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Learning to Fail: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century from the Pacific War
Brent Powers Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Introduction As the U.S. military finds itself several years into its rebalancing to the Pacific, with an unspoken focus on China, today’s naval officers would recognize the conditions that their pre-World War II forebears faced. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, article, brent, essay, Guadalcanal, IJNH, international, journal, Naval History, Naval War College, powers, submarine, torpedo, World War II
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National History Day 2014 Documentary: “Vietnam POWs Taking Responsibility when Deprived of All Rights”
A National History Day documentary by Jethro Abatayo and Logan Gibert Pleasant Valley Middle School, Vancouver, WA Editor’s Note: Established in 1974, National History Day (NHD) is an award winning, non-profit education organization offering year-long academic programs that engage over … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, aviator, documentary, IJNH, international, interviews, journal, National History Day, Naval History, POW, prisoner, Vietnam War
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BOOK REVIEW – Beneath the Waves: The Life and Navy of CAPT. Edward L. Beach Jr.
Edward F. Finch, Beneath the Waves: The Life and Navy of CAPT. Edward L. Beach Jr. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. 288 pps. Photos, Notes, appendices, bibliography, index Review by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes Department of Strategy & Policy, U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged author, Beach, book review, Finch, IJNH, international, journal, Naval History, navy, Run Deep, Run Silent, Sarantakes, submariner, USS Triton
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BOOK REVIEW – Ships and Shipbuilders: Pioneers of Design and Construction
Fred M. Walker. Ships and Shipbuilders: Pioneers of Design and Construction. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010. 237 pp, index. Review by Timothy G. Lynch SUNY Maritime College Published to coincide with the sesquicentennial of the Royal Institution of Naval … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Construction, IJNH, international, journal, Lynch, Naval History, navy, Walker
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BOOK REVIEW – Blue versus Orange: The U.S. Naval War College, Japan, and the Old Enemy in the Pacific, 1945-1946
Hal M. Friedman, Blue versus Orange: The U.S. Naval War College, Japan, and the Old Enemy in the Pacific, 1945-1946. Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 2013, 364 pp. Review by Joseph Moretz British Commission for Military History The role … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Friedman, IJNH, international, Japan, journal, Moretz, Naval History, Naval War College, war games
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BOOK REVIEW – “A” Force: The Origins of British Deception during the Second World War
Whitney T. Bendeck. “A” Force: The Origins of British Deception during the Second World War. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013, 272 pp. Review by Joseph Moretz British Commission for Military History The role of deception in Allied military operations … Continue reading
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Tagged A Force, Bendeck, book review, British, international, journal, Moretz, Naval History, navy, World War II
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BOOK REVIEW – Strategy and War Planning in the British Navy, 1887-1918
Shawn T. Grimes, Strategy and War Planning in the British Navy, 1887-1918, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press, 2012. 263 pp. Review by Howard J. Fuller University of Wolverhampton First off, this is a very handsomely-produced book from The Boydell … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, book review, British, Fuller, Grimes, international, journal, Naval History, navy, planning, royal, strategy
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BOOK REVIEW – Far China Station: The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-1898
Robert Erwin Johnson, Far China Station: The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-1898. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013. 307 pp. Paperback edition. B & W illustrations and photographs; maps; notes; bibliography; index. Review by John M. Jennings United States … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Asia, Asiatic Fleet, book review, China Station, IJNH, international, Jennings, Johnson, journal, Naval History, navy, Steel Navy, US Navy
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BOOK REVIEW – Billy Mitchell’s War with the Navy: The Interwar Rivalry over Air Power
Thomas Wildenberg, Billy Mitchell’s War with the Navy: The Interwar Rivalry over Air Power. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2013, 288 pp. Review by Charles D. Dusch, Jr. United States Air Force Academy Now that the centennial of the First … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, aviation, Billy Mitchell, book review, Dusch, IJNH, international, journal, Naval History, navy, Wildenberg
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BOOK REVIEW – Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power
Andrew Nagorski, Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2012. 400 pp. Photos, bibliography, index. Review by Kaitlin Sadler University of Mary Washington Seven decades later, questions surrounding the Second World War … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, history, Hiterland, IJNH, international, journal, Nagorski, naval, Nazi, Sadler
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View from the Quarterdeck
Over the summer during a visit to France I came upon a moving reminder of the importance of a journal dedicated to encouraging academic scholarship in the field of international naval history. Just several hundred meters inland from the imposing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Chadbourn, editorial, history, IJNH, international, issue, journal, naval, navy, NWC, Quarterdeck
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The Warrior’s Influence Abroad: The American Civil War
By Howard J. Fuller University of Wolverhampton Quite simply, the Warrior altered the course of the American Civil War. This isn’t something that’s made its way into the history books—literally thousands of them, more and more, when it comes to … Continue reading
Two Captains, Two Regimes: Benjamin Franklin Tilley and Richard Phillips Leary, America’s Pacific Island Commanders, 1899-1901
By Diana L. Ahmad Missouri University of Science and Technology By 1900, with the acquisition of Guam in Micronesia and eastern Samoa in Polynesia, the United States had successfully expanded its borders into the Pacific Ocean. The Department of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmad, American, history, IJNH, international, journal, Leary, naval, navy, navy history, Samoa, Tilley, United States, US
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Strategy, Language, and the Culture of Defeat: Changing Interpretations of Japan’s Pacific War Naval Demise
By Hal M. Friedman Henry Ford Community College Military historians say that military history is written from the perspective of the victor. Japan’s naval defeat in the Pacific War, however, provides a highly arguable case. Much of the translated postwar … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, Defeat, Friedman, history, IJNH, international, Japan, journal, naval, navy, World War II, WW2
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BOOK REVIEW – Churchill Goes to War: Winston’s Wartime Journeys
Brian Lavery, Churchill Goes to War: Winston’s Wartime Journeys, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2007. 392 pp. Illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Review by Timothy J. Demy U.S. Naval War College Brian Lavery’s name and works are well known to naval … Continue reading