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The Rise and Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1900-1918
December 30, 2020
Stanley D. M. Carpenter Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College At 1645 on 31 October 1918, onboard the flagship of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy, the red-white-red ensign of the Habsburg Navy fluttered down from the jackstaff. Rear-Admiral (Kontre-Admiral) Nicholas Horthy, Fleet Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), tucked the folded ensign under his arm and departed as … CONTINUE READING ❯
An Unatoned War Crime of the First World War: The Sinking of a Hospital Ship by U-86
December 30, 2020
Ulrich van der Heyden University of South Africa, Pretoria German War Crimes during the First World War? Even a hundred years after the beginning of the First World War, [1. I thank Professor Holger Herwig for his valuable help in writing this article.] some segments of the German media still glorify submarine warfare as having … CONTINUE READING ❯
Anglo-American Naval Relations, 1815 — 1837
December 30, 2020
Words such as admiration, contempt, cooperation, and hostility might describe the Anglo-American naval relationship that followed The Napoleonic Wars. Yet, that relationship formed the framework for today’s Anglo-American naval partnership. Examining the Anglo-American naval relationship between 1815 and 1837, we begin with the culture and values that both navies shared. On 27 March 1794, the … CONTINUE READING ❯
Kamikazes: Understanding the Men behind the Myths
December 30, 2020
Michael Anderson[1. The author wishes to acknowledge and express appreciation to W.E. from the Library of Congress main reading room, James Zobel archivist at the MacArthur Memorial Archives, Nathaniel Patch archivist from National Archives, and Dr. Charles Chadbourn III from the U.S. Naval War College for their timely support, recommendations, and encouragement in this manuscript … CONTINUE READING ❯
Neptune’s Commandments: Invented Traditions and the Formation of USS Alabama (BB-60) as an Imagined Community
December 30, 2020
By moving through and responding to USS Alabama (BB-60) as a place—not a space—Lindstrom and those of his shipmates who participated in the establishment of the ship as a memorial park, or in crossing the line hijinks as enlisted sailors decades before, arranged their worldviews into similar structured and meaningful “centers of felt value.” CONTINUE READING ❯
Network Survivability in the Age of Great Power Competition
December 30, 2020
ENS Joseph P. BunyardUSNA 2020 Voices of Maritime History Prize Essay Executive Summary Question How can the United States Department of the Navy (DoN) continue to leverage its advantages in Network Centric Warfare (NCW) in a communications contested environment? Key Points A return to great power competition places a renewed emphasis on network survivability, which … CONTINUE READING ❯