Proceedings Magazine - August 1956

August 1956, Vol. No. 82, No. 8, Whole No. 642

Front Cover: ROMAN WARSHIP - This month's cover picture is reproduced with the permission of the artist, Frederick J. Hoertz

Contents

THE SPIRIT OF GENEVA 797
By Captain W. C. Hogan, U. S. Coast Guard
TIME FOR DECISION 809
By Lieutenant Commander Allan P. Staff, U. S. Navy
JAPAN'S LOSING STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL (PART II) 815

By Vice Admiral Raizo Tanaka, former Japanese Imperial Navy; with the assistance of Roger Pineau
COMMUNICATIONS AND REMOTE CONTROL 832
By Robert Greenhalgh Albion
EXPERIMENT IN TOTAL WAR 837
By Lieutenant Commander Richard G. Alexander, U. S. Navy
MARINE RAIDER? 848
By Captain H. D. Fredericks, U. S. Marine Corps
THE Scharnhorst-Gneisenau TEAM AT ITS PEAK 852
By Lieutenant Commander Peter Handel-Mazzetti, former German Navy
REFLECTIONS ON TAKING A PILOT 861
By Captain J. M. Ellicott, U. S. Navy (deceased)
MIDSHIPMAN CRUISE, PICTORIAL 866
DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, NOTES 875
BOOK REVIEWS 885
PROFESSIONAL NOTES 893
SECRETARY'S NOTES 911

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