Vietnam, mainly enlisted men. Writers,
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quite naturally, express views on a variety of themes, and the over-all result is a volume well worth reading.
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: Annual Report 1966
London: Lloyds of London, 71 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3, England, 1967. 98 pp. Illus.
A most interesting and useful summary report, setting forth a collection of photographs, facts, and figures relating to the world’s merchant shipping; also of particular value are the nine statistical tables related to types and tonnage of the world’s fleets. Contains excellent graphics.
Manhattan Project
Stephane Groueff. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1967. 372 pp. Illus. $6.95.
A full and dramatic account of the making of the atomic bomb in 1945. The central figure is understandably General Leslie R. Groves who headed the project. Some new material is contained in this book which is one of the best and most thorough coverages of this undertaking.
Marine Photography International Exhibition
Agnes M. Brabrand, Editor. Newport News, Va. Mariners Museum, 1967. 46 pp. Illus. $.50.
A commemorative catalog containing outstanding monochromatic prints chosen for top awards in the field of marine photography. Each of the 45 pictures reveals the flavor of the sea, and the entire collection constitutes an attractive brochure of high-quality craftsmanship by U. S. and foreign photographers.
Nuclear War and Nuclear Peace
Brigadier General Y. Harkabi, Israel Defense Forces. 257 Park Ave., New York: Daniel Davey Co., 1966. 303 pp. $7.50.
Israel’s current Director of the Defense Ministry’s Office of Strategic Research has summarized “the wider aspects of the impact of nuclear weapons on the climate of our age.” This unusually fine survey deals with a wide range of problems: deterrence and its implications; surprise; pre-emptive and preventive attack; problems of quantities of nuclear weapons; the limitations of war; proliferation of nuclear weapons; the Soviet approach; “peace in the shadow of terror”; and others.
The Prospect for Southeast Asia
Edited by Kenneth T. Young and Gilbert F. White. New York: Praeger, 1967. 256 pp. $5.95.
A series of symposium papers by eight prominent authorities who explore the historical perspectives, cultural patterns, and current trends and forces at work in the area. It also gives detailed attention to
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Politics and the Military in Modern Spain
Stanley G. Payne. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1967. 574 pp. $12.50.
A full-length study of the relation of the military to Spanish politics, government, and public issues in the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on the 1917-1939 period. California Historian Payne’s documented discourse on the causes, nature, and results of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 is particularly well done. His notes and bibliography are outstanding.
The Pirate Coast
Sir Charles Belgrave. New York: Roy, 1967. 200 pp. Ulus. $6.95.
This history of the pirates of the Persian Gulf in the late 18th and early 19th centuries is based on the diary of Francis Erskine Loch, a British naval officer who fought the pirates and helped suppress them. While this book has merit, its excessive details tend to detract from its readability.
Racing Planes and Air Races, Volume I
Reed Kinert. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, 1967. 96 pp. Illus. $3.00.
The first of a three-volume series covering air races from 1909 to 1923. Contains superb photographs, diagrams, and sketches by the author. Will be a genuine delight to the collector and racing enthusiast.
Rescue at Sea
Captain John M. Waters, U. S. Coast Guard. Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1966. 264 pp. Illus. $5.95.
An intriguing, first-hand coverage by the officer who has been a key figure in the SAR (search and rescue) program which has come to be recognized as a major humanitarian operation. Herein is a unique account of adventure at sea and in the air, of famous marine disasters, medical rescues, disappearances, and even murder and piracy. Excellent reading by the SAR’s leading authority.
The Evolutionary Personality
E. Victor Wolfenstein. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1967. 330 pp. $7.50.
A California political scientist analyzes the basic common factors in three leaders who “shared a commitment to ending an existing political order and replacing it with a new one”—Lenin, Trotsky, and Gandhi. These three dynamic figures are carefully portrayed in terms of trust, pride, courage, industry, confidence, and drive. The result is a penetrating study of what makes a man a revolutionary.
Sail and Sweep in China
G. R. G. Worcester. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (U. S. sales by British Information Service, New York), 1967. 146 pp. Illus. $5.70.
By numerous sketches, plans, photographs, and sprightly text, one of Britain’s old “China hands” presents an informative and unique account of the coastal and riverine life in the China of three and more decades ago. In essence this is a history of the Chinesejunk as illustrated by the author’s own drawings and the Collection of Junk Models in London’s Science Museum.
