The Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable With the 75th anniversary of the creation of the rank of Fleet Admiral next year, and in conjunction with a Five-Star Mess Night scheduled for the Saturday May 19 NHF members and friends are invited to attend an informative and thought-provoking morning on
Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific by Michael Fabey, Scribner (2017) Reviewed by Diana B. West Crashback was written for the benefit of journalists, business people, or anyone who wants to understand the recent military confrontations in the South China Sea and why they should be concerned about it.
Ingram’s Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II By Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.). Heritage Books, Berwyn Heights, MD, (2017) Reviewed by Charles Bogart Commander Bruhn has crafted an excellent introductory book about an important but forgotten theater of
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? By Graham Allison Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, NY, (2017) Reviewed by Randall Fortson Looking Back to Find a Way Forward Thucydides concluded that the underlying reason for war between Athens and Sparta, a war that neither side wanted, was the rise
Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II By Jeffrey R. Cox, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, (2018). Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Morning Star, Midnight Sun represents the author’s second foray into the war in the Pacific. His Rising Sun, Falling Skies, The Disastrous Java Sea
The Armament Tide: Rearming America By RADM Stuart Franklin Platt (Ret.), Granville Island Publishing, Vancouver, Canada, (2002). Reviewed by Jon S. Middaugh, Ph.D When published in 2002, The Armament Tide envisioned a Pentagon soon to be awash in the waves of procurement dollars that typically flow during times of war. Such large amounts
Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade By John Broich, Overlook Dockworth, New York (2017). Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. When asked about the history of the slave trade, without hesitation most people will discuss slavery in the United States prior to 1865. Few will talk about the slave business in East Africa,
American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction By Craig Symonds, Oxford University Press, UK (2018). Reviewed by Warrant Officer Darien J. Garland, USMC Craig L. Symonds delivers a fast-paced narrative covering the history of change and advancements in the United States Navy. American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader a broad
In the Warlords’ Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and Their Fight Against the Taliban. By Daniel R. Green, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2017). Reviewed by 1stLt Walker D. Mills, USMC In his new book In the Warlords’ Shadow, Daniel Green describes the success of Village Stability Operations (VSO) and the Afghan
Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules of Law By Jeremy Rabkin, John Yoo,: Encounter Books, New York, NY. (2017). Reviewed by John Grady Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules of Law is a thought-provoking and disturbing book. It fits well into the manner
Blue versus Purple: The U.S. Naval War College, the Soviet Union, and the New Enemy in the Pacific, 1946. By Hal Friedman, Naval War College Press, Newport, RI. 2017. Reviewed by Corbin Williamson, Ph.D. Hal Friedman likes trilogies.[1] His first three books (the American Lake series) examined the strategic, political, and administrative history
British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built classes (New Vanguard #253) By Angus Konstam, Osprey, New York (2017). Reviewed by Jeffrey Schultz Angus Konstam, a naval historian and a prolific Osprey titles author, pens his second in the British destroyer series which follows up the earlier British Destroyers 1939-45: Pre-war Classes (New Vanguard #246). This work
For over a hundred years, the main mast of the USS Maine stood sentry at Arlington Cemetery over the remains of 229 Sailors. Over time, the weather took its toll and the memorial deteriorated, so after extensive research and preparation the mast was taken down in 2014 for repair and restoration. The memorial beneath the mast
14 March 1997 and 18 April 1997 WEED: You graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939. I was curious what was your motivation for attending Annapolis and for choosing a career as a naval officer? GILLETTE: Well, my father spent 35 years in the Navy and retired as a commodore and
U-Boats Off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944 By Eric Wiberg, Fonthill Media, Charleston, SC: (2017). Reviewed by Timothy Heck Eric Wiberg’s U-Boats Off Bermuda recounts a story of the western side of the War in the Atlantic. With much of the scholarship focused on the combatants, and
