Naval War College Review


Volume L, Number 1, Sequence 357
Winter 1997


President's Notes


Articles

Power, Prospects, and Priorities: Choices for Strategic Change
Richard K. Betts

Matching Fleet Medical Readiness to the New Naval Strategy
Captain Arthur M. Smith, MC, U.S. Naval Reserve, and Captain Henrick V. Petersen, MSC, U.S. Navy

Confidence-Building Measures in the Southern Cone: A Model for Regional Stability
Commander Pedro L. de la Fuente, Argentine Navy

Information, Technology, and the Center of Gravity
Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey A. Harley, U.S. Navy

From Leadership to Partnership: A New American Security Strategy for Europe
Commander Benoît M. Silve, French Navy

Bougainville: The Amphibious Assault Enters Maturity
Major David C. Fuquea, U.S. Marine Corps


In My View

Letters to the Editor


Set and Drift

The U.S. Coast Guard, National Security, and Fisheries Law Enforcement
Lieutenant Michèle Bouziane, U.S. Coast Guard


Book Reviews

(First 5 of 24 reviews, in order as printed)

Seapower: Theory and Practice,
edited by Geoffrey Till, reviewed by James Stavridis

Naval Power in the Twentieth Century,
edited by N.A.M. Rodger, reviewed by R. Blake Dunnavent

Maritime Security and Peacekeeping: A Framework for United Nations Operations,
edited by Michael Pugh, reviewed by David Rodgers

America's Foreign Policy in a Changing World,
by Frederick H. Harmann, reviewed by John H. Langer

UN Peacekeeping: Japanese and American Perspectives,
edited by Selig S. Harrison and Masashi Nishihara, reviewed by Peter J. Woolley



Our Cover:

An F4U-4 Corsair, operating over Korea from USS Boxer as part of Carrier Air Group 101 in early (judging from the snow) 1951, expends the last of its ordnance in "Time to Head Home," a painting by the distinguished aviation artist William S. Phillips. (Reproduced with the permission of The Greenwich Workshop, Inc.; for information on limited edition fine art prints call 1-800-243-4246. Thanks also to the Naval Historical Center's Naval Aviation History Branch.)