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NEW PUBLICATIONS

Cover of Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War

Afterburner takes a new look at one of the most expensive and controversial parts of America's long involvement in Vietnam: the naval air war from 1968 to 1972. The book focuses on the critical end game, especially 1972, the most intense year of the air war, when North Vietnam launched the first, large-scale conventional attack on South Vietnam. The United States fought back with some of the most innovative air campaigns of the war. Afterburner explores these monumental air battles by looking closely at the backgrounds and experiences of 21 Navy and Marine fliers involved in different aspects of the air war. A few performed exemplary service and stand out as role models, others made grave errors and serve as examples of what not to do in war, but most achieved both successes and failures in their careers as ordinary officers tend to do. These dramatis personae, who represent a broad cross-section of naval aviators, collectively shed light not only on the Navy's operations during the period but also on the institutional culture of naval aviation during America's longest war.

Serving Proudly: A History of Women in the U.S. Navy, by Susan H. Godson, 2001, ISBN: 1-55750-317-6

This scholarly history covers the full spectrum of women in the Navy, including the Navy Nurse Corps, the WAVES, and the integration of women into the operational Navy. Dr. Godson relates how women went to sea in various roles as early as the 19th century and describes the ways in which women eagerly accepted the nation's call in the 20th century to join the Navy. Their service in the world wars, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and Operation Desert Storm, as well as their fight to become line officers of the Navy, is richly detailed.

Sea Raiders of the American Revolution: The Continental Navy in European Waters, by E. Gordon Bowen-Hassell, Dennis M. Conrad, and Mark L. Hayes, 2003. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00202-9, ISBN: 0-16-051400-2, $17.00 (soft cover) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This lavishly illustrated booklet studies the lives and careers of three Revolutionary war sea captains, Lambert Wickes, Gustavus Conyngham, and John Paul Jones, whose exploits defined the U.S. Navy during the Revolutionary War. These naval leaders, against great odds, brought the fight to the powerful Royal Navy. This booklet provides examples to today’s sailors of the enduring values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment. The reader will also learn how the Continental Navy functioned and how the average sailor coped with shipboard life during the Revolution.

Long Passage to Korea: Black Sailors and the Integration of the U.S. Navy, by Bernard C. Nalty. No. 3 in The U.S. Navy and the Korean War series, 2003. GPO Stock No. 008-046-0, ISBN: 0-16-051355-3, $8.50 (soft cover) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

The Center’s latest monograph commemorating the Korean War traces the story of racial integration in the U.S. Navy. In the American Revolution, black sailors were part of every warship crew, but by the end of World War II, African Americans were restricted for the most part to the Steward’s branch. A few years later in Korea, however, black and white Sailors and Marines were fighting side by side once again. In that war African Americans piloted fighters, manned guns, and fought their way up and down the frigid hills of North Korea. This booklet recounts the African American struggle to achieve equal treatment and opportunity in the Navy, especially during and after the Second World War. Necessities of war, changes in American society, politics and legislation, and the black press persuaded the Navy to amend its racial policies, opening enlisted ratings and the general line officer corps to African Americans.

Cordon of Steel: The U.S. Navy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Curtis A. Utz. No. 1 in The U.S. Navy in the Modern World series, 2003. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00157-0, ISBN: 0-945274-23-8, $8.50 (soft cover) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

The Naval Historical Center has reissued this monograph, which first appeared in 1993, in relation to the fortieth anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In that confrontation, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global war. During this dramatic and historic event, the U.S. Navy demonstrated its value for resolving international crises. By forcefully employing naval forces, President John F. Kennedy was able to prevent the development of Fidel Castro’s Cuba as an offensive bastion and to ensure the withdrawal of Soviet nuclear-armed ballistic missiles from the island. The illustrated booklet features 60 photographs, maps, charts, and Navy art.

The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Volume III, 1814-1815: Chesapeake Bay, Northern Lakes, and Pacific Ocean, Edited by Michael J. Crawford et al. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00200-2, $70.00 (hardback) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This work is the third volume of the Naval Historical Center's projected four-volume documentary history of the naval and maritime aspects of the War of 1812. The volume focuses on the Chesapeake Bay, northern Great Lakes, and Pacific Ocean theaters of operation during the last two years of the war. Letters, reports, and other documents concerning Commodore Joshua Barney's actions during the Battle of Bladensburg, the critical Battle of Lake Champlain, and the epic fight of Essex with Royal Navy warships off Valparaiso, Chile, as well as introductory essays by NHC historians, are presented in this comprehensive volume.

An Ocean in Common: American Naval Officers, Scientists, and the Ocean, by Gary E. Weir. Texas A&M Press, 2001. $44.95 (hardback). ISBN 1-58544-114-7

This award-winning book focuses on the carefully engineered course and motives that bonded naval officers and civilaian scientists to achieve astonishing advancements in oceanography. Driven mostly by wartime needs, particularly antisubmarine priorities, ocean studies concentrated on the physics, chemistry, and geology of the ocean. The World War II experience brought more military investing in both applied and basic research to such an extent that oceanography resides permanently on the bridges of today's American fighting ships. Two organizations honored this publications in 2002, the Organization of American Historians and the North American Society for Oceanic History, awarding it the Richard W. Leopold Prize and the John Lyman Book Award, respectively.

America's Naval Heritage: A Catalog of Early Imprints from the Navy Department Library, by Thomas Truxtun Moebs. 2000. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00196-1, $35.70 (hardback), $44.63 (non-U.S.). ISBN 0-16-050565-8

Described in this beautifully illustrated work is a little-known collection of rare 18th and 19th-century titles held by one of our nation's oldest federal libraries, the Navy Department Library. The more than 300 entries record the U.S. Navy's achievements in combat, international diplomacy, technology, customs and traditions, exploration, medicine, education, and social reform. For all those with an interest in the Navy and the sea, this exquisite catalog promises a delightful encounter with America's naval past.

