The Journal
March 2025: Volume 18, Issue 1
Articles
- Howard J. Fuller, ‘The Whole History of this Ill-fated Vessel’: HMS Captain, the American Civil War, and the Mid-Victorian Struggle for Naval Superiority
- Stephen McLaughlin, Navigating Uncharted Waters: The Russian Naval General Staff, 1906–1914
- Anselm J. van der Peet, Punching Above Its Weight: The Royal Netherlands Navy within Allied Command Atlantic 1952 – mid 1970s
Book Reviews
- Michael Verney. A Great and Rising Nation: Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early U.S. Republic by Chuck Steele
- John Fass Morton. Sea Power and the American Interest: From the Civil War to the Great War by Joseph Moretz
- Nicholas A. Lambert. The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of $ea Power by R. James Orr
- Brian Lavery. Two Navies Divided: The British and United States Navies in the Second World War by Joseph Moretz
- Evan Mawdsley. Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory by Corbin Williamson
- Martin Stansfeld. Japanese Carriers and Victory in the Pacific: The Yamamoto Option by John M. Jennings
December 2022: Volume 17, Issue 1
Articles
- James P. Ransom III, U.S. Asiatic Fleet Submarines 1941-42: An Evaluation of Senior Leadership
- Henrikki Tikkanen, Officers in the ‘Fishpond’ and their Roles in the Royal Navy of the Fisher Era 1904-1919
- Joseph Moretz, A Question of Faith, A Matter of Tactics: The Royal Navy and the Washington Naval Agreement
- Aleksandr Gelfand, Inside the Archives: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Archives
- Tyler Kaus, Grace Hopper: Computer Communicator (National History Day)
Book Reviews
- Dr. Corbin Williamson, PhD. Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. by Paul Stillwell
- Dr. Frank Sobchk, PhD. George Jellicoe: SAS and SBS Commander by Nicholas Jellicoe
- Dr. Gary Weir, PhD. Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II by Catherine Musemeche
- Dr. Joseph Moretz, Ph D, FRHistS. Mahan, Corbett, and the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought by Kevin D. McCranie
- Dr. Justin Simundson, PhD. Small Boats and Daring Men Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy by Benjamin Armstrong
- Lt Col Nicholas Smith. Valor and Courage: The Story of the USS Block Island Escort Carriers in World War II by Benjamin Hruska
December 2021: Volume 16, Issue 2
Articles
- Samantha A. Cavell, Napoleon and New Orleans: the Emperor’s First Surrender and its Impact on Britain in the Last Major Battle of the War of 1812
- Thomas C. Hone, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., and Changing OPNAV
- Viktor M. Stoll, The ‘Public Mind’ of British Imperialism: The Seizure of Weihaiwei and the Populist Revolt against Official Far Eastern Policy in 1898
- Hans Christian Bjerg, The Purchase of the Virgin Islands in 1917: Mahan and the American Strategy in the Caribbean Sea
- Chuck Steele, Admiral David Beatty: The Royal Navy Incarnate
- Renae Rapp, Inside the Archives: The Merchant Marines in Maritime History
Book Reviews
- CAPT Steven E. Maffeo, USN, Ret., MSSI. British Naval Intelligence through the Twentieth Century by Andrew Boyd.
- Dr. Chuck Steele, PhD. Abandon Ship: The Real Story of the Sinkings in the Falklands War by Paul Brown.
- Dr. Corbin Williamson, PhD. The Atlantic War Remembered: An Oral History Collection by John T. Mason, Jr.
- Dr. Joseph Moretz, PhD, FRHistS. How the Navy Won the War: The Real Instrument of Victory 1914-1918 by Jim Ring.
- Sean Getway. Warship Builders: An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Shipbuilding, 1922-1945 by Thomas Heinrich.
May 2021: Volume 16, Issue 1
Articles
- Colin F. Baxter, Torpex and the Altantic Victory
- Richard J. Danzig, Our Insecure Future: How Can We Prepare and Cope?
