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April 2005 

Volume 4  Number 1

The objective of the International Journal of Naval History is to provide a pre-eminent forum for works of naval history researched and written to demonstrable academic standards. Our hope is to stimulate and promote research into naval history and foster communication among naval historians at an international level.

 

ARTICLES

 

Editorial

Speaking to the Naval Present in this Historical Forum

 

Robert Browning,

Chief Historian, U.S. Coast Guard

For the IJNH

 

 

British Naval Policy and the War against Japan, 1937-1945: Distorted Doctrine, Insufficient Resources, or Inadequate Intelligence?

 

Douglas Ford

Lecturer in Military History,

University of Salford, United Kingdom

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Michael J. Crawford (ed.), The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History [Volume III 1814-1815: Chesapeake Bay, Northern Lakes, and Pacific Ocean] (Washington D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 2002), cloth ISBN 0945274-47-5.

 

Reviewed by Howard J. Fuller

University of Wolverhampton

United Kingdom

 

James H. Critchfield, Partners at the Creation: The Men Behind Postwar Germany’s Defense and Intelligence Establishments. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2003. X, 243pp. ISBN 1-59114-136-2. Illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index.

 

Reviewed by Jeffrey G. Barlow

U.S. Naval Historical Center,

Washington D.C. USA

 

C. Herbert Gilliland.  Voyage to a Thousand Cares, Master’s Mate Lawrence with the African Squadron, 1844-1846. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004. Hardback, 329 pages, illustrated.

 

Reviewed by Regina T. Akers

U.S. Naval Historical Center

Washington D.C. USA

 

 

 APRIL NAVAL HISTORY PHOTOGRAPH

 

The Norwegian Gunboat Sleipner, 1877.

At Kiel, Germany, for ceremonies marking the opening of the Kiel Canal, June 1895.

 

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

 

From the U.S. Naval War College

 

Announcing - 

Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-Strategies,1805-2005

Bruce A. Elleman and S.C.M. Paine

 

From the Canadian Nautical Research Society

 

CNRS Annual Conference - Hamilton, Ontario

16 June – 18 June 2005

Theme:

Rivers, Lakes, Canals and the Sea

 

From the Argentine Navy Strategic Studies Center

 

The Argentine Navy Strategic Studies Center has produced a research paper about Argentine naval strategic thought. 

 

From the U.S. Naval Historical Center

 

Naval History Workshop 2005

28-30 June, Washington D.C.

 

From a Colleague

Regarding Information on Professor Arthur Marder and Captain Stephen Roskill 

Richard E. Miller. The Messman Chronicles: African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004.. Photographs. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. x, 390.

 

Reviewed by John Darrell Sherwood

U.S. Naval Historical Center

Washington D.C. USA

 

 

Jeffrey M. Moore, Spies for Nimitz: Joint Military Intelligence in the Pacific War. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2004. Xxviii, 300pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.

 

Reviewed by Jeffrey G. Barlow

U.S. Naval Historical Center, 

Washington D.C. USA

 

 

Richard A. Mobley. Flash Point North Korea, The Pueblo and EC-121 Crises. Annapolis, MD:  Naval Institute Press, November 2003. 240 pages, 11 photos, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index.

 

Reviewed by Regina T. Akers

U.S. Naval Historical Center USA

 

THE HISTORY OF OCEANOGRAPHY NEWSLETTER

 

September 2004, Number 16

Edited by Professor Eric Mills,

Dalhousie University

Canada

 

Prepared in Association with 

The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science

Division of the History of Science

Commission of Oceanography

 

THE HISTORY OF OCEANOGRAPHY NEWSLETTER   - Archive Page

This page provides access to all past issues of the Newsletter.

 

The 2005 issue of the Newsletter will appear in the August issue of the IJNH

 

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