Set Europe Ablaze
E. H. Cookridge. New York: Crowell, 1967. 410 pp. Illus. $7.95.
A British writer on espionage relates the exciting story of the SOE—Churchill’s Special Operations Executive, a cloak-and-dagger organization of volunteers dedicated to attack Hitler’s Germany by sabotage, espionage, and subversion, thereby following Churchill’s broad instruction to “set Europe ablaze.” The author, himself a wartime agent and author of the Soviet Spy Net and The Net Which Covers the World, relates how SOE agents, often co-operating with other nation’s agents, including U. S. agents, infiltrated occupied Europe by means of parachute, submarine, small boat, and plane. One of the best spy books on World War II.
Social Reform in the United States Navy, 1798-1862
Harold D. Langley. Urbana, 111.: University of Illinois Press, 1967. 309 pp. $8.50.
A scholarly treatise illustrating the influence of reform efforts on naval customs during that half-century preceding the Civil War. The four efforts investigated are: the role of religious societies working among the sailors; manpower problems and methods of recruitment; agitation against corporal punishment; and, the anti-grog ration efforts of the American temperance crusade. A most significant inquiry into an oft- neglected area of American naval history.
The Soviet Military and the Communist Party
Roman Kolkowicz. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1967. 429 pp. $9.00.
A RAND Corporation Research study of the Soviet’s two most powerful institutions which, while of necessity must co-operate to a degree, but which also, by their very nature, are in distinct conflict. The author emphasizes the period since Stalin’s death but provides a sound introductory section showing how the basic issues are deeply rooted in Soviet history since 1917. His several appendices and extensive bibliography combine with his solidly documented text to make this a most significant study in its field.
Strategy in Action
General d’Armee Andre Beaufre, French Army. New York: Praeger, 1967. 136 pp. $4.50.
A leading French writer on strategy deals briefly but cogently with the theme of governmental action in the field of international relationships. He strongly advocates that the non-military figures of responsibility employ the strategic method of thought as it applies to foreign policy in its broadest sense. Beaufre’s previous works, An Introduction to Strategy and Deterrence and Strategy, are admirably complemented by this latest treatise.
The Test Ban Treaty
James H. McBride. Chicago: Regnery, 1967. 197 pp. $5.75.
A severe attack on the “military, technological, and political implications” of the 1963 Test Ban Treaty. The author of Military Posture (1965) is firmly convinced that the treaty is “prejudicial to the security of the United States.”
Today’s Isms
William Ebenstein. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1967. 262 pp. $5.95; $3.75 (paper).
This fifth edition (1st ed., 1954) is a thorough up-dating and provides a current and concise overview of communism, fascism, capitalism, and socialism. The author is a political scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Tommy Atkins—Story of the English Soldier
John Laffin. London: Cassell, 1967. 218 pp. Illus. $9.50. (U. S. distribution by Sportshelf.)
A British military historian’s intriguing account of the everyday life of the English soldier from Cromwellian days through World War II. He does for Tommy Atkins what he did for the Scots in Scotland the Brave, for the Australians in Digger, and for the Germans in Jackboot.
Tugs, Towboats and Towing
Edward W. Brady. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1967. 231 pp. Illus. $10.00.
A basic, how-to-do-it, general reference manual by the author of Marine Salvage Operations.
The Two Faces of Co-existence
Alfred Berzins. New York: Robert Speller, 1967. 335 pp. $6.00.
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The fascinating story of a house on “G” Street in the Nation’s Capital, the home of every Commandant of the Corps since 1806, and the historic 8th & Eye garrison in its two-city-block backyard. Approximately 60 black and white photographs and drawings illustrate the text.
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A vigorous indictment of Communist aims by a Latvian statesman who knows from personal experience the perils in placing faith in Russian lures and promises. He offers useful information and concepts regarding the diplomatic and military events affecting the Baltic and Eastern European area in the 193940 era.
The Two Vietnams
Bernard B. Fall. New York: Praeger, 1967. 512 pp. $7.95.
First published in November 1963, here revised, updated, and expanded, and appearing as the second edition, Fall’s masterful study remains the most authoritative and respected book in its field.
Victor Charlie: The Face of War in Vietnam
Kuno Knoebl. New York: Praeger, 1967. 304 pp. Illus. $5.95.
An Austrian “neutral journalist” who has been permitted to see both sides of the Vietnam struggle deals extensively with the theme of that war’s prisoners. He indicts both sides by his revelations as summarized in his statement: “The interrogation of prisoners is usually rough in war, but in Vietnam it is often a matter of overwhelming cruelty.” The author is less than optimistic regarding U. S. fulfillment of its stated objectives in that conflict.
