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Naval War College Review

Volume LII, Number 3, Sequence 367
Summer 1999

President's Notes

Articles

The Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1996:
Strategic Implications for the United States Navy

Douglas Porch

Combatant Logistics Command and Control for the Joint Force Commander

David Schrady

The Commander's Role in Developing Rules of Engagement

Lieutenant Colonel James C. Duncan, U.S. Marine Corps

Scientists in Uniform:
The Harvard Computation Laboratory in World War II

Kathleen Broome Williams

Guarding the Cold War Ramparts:
The U.S. Navy's Role in Continental Air Defense

Captain Joseph F. Bouchard, U.S. Navy

Are We Learning the Right Lessons from Africa's Humanitarian Crises?

James Miskel

In My View

Book Reviews

System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life,

by Robert Jervis, reviewed by Peter Dombrowski

 

Analytic Approaches to the Study of Future Conflict,

edited by Alexander E. R. Woodcock and David F. Davis, reviewed by Jeffrey Cares

 

Cyberwar 2.0: Myths, Mysteries and Reality,

contributing editors Alan D. Campen and Douglas H. Dearth, reviewed by David DiCenso

 

Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy,

by Charles W. Freeman, Jr., reviewed by Jeffrey Schueler

 

Russian Negotiating Behavior,

by Jerrold L. Schecter, reviewed by Ronald Kurth

 

Reporting Vietnam: Media and the Military at War,

by William M. Hammond, reviewed by Scott Stearns

 

Semper Fi--Vietnam: From Da Nang to the DMZ: Marine Corps Campaigns, 1965-1975,

by Edward F. Murphy, reviewed by Lewis Sorley

 

Flying Stations: A Story of Australian Naval Aviation,

by Friends and Volunteers of the Australian Naval Museum, reviewed by Peter Charles Unsinger

 

America and the Sea: A Maritime History,

by Benjamin W. Labaree, et al., reviewed by Craig L. Symonds

 

Destined for Glory: Dive Bombing, Midway, and the Evolution of Carrier Airpower,

by Thomas Wildenberg, reviewed by Jan van Tol

 

The Golden Age Remembered: U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941,

edited by E. T. Wooldridge, reviewed by Peter Mersky

 

Mobilizing for War: The Political Economy of American Warfare, 1865-1919,

by Paul A. Koistinen, reviewed by Saverio De Ruggiero

 

Navalism and the Emergence of American Sea Power, 1882-1893,

by Mark Russell Shulman, reviewed by John B. Hattendorf

 

British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era 1866-1880,

by John F. Beeler, reviewed by Tony Johnstone-Burt

 

Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860-1905,

by David K. Brown, reviewed by Paul Romanski

 

Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891,

by Jack Greene and Alexandro Massignani, reviewed by Kurt Hackemer

 

Disaster in Damp Sand: The Red River Expedition,

by Curt Anders, reviewed by George M. Crall

Our Cover: Summer 1999

"Interdiction and Confirmation," a 1991 painting by John Charles Roach for the Naval Historical Center's Combat Art Project in the Persian Gulf War. Here, the destroyer USS O'Brien (DD 975) maneuvers astern of the merchantman Star of South America. In the artist's words, "Only by a close look can the O'Brien inspect the weld marks of the ship. Weld marks are as unique as a fingerprint in identifying a ship. The O'Brien is looking to see if the name of the ship's transom [stern] matches its welds or if it has been altered recently in an attempt to disguise the ship." Courtesy Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.