Reviewed by Joseph Moretz, PhD That navies require intelligence to operate effectively may pass largely without comment. So too that they acquire and assess raw data and then disseminate an end-product for their own needs no less than for the nation served. That the formal organizational underpinnings of this process are only of relatively recent
Reviewed by Ed Calouro John Roberts, a leading expert on British capital ships and warships of World War II, is the author of a technical history of the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The title of his latest book is Battlecruiser Repulse: Detailed in the Original Builders’ Plans. It is not the typical warship biography – normally a narrative
For the fourth consecutive year, the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) will once again present “Teacher of Distinction” awards to teachers whose students are recognized for outstanding projects at the annual National History Day (NHD) competition for middle and high school students nationwide. Inaugurated in 2018, these awards go to teachers whose students (i) receive
Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD David Hobbs, MBE served in the Royal Navy from 1964 until 1997 and retired as a Fleet Air Arm pilot with the rank of Commander. He qualified as both a fixed and rotary wing pilot, logged 2,300 hours with over 800 carrier landings (150 at night), and served on
Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink With more than 1500 craft operating during World War II the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a fleet of substantial size, but as these craft were mainly converted trawlers, fuel carriers, and motor launches with some corvettes and sea plane tenders it is also a fleet often overlooked by naval
Reviewed by John Grady New York Times bestselling author Josh Young’s Expedition Deep Ocean brings to life a detailed portrait of Victor Vescovo. A very rich Texas equity-fund founder and Navy intelligence reservist educated at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford, Vescovo flew fixed-wing and rotary aircraft and climbed the world’s seven highest mountains, but his latest
Reviewed by LCDR Brian Hayes, USN (Ret.) Michael Claringbould has authored or co-authored more than a dozen works on World War II Pacific aviation, and as the title suggests, he previously produced two similar collections focused on New Guinea and the Solomons. This book is a collection of fifteen accounts of aviation operations in the
By Staff Historian David F. Winkler, Ph.D. A native of Illinois and graduate of the Naval Academy in the Class of 1894 where he played football and is credited with being the first to wear head protective gear after being warned about consequences of further blows to the cranium, Joseph Mason Reeves was assigned to
Reviewed by Edward Masso, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret) The state of California has a rich history in producing and displaying some very special art in their numerous museums placed strategically throughout the state. California boasts brilliant and important museums such as: The Norton Simon Museum, Getty Museum, The Historic Catholic Missions, Presidential Libraries of
Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD Peter J Marsh was born in Greenwich, UK, and combined a career in teaching with time spent boat-building, offshore racing, and voyaging under sail, but a chance visit to the United States convinced him to sell his boat and emigrate. Settling in Portland, Oregon, he returned to a sailing
The Naval Historical Foundation is dedicating this “Second Saturday” to the heroic actions of American Sailors who fought a rather unconventional naval war on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta during our involvement in the Vietnam War. Join with historians John Sherwood and Tom Cutler as they provide historical overviews of the U.S.
Voices of Vietnam, a publication that was the final product of an oral history class led by NHF’s staff historian and 2019-2020 Class of 1957 Chair of Naval Heritage Dr. Dave Winkler, has been printed for limited distribution to the midshipmen who participated in the project, Class of 1957 participants in the project, and to
Reviewed by Lt Col Matthew Thrift, USAF In The CIA War in Kurdistan, Sam Faddis provides his first-hand account as the head of a CIA team embedded in Kurdistan leading up to the U. S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Mr. Faddis shares his experience as the CIA team leader tasked with working with the