Wind and Sailing Boats
Alan Watts. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1967. 220 pp. Illus. $10.00.
A British meteorologist explains the “secrets” of the winds in such a way as to enable the sailor to make more sensible and scientific use of this great force of nature. He calls his work a practical study of micrometeorology.
Wings of the Dawn
Commander Eugene E. Wilson, U. S. Navy (Retired). Palm Beach, Fla.: Literary Investment Guild, 1950. 175 pp. $5.00; $1.00 (paper).
A welcome reprinting of an eye-witness account of the evolution of air and space doctrine by a pioneer naval aviator, successful businessman, and distinguished author.
PERIODICALS "Down to the Sea”
American Heritage, June 1967.
A brief account, accompanied by his superb 13 seascapes, of 19th century Edward Moran’s career as a leading seascape artist of all time. This series of paintings hangs in the U. S. Naval Academy Museum at Annapolis, Maryland, and is here reproduced for the first time in half a century.
"Middle East Survey”
Editors of Flying Review in Flying Review International for April 1967.
A remarkably detailed and well illustrated coverage of the current military and civil aviation scene in the Middle East.
"Rehearsal for World War II”
Darby Perry in American Heritage, April 1967.
An intriguing account, with unique documentary and photographic evidence, of the full story of the Japanese sinking of the USS Panay on the Yangtze in December 1937.
"U. S. Naval Aviation in World War I”
Adrian O. Van Wyen in Naval Aviation News, April 1967.
The first of an 18-part series of aviation history articles prepared by one of the Navy’s most respected authorities in the field. Each Naval Aviation News issue from April 1967 through October 1968 will carry an article which will intersperse detailed chronology with narrative. Hopefully all 18 articles will be available under one cover late in 1968.
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Naval Record
Edited by H. T. Lenton. London: Monitor Publications, 23 Fairlawn Court, W. S. Published bimonthly. $3.00 per year.
This is a new, fact-filled magazine to describe warships, new and old, their parts, et cetera. The first issue (July- August 1966) had 32 pages; the second (September— October 1966) contained 64 pages—an excellent growth trend. Articles in the first issue included: “Peder Skram—• Danish frigate,” “U. K. Polaris programme,” and “MSR.3 fire control system.” Excellent photographs and plans accompany the articles.
International Journal of Oceanography and Limnology
George E. Rowland, Managing Editor. Haddon- field, N.J: Omnipress, Box 395.
A new journal which began publication in January 1967 and will appear four times a year. Not for the general reader, this professional journal will carry “original articles reporting scientific studies, theoretical essays, critical summaries and reviews of research literature. The policy is to make available a publication medium wherein material from disparate disciplines can be consolidated into a single multidisciplinary oudet.” Printed on excellent stock; carries a few illustrations.
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WORLD WAR II—(OTHER NATIONS)
Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945 ......................................................
By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 440 pages. Illustrated.
The French Navy in World War II..................................................................................
By Rear Adm. Paul Auphan, French Navy (Ret.), and Jacques Mordal. Translated by Capt. A. C. J. Sabalot, USN (Ret.). 1959. 413 pages. Illustrated.
The Hunters and the Hunted.............................................................................................
By Rear Adm. Aldo Cocchia, Italian Navy (Reserve). An account of Italian Submarines in World War II. 1958. 180 pages. Illustrated.
The Italian Navy in World War II....................................................................................
By Cdr. Marc’Antonio Bragadin, Italian Navy. 1957. 380 pages. Illustrated. Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story . . .
By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Roger Pineau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 266 pages. Illustrated.
White Ensign, The British Navy at War, 1939-1945 ...................................................................
By Capt. S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., RN (Ret.). 1960. 480 pages. Illustrated.
SEA POWER
Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement................................................................
Edited by Cdr. IV. C. Blattmann, USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paperbound.
Geography and National Power . ............................................
‘Edited by Prof. W. W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. A summary of the physical, economic, and political geography of the world. 3rd Ed., 1962. 180 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Logistics.............................................................................................................. $7.50.. ($6.00)
By Vice Adm. G. C. Dyer, USN (Ret.). 2nd Ed., 1962. 367 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Review 1962-1963 ................................................................................................................................ $10.00.. ($8.00)
14 essays. 3 appendixes. 1962. 373 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1964 ....................................................................................................... $10.00.. ($8.00)
12 essays. 5 appendixes. 1963. 393 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1966 ...................................................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
11 essays. 4 appendixes. 1965. 353 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
Naval Review 1967 ....................................................................................................... $12.50 ($10.00)
12 essays. 4 appendixes. 1966. 335 pages. Illustrated. Maps.