- Larrie D. Ferreiro, The Wrong Ship at the Right Time: The Technology of USS Monitor and its Impact on Naval Warfare
- Karen J. Johnson, That Document that Piques Your Interest: The Whole Story behind Norfolk, Virginia’s U.S. District Clerk of Court Seth Foster
- Patrick Maier, British Bureaucra-sea: How Montagu’s Reforms Paved the Way for Nelson’s Victory
- Lynne M. O’Hara, Researching World War I Virtually
- Matthijs Ooms, It’s a Navy’s Job, Only No Navy Can Do It! Understanding and Addressing Western Neglect of Maritime Trade Protection
- Michael Vlahos, The Might That Failed: Jutland and the Wages of Ceremonial Battle
Book Reviews
- Saxon T. Bisbee. Engines of Rebellion: Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War, Review by Howard J. Fuller
- Marcus Faulkner and Christopher M. Bell. Decision in the Atlantic: The Allies and the Longest Campaign of the Second World War, Review by John V. Clune
- Magnus Fredrik Nordenman. The New Battle for the Atlantic, Review by Michael Epper
- M. Patrick Sauer and David A. Ranzan. To My Dearest Wife, Lide: Letters from George Gideon Jr. during Commodore Perry’s Expedition to Japan, 1853-1855, Review by John M. Jennings
- Kathleen Broom Williams. Painting War: George Plante’s Combat Art in the World War II, Review by Nicolas Smith
December 2020: Volume 15, Issue 2
Articles
- Michael Anderson, Kamikazes: Understanding the Men Behind the Myths
- Dara A. Baker, In the Age of COVID
- ENS Joseph P. Bunyard, Network Survivability in the Age of Great Power Competition
- Stanley D. M. Carpenter, The Rise and Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1900-1918
- Heather M. Haley, Neptune’s Commandments: Invented Traditions and the Formation of USS Alabama (BB-60) as an Imagined Community
- Ulrich van der Heyden, An Unatoned War Crime of the First World War: The Sinking of a Hospital Ship by U-86
- John Rodgaard, Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1815 – 1837
- Chuck Steele, The International Journal of Naval History Interest Group on Facebook
Book Reviews
- Sean M. Heuvel and John A. Rodgaard. From Across the Sea: North Americans in Nelson’s Navy, Review by Stanley D.M. Carpenter.
- William N. Still, Jr., Victory Without Peace: The United States Navy in European Waters, 1919 – 1924. Review by Joseph Moretz.
- Lars Wedin, From Sun Tzu to Hyperwar a Strategic Encyclopaedia. Review by Chuck Steele.
- Thomas Wildenberg, All the Factors of Victory: Adm. Joseph Mason Reeves and the Origins of Carrier Airpower. Review by Matt Dietz.
- David F. Winkler. Incidents at Sea: American Confrontations and Cooperation with Russia and China, 1945-2016. Review by Anthony Rush.
- Stephen M. Younger, Silver State Dreadnought: The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada. Review by Maj Jason Naaktgeboren.
August 2020: Volume 15, Issue 1
Articles
Book Reviews
- Hal M. Friedman. War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972. Review by John M. Jennings.
- Norman Polmar and Thomas A. Brooks, Admiral Gorshkov. The Man Who Challenged U.S.Navy. Reviewed by Hans Christian Bjerg.
- David F. Winkler. Incidents at Sea: American Confrontations and Cooperation with Russia and China, 1945-2016. Review by Anthony Rush.
September 2018: Volume 14, Issue 2
Articles
- Zoe Friedman, The Oyster Wars of Chesapeake Bay: How Regulatory Compromise Created Conflict
- Roy T. Greim, Old Salts in the New Steel Navy
- Lesley Parilla, U.S. Naval History at the Smithsonian Institution
- Douglas Peifer, Presidential Crisis Decision Making Following the Sinking of the Panay
- Vy Nguyen, Sailing Away From the Turbulent Waters of Vietnam: The Overflowing Waves of Boat People
Kenneth - C. Wenzer, The U.S. Navy and the Conquest of the Pacific by Lt. Cmdr. Charles H. Stockton
Book Reviews
- Christian Buchet, editor. The Sea in History. Review By Timothy D. Walker.
- James M. D’Angelo, Victory at Midway: The Battle that Changed the Course of World War II. Review by Galen Roger Perras.
- Peter Hennessy and James Jinks, The Silent Deep. The Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945. Review by Sarandis Papadopoulos.
- Adrian G. Marshall. Nemesis: The First Iron Warship and Her World. Review by John M. Jennings.
- Joseph Moretz, Towards a Wider War: British Strategic Decision-Making and Military Effectiveness in Scandinavia, 1939-1940. Review by Jason Naaktgeboren.
- David Stevens. In All Respects Ready: Australia’s Navy in World War One. Review by Chuck Steele.
- Craig L. Symonds. The U.S. Navy: A Concise History. Review by Jason W. Smith.
- Helen Watt and Anne Hawkins, eds. Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France 1793-1815. Reviewed by Lisa Vandenbossche.
- Noell Wilson. Defensive Positions: The Politics of Maritime Security in Tokugawa Japan. Review by John M. Jennings.
