June 1984 Proceedings Magazine: United States Naval Institute

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U. S. Naval Institute June 1984 Volume 110/6/976

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Cover: For years the U. S. naval chessboard has been dominated by the big carriers and their aircraft. In the future, checking the Soviet Navy will also require employing "Castles, Knights, and Bishops in Naval Strategy" (pages 30-37) and developing new tactics to exploit new technologies, "LAMPS III: Bluewater Technology, Backwater Tactics" (pages 109-111).

Photo by Robert L. Lawson.

Contents

• Castles, Knights, and Bishops in Naval Strategy
  By Captain Robert C. Powers, USN
  Nobody plays chess better than the Soviets who never overlook an opponent's mistake or make the smallest allowance for his ignorance. It's our move.
• The Not-too Forgotten War
  By Commander Thomas M. Daly, USN
  Religious fervor—as a foundation either for an economy or a revolution—is as impermanent as desert sand.
• Cutters and Sampans
  By Senior Chief Dennis L. Noble, USCG (Ret.)
  In just 75 days in 1965, the Coast Guard transformed itself from peacetime duties to a wartime footing half a world away.
• Swift Raiders
  By Commander Richard L. Schreadley, USN (Ret.)
• Their Torpedo Tactics
  By Milan Vego
  For as long and as hard as they have been working at it, the Soviets ought to be better at torpedo warfare than they are.
• Confessions of a Flesh Peddler
  By Commander John L. Byron, USN
  The detailer pleases all officers some of the time and some officers all the time, but he can't please all officers all of the time.
• "Silver Bullets" and Coups de Grace
  By Captain Robert Nutwell, USN
  HARM's way—high-speed antiradiation missiles—is one way to go if TacAir wants to survive the Silver Bullet era.
• Departments
  Nobody asked me, but 84
  Self-confidence—the First Requisite
  Book Reviews 92
  A Country Such as This
  A Special Valor: The U. S.
  Marines and the Pacific War The Sacred Warriors: Japan's
  Suicide Legions Professional Notes 101
  Surface Warfare: It's SAGging
  Multiplying Our Contract Advantages
  "Joint" Operation
  Beyond the Beachhead
  LAMPS III: Bluewater
  Technology, Backwater
  Tactics
  Penetrating the Water Curtain Pictorial 113
  Fighting the Jungle Heat
  U. S. Navy 121
  Sailing Under the Ice
  Other Departments
  Secretary's Notes 7
  Comment and Discussion .. 14
  Books of Interest 97
  Notebook 127
  Index to Advertisers 128

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