SEAMANSHIP
The Art of Knotting and Splicing....................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Cyrus Day. Step-by-step pictures and text. 2nd Ed., 1955. 224 pages.
Heavy Weather Guide...................................................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Capt. E. T. Harding, USN, and Capt. W. J. Kotsch, USN. 1965. 210 pages.
Illustrated.
Naval Shiphandling....................................................................................................... $7.00 ($5.60)
By Capt. R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN. 3rd Ed., 1965. 533 pages. Illustrated.
Sail and Power............................................................................................................. $7.00 ($5.60)
By Richard Henderson and Lt. Bartlett Dunbar, USN. 1967. 280 pages.
Illustrated.
NAVIGATION—PILOTING
Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting........................................................................................ $8.00 ($6.40)
Prepared by Cdr. J. C. Hill, II, USN, Lt. Cdr. T. F. Utegaard, USN, and Gerard Riordan. 1st Ed., 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.
The Rules of the Nautical Road............................................................................................ $7.00.. ($5.60)
By Capt. R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lt. Alfred Prunski, USCG. 3rd Ed., 1954. 536 pages. Illustrated.
Simplified Rules of the Nautical Road.................................................................................... $2.00.. ($1.60)
By Lt. O. IV. Will, III, USN. 1963. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOKS
The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy..................................................................................... $2.60.. ($2.08)
Revised by Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN, and W. J. Miller, JOCM, USN (Ret.).
17th Ed., 1964. 684 pages. Illustrated.
The Coast Guardsman’s Manual........................................................................................... $4.75.. ($3.80)
Prepared under the supervision of The Chief, Training and Procurement Division, Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard. Original edition prepared by Capt. W. C. Hogan, USCG. 4th Ed., 1964. 885 pages. Illustrated.
Command at Sea............................................................................................................ $6.50.. ($5.20)
By RAdm. H. F. Cope, USN (Ret.). Revised by Capt. H. Bucknell, III,
USN. 3rd Ed., 1966. 540 pages.
Division Officer's Guide...................................................................................................................................... $3.00.. ($2.40)
By Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 5th Ed., 1962. 282 pages.
The Marine Officer’s Guide................................................................................................ $7.50.. ($6.00)
Revised by Rear Adm. A. A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), and Col. R. D. Heinl, Jr.,
USMC (Ret.). 3rd Ed., 1967. 625 pages. Illustrated.
The Naval Aviator’s Guide................................................................................................. $6.50.. ($5.20)
By Capt. M. W. Cagle, USN. 1963. 305 pages. Illustrated.
The Naval Officer’s Guide................................................................................................. $7.75.. ($6.20)
By Rear Adm. A. A. Ageton, USN (Ret.), with Rear Adm. W. P. Mack, USN.
6th Ed., 1964. 650 pages. Illustrated.
Watch Officer’s Guide........................................................................................................................................ $3.00.. ($2.40)
Revised by Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 10th Ed., 1967. 320 pages. Illustrated.
REFERENCE
Almanac of Naval Facts..................................................................................................... $3.50.. ($2.80)
1964. 305 pages. Paperbound.
Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations........................................................................... $15.00 ($12.00)
Compiled and edited by Col. R. D. Heinl. Jr., USMC (Ret.). 1966. 367 pages.
List of Rubrics (800). Index of Sources (1,200).
The Henry Huddleston Rogers Collection of Ship Models.................................................... $3.00 ($2.40)
U. S. Naval Academy Museum. 2nd Ed., 1958. 117 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Terms Dictionary.................................................................................................. $5.50 ($4.40)
By Capt. J. V. Noel, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Cdr. T. J. Bush, USNR. 1966.
379 pages. Paperbound.
Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages............................................................................ $8.50 ($6.80)
By E. L. Bloomster. 1940. 280 pages. 425 silhouette drawings. Trade edition.
The Ships and Aircraft of the U. S. Fleet.......................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
By James C. Fahey. 8th Ed., 1965. 64 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors
Vol. IV—1950-1958 ........................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
Compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harriotte W. B. Smith. 1959. 291 pages. Illustrated.
LEADERSHIP
Naval Leadership, 2nd edition.........................................................................................
Compiled by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, Capt. F. J. Mulholland, USMC, Cdr. J. M. Laudenslager, MSC, USNR, Lt. H. J. Connery, MSC, USN, R. Adm. Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.), and Assoc. Prof. G. J. Mann. 1959. 301 pages.
Selected Readings in Leadership..........................................................................................
