Recently added articles from Naval War College Review:
FRESH THINKING FOR AN OLD PROBLEM: Report of the Naval War College Workshop on Countering Maritime Piracy
Oct 01, 2009; ... The problem ofmaritime piracy off the coast of Somalia has escalated over the past year, beginning with the seizure of the very large crude carrier Sirius Star in November 2008. The supertanker was carrying twomillion barrels of oil, and a ransomof threemillion dollars was paid for the release ...
CLEAR PURPOSE, COMPREHENSIVE EXECUTION: Raymond Ames Spruance (1886-1969)
Oct 01, 2009; ... As operational commander of hundreds of ships and aircraft, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance had the capacity to distill what he observed-and sometimes felt-into its essence and to focus on the important details by a mental synthesis.He would then charge his staff with comprehensive planning to ...
Spying on the Nuclear Bear: Anglo-American Intelligence and the Soviet Bomb
Oct 01, 2009; ... Goodman, Michael S. Spying on the Nuclear Bear: Anglo-American Intelligence and the Soviet Bomb. Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 2007. 295pp. $50 The Cold War was a real war, marked by complexity. The nation-states making up the international system (the United States, the United Kingdom, ...
MORE THAN THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS
Oct 01, 2009; ... MORE THAN THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS John Edward Jackson Singer, P. W.Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin, 2009. 499 pp. $29.95 "May you live in interesting times" is frequently used as shorthand for enduring periods of tumultuous ...
Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy and Maritime Terrorism in the Modern World
Oct 01, 2009; ... Murphy, Martin N. Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money: Piracy and Maritime Terrorism in the Modern World. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2009. 411pp. $60 In the past year the public's fascination with piracy has grown as piracy has manifested itself as a more tangible threat to ...