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Changing American Perceptions of the Royal Navy Since 1775
July 1, 2014
John B. Hattendorf Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History, U.S. Naval War College There are many dimensions to a navy. At its most obvious, a navy is an expression of a nation’s power, but at the same time it is a microcosm of a nation, representing its industrial and technological capacities as well as … CONTINUE READING ❯
Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power
July 1, 2014
Seven decades later, questions surrounding the Second World War still captivate students of history. The question of how Adolf Hitler rose to power is not the least of these. In his book Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power, Andrew Nagorski compiles the testimonies of American citizens in Nazi Berlin, in an attempt … CONTINUE READING ❯
View from the Quarterdeck
October 10, 2013
Over the summer during a visit to France I came upon a moving reminder of the importance of a journal dedicated to encouraging academic scholarship in the field of international naval history. Just several hundred meters inland from the imposing U. S. Navy Monument in Normandy dedicated by the Naval Order of the United States, … CONTINUE READING ❯
The Warrior’s Influence Abroad: The American Civil War
October 10, 2013
By Howard J. Fuller University of Wolverhampton Quite simply, the Warrior altered the course of the American Civil War. HMS Warrior in drydock during her 1872-1875 refit. NHHC image NH 52524. This isn’t something that’s made its way into the history books—literally thousands of them, more and more, when it comes to the great ‘turning … CONTINUE READING ❯
Two Captains, Two Regimes: Benjamin Franklin Tilley and Richard Phillips Leary, America’s Pacific Island Commanders, 1899-1901
October 10, 2013
By Diana L. Ahmad Missouri University of Science and Technology Captain Benjamin Franklin Tilley. Image PH-30 , courtesy Polynesian Photo Archives, The Dwyer Collection, Feleti Barstow Public Library, American Samoa By 1900, with the acquisition of Guam in Micronesia and eastern Samoa in Polynesia, the United States had successfully expanded its borders into the Pacific … CONTINUE READING ❯
Strategy, Language, and the Culture of Defeat: Changing Interpretations of Japan’s Pacific War Naval Demise
October 10, 2013
By Hal M. Friedman Henry Ford Community College Military historians say that military history is written from the perspective of the victor. Japan’s naval defeat in the Pacific War, however, provides a highly arguable case. Much of the translated postwar literature on the Pacific War has been written from an Allied perspective which overemphasizes Japanese … CONTINUE READING ❯