Compiled by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Capt. F. J. Mulholland, USMC. Revised by Leadership Committee, Command Department, U. S. Naval Academy. 1960. 126 pages. Paperbound.
ENGINEERING
Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants..................................................
By Cdr. C. N. Payne, USN. 1958. 187 pages. Illustrated.
Fundamentals of Construction and Stability of Naval Ships...............................................
By Prof. T. C. Gillmer, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd Ed., 1959. 373 pages Illustrated.
Internal Combustion Engines.....................................................................
By Cdr. P. W. Gill, USN, Cdr. J. H. Smith, Jr., USN, and Prof. E. j! Ziiirys 4th Ed., 1959. 570 pages. Illustrated.
Introduction to Marine Engineering......................................................................................
By Prof. R. F. Latham, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 208 pages. Illustrated
SCIENCES
Elements of Applied Thermodynamics..................................................................................
By Prof. R. M. Johnston, U. S. Naval Academy, Capt. W. A. Brockelt, USN, and Prof. A. E. Bock, U. S. Naval Academy. 3rd Ed., 1958. 496 pages. Illustrated.
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Fundamentals of Sonar...................................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
By Dr. J. W. Horton, 2nd Ed., 1959. 417 pages. Illustrated.
The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services................ $7.50 ($6.00)
By Capt. C. W. Shilling, MC, USN. 2nd Ed., 1965. 307 pages. Illustrated.
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables.................................................................................. $1.65 ($1.32)
By the Department of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy. 1945. 89 pages.
Ocean Sciences........................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
Edited by Capt. E. J. Long, USNR (Ret.). Written by 18 eminent oceanographers. Fills the gap between popular and technical writing. 1964. 304 pages. Illustrated.
The Rule of Nine..................................................................................................... • ($.60)
By William Wallace, Jr. An easy, speedy way to check addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. 1959. 27 pages. Paperbound.
LAW
A Brief History of Courts-Martial........................................................................................ $.50 ($.40)
By Brig. Gen. James Snedeker, USMC (Ret.). 1954. 65 pages. Paperbound.
International Law for Seagoing Officers................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Cdr. B. H. Brittin, USN, and Dr. Liselotte B. Watson, 2nd Ed., 1960.
318 pages. Illustrated.
Military Law.................................................................................................... • • $2.00 ($1.60)
Compiled by Capt. J. K. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.) and Cdr. H. B. Sweitzer,
USN. Edited by Cdr. M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Lt. Cdr. R. I. Gulick, USN.
Revised by Lt. Cdr. J. W. Des Jardin, USN. 2nd Ed., 1963. 94 pages.
LANGUAGES
Dialogues on Russian Culture.......................................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
By Assoc. Prof. W. H. Buffum, Assoc. Prof. H. R. Keller, and Prof. C. P.
Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. In Russian with English notes for rapid reading at the second-year level. 1956. 97 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese................................................................................. $4.50 ($3.60)
By Assoc. Prof. J. Riccio, U. S. Naval Academy. 1957. 299 pages. Paperbound.
Naval Phraseology.......................................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.80)
Common naval terms and phrases in English-French-Spanish-Italian-Ger- man-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages. Paperbound.
Russian Conversation and Grammar, 3rd edition, 1960 By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy
Vol. One—109 pages. Paperbound.......................................................................................... $2.50 ($2.00)
Vol. Two—121 pages. Paperbound............................................................................................................ $2.50 ($2.00)
Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology................................................................................. $4.00 ($3.20)
By Prof. C. P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd Ed., 1954. 140 pages.
SERVICE LIFE
The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations..................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
Edited by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957. 244 pages.
Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage...................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)
By Vice Adm. L. P. Lovette, USN (Ret.). 4th Ed., 1959, 358 pages. Illustrated.
Prayers at Sea.............................................................................................................. $3.50 ($2.80)
By Chaplain Joseph F. Parker, USN. 1961.287 pages.
The Sailor’s Wife..................................................................................................... $1-50 ($1.20)
By Lucy Wright. Practical explanations of daily problems facing Navy wives and how to solve them. 1962. 112 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound.
Service Etiquette............................................................................................................ $6.50 ($5.20)
By Capt. Brooks J. Harral, USN, and Oretha D. Swartz. Revised by Orctha D. Swartz. Guide to correct social usage on official and unofficial occasions for men and women in all the services. 2nd Ed., 1963. 447 pages. Illustrated.
Welcome Aboard............................................................................................................... $6.00 ($4.80)
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval Officer's bride. 6th Ed.,
1964. 263 pages.