July 2018: Volume 14, Issue 1
Articles
- Charles C. Chadbourn, III, What Are They Reading: Vol 3
- Dr. Michael J. Crawford, Retirement Remarks
- Kevin J. Delamer, The Decisive Blow: the Anglo-French Naval Campaign of 1759
- Paul Renard, The First Class at RAF No. 31 Radio School: August to September, 1941
- J. Tomney, Sons of the Commander in Chief: The Roosevelt Boys in World War II
- Scott D. Wagner, Why There Was No Privateering in the Spanish-American War
Book Reviews
- Christian Buchet, editor. The Sea in History. Review by Timothy D. Walker.
- Ellen Gill. Naval Families, War and Duty in Britain, 1740-1820. Review by Joseph Moretz.
- Peter Hennessy and James Jinks, The Silent Deep. The Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945. Review by Sarandis Papadopoulos.
- Joseph Moretz. Thinking Wisely, Planning Boldly: The Higher Education and Training of Royal Navy Officers, 1919-39. Review by Benjamin Armstrong.
- James Carl Nelson. I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates, From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War. Review by Kevin M. Boyce.
- Randall Peffer. Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat. Review by Nicolas Russell.
- Craig L. Symonds, The U.S. Navy: A Concise History. Review by Jason W. Smith.
- Helen Watt and Anne Hawkins, eds. Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France 1793-1815. Reviewed by Lisa Vandenbossche.
- Noell Wilson. Defensive Positions: The Politics of Maritime Security in Tokugawa Japan. Review by John M. Jennings.
August 2016: Volume 13, Issue 2
Articles
- Michael Case, Down Honolulu Way: The USO and The Navy in Hawaii 1942-1947
- Charles C. Chadbourn, III, What Are They Reading? Vol. 2
- William Abiodun Duyile, Nature and Impact of Involvement of the Navy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970.
- Flora Ranis, From Hopeless to Heroic: The Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
- Noah Hải Lâm Rice, Có Chí Thì Nên: Vietnamese Immigrants Explore a New Home in Minnesota After the Fall of Saigon.
- Theo Sage-Martinson, The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: Opening New Routes of Exploration and Exchange.
- Beth M. Wolny, Female Marines Guard the Embassies: An Experiment in Social Progress and Cultural Change.
Book Reviews
- Benjamin F. Armstrong. 21st Century Sims: Innovation, Education, and Leadership for the Modern Era. Review by Joseph Moretz
- Patrick Beesly. Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-1945. Review by Charles C. Kolb.
- Lo Jung-pang, edited and with commentary by Bruce A. Elleman. China as a Sea Power 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods. Review by John M. Jennings.
- David Kohnen. 21st Century Knox: Influence, Sea Power, and History for the Modern Era. Review by Joseph Moretz.
- John Prados, Storm Over Leyte: The Philippine Invasion and the Destruction of the Japanese Navy. Review by Courtney Short.
- Michael White. Australian Submarines: A History, Second edition. Review by Gregory P. Gilbert.
April 2016: Volume 13, Issue 1
Articles
- Ambjörn L. Adomeit, Alfred and Theodore Go to Hawai’i: The Value of Hawai’i in the Maritime Strategic Thought of Alfred Thayer Mahan.
- Dara A. Baker, Lessons Learned: Researching the Battle of Jutland 1916 at the Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College.
- Charles C. Chadbourn, III, What Are They Reading? Vol. 1.
- Will Edwards, From Fleet Exercise to Fast Carrier Task Force: The Development of Multicarrier Formations.
- Robert V. Gates, History of the Navy Laboratory System
- Gregory P. Gilbert, The Australian Experience of Joint and Combined Operations: Borneo 1945.
- Dr. Philip K Lundeberg, The Treatment of Survivors and Prisoners of War, at Sea and Ashore.
- Daniel Roberts, A Navy of Foreigners, Mercenaries, and Amateurs: Naval Enlistment in the Spanish-American War.
- Kenneth C. Wenzer, The First Naval War College Plan Against Spain by Lt. Cmdr. Charles H. Stockton.
Book Reviews
- Peter Dingemans, My Incredible Journey: From Cadet to Command. Review by Chuck Steele.
- Jonathan R. Dull, American Naval History, 1607-1865: Overcoming the Colonial Legacy. Review by Howard J. Fuller.
- B.A. Friedman. 21st Century Ellis: Operational and Strategic Prophecy for the Modern Era. Review by Brigadier Alford and Austin Renforth.
- Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History. Review by Caitlin M. Gale.
- Brian Lavery, The Last Big Gun: At War and at Sea with HMS Belfast. Review by Joseph Moretz.
- Mike Farquharson-Roberts. A History of the Royal Navy: World War I. Review by John Abbatiello.
- Gene Salecker, The Second Pearl Harbor: The West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944. Review by Andrew Ziebell.