News, Articles and Comment

Ed. The author investigates the crisis planning and political justifications for the US invasion of the island nation of Grenada on 25^th October 1983. A 15 minute read.

Ed. The author, an RNSSC 1SL Fellow, continues his ‘liminal advantage’ series [111/4, p. 40], with due regard to the imaginative demands of leadership in the maritime domain. A 30 minute read.

Ed. The author contends it is a fallacy that a US war with China over Taiwan could be contained to the western Pacific, and proposes a three-pronged strategy to counter the PRC. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, November edition. A 10 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a short book exploring the development and employment of monitors by the Royal Navy, in particular during the Second World War.

Ed. For Remembrance Day, the author provides narratives of two RN submarine patrols, highlighting the versatility and steadfastness of British submariners during ‘the offensive’ as Stephen Roskill phrased it. A 15 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing an account of the USAAF’s Seventh Air Force and its contribution to the Central Pacific campaign in the Second World War.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a succinct account of the Japanese campaign against New Guinea in 1942 and early 1943, and the Allied response, focusing on the roles and contribution of airpower.

Ed. The author takes another look at the Multi-Role Strike Ship (MRSS) concept and proposes an alternative for Commando Force amphibious capacity. A 15 minute read.

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book examining the role and contribution of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet to the Allied defence of South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War.