First published in 1999, this reissued work highlights the accomplishments of the Navy’s oldest shore establishment still in operation, from its beginnings 203 years ago as a shipyard for the new warships of a fledgling Navy, to the end of the 20th century. Associated with American presidents, foreign kings and queens, ambassadors, and legendary naval leaders, the Navy Yard was witness to the evolution of the country from a small republic into a nation of enormous political, economic, and military power. It was also home to tens of thousands of American workers manufacturing weapons for the fleet, including the 14-inch and 16-inch guns that armed the Navy’s battleships in World Wars I and II and the Cold War.

NARRATIVE HISTORIES

By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia, by Edward J. Marolda. 1994. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00145-6, $67.00 (hardback), $93.80 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

Presents a broad overview of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War from 1950 to 1975 through hundreds of photographs, paintings, maps and charts, and a concise narrative. Depicts carrier air strikes, amphibious and naval gunfire support operations, riverine and coastal warfare, counterinsurgency and civic actions, and the advisory experience.

Forged in War: The Naval-Industrial Complex and American Submarine Construction,1940-1961, by Gary E. Weir. 1993. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00151-1, $24.00 (hardback), $33.60 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

Examines the partnership between the Navy, industry, and science forged by World War II that was responsible for producing American submarines in the formative years of the Cold War.

His name is not remembered with the likes of Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance, yet Thomas Kinkaid commanded forces involved in some of the greatest naval battles of World War II, including the invasion of the Solomons, Surigao Strait, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. This remarkable portrait of Kinkaid's 46- year naval career will stand as the last word on the life of one of the most important admirals of World War II.

Operation End Sweep: A History of Minesweeping Operations in North Vietnam, by Tensor Industries, edited by Edward J. Marolda. 1993. Write to Editor, Naval Historical Center, for availability.

A debate over the unification of the armed services and the role of naval aviation in the post-World War II era played out in testimony before Congress in 1948 and 1949. The press termed the testimony of high-ranking naval officers the "revolt of the admirals." This volume examines that debate over the role of naval aviation in national security.

Where the Fleet Begins: A History of the David Taylor Research Center, by Rodney P. Carlisle. 1998. GPO stock number 008-046-00182-1, $61.00 (hardback), $85.40 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

Details the history and accomplishments of one of the world's most fascinating technology centers. The story begins at the first experimental model basin set up by Captain David Taylor at the Washington Navy Yard in 1898. Just before World War II, a larger facility with a mile-long towing basin, named in honor of Taylor, opened in Carderock, Maryland. The historical narrative takes readers from the origin of the David Taylor Research Center through its reorganizations, and its success in modernizing the fleet through scientific and technological innovations.

Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War, by Edward J. Marolda and Robert J. Schneller Jr. 1999. GPO stock number 008-046-00183-9, $61.95 (hardback); 008-046-00189-8, $48.30 (paperback) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This comprehensive and candid analysis of the U.S. Navy's operations in Desert Shield and Desert Storm will surely place this history in the forefront of naval literature on the Persian Gulf conflict. It is a must read for armed forces professionals, military historians, Gulf War veterans, and those interested in the current U.S. confrontation with Iraq and its dictator, Saddam Hussein. Includes 124 photographs, 14 maps, and 6 tables.

THE U.S. NAVY AND THE MODERN WORLD SERIES

No. 1, Cordon of Steel: The U.S. Navy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Curtis A. Utz. 1993. Out of print.

No. 2, Assault from the Sea: The Amphibious Landing at Inchon, by Curtis A. Utz. 1994. Out of print.

No. 3, "Swift and Effective Retribution:" The U.S. Sixth Fleet and the Confrontation with Qaddafi, by Joseph T. Stanik. 1996. GPO stock number 008-046-00175-8, $9.00 (paperback), $12.60 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

The book demonstrates the versatility of naval power as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. The work describes the Reagan administration's use of naval forces throughout the 1980s to curtail Libyan strongman Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi's support for international terrorism. The author, a former U.S. naval officer and instructor of history at the U.S. Naval Academy, details the Sixth Fleet's extended deployments off Libya and combat actions against Qaddafi's naval and air forces in Operations "Prairie Fire" and "El Dorado Canyon." Striking paintings by naval artist Morgan L. Wilbur, maps, and dramatic color and black and white photos enhance the book.

Project HULA: Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan, by Richard A. Russell. No. 4 in The U.S. Navy in the Modern World series. 1997. GPO/SN 008-046-00181-2, $8.00 (paperback), $11.20 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This work describes the little known subject of Soviet and American naval cooperation in the North Pacific during the final months of World War II. Until 1945, Soviet reluctance to fight a two-front war and Japanese acquiescence to the movement of vital lend-lease supplies to the Soviet Far East ensured Soviet neutrality in the Pacific War. A frustrated U.S. government, which had sought basing rights for heavy bombers in Siberia, finally secured Soviet agreement at the Yalta Conference, in February 1945, to enter the war by pledging U.S. military support and territorial concessions to the Soviet Union. In Project HULA, from April to September, a special U.S. Navy detachment trained Russian officers and men in handling the naval vessels scheduled for transfer to the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet. This top-secret operation brought Russian and American sailors together in the largest and most ambitious lend-lease program of World War II. Its unique purpose was to equip and train Soviet amphibious forces for the climactic fight against Japan.

From Dam Neck to Okinawa: A Memoir of Antiaircraft Training, by Robert F. Wallace. Washington: Naval Historical Center/GPO, 2001. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00198-7, $9.50 (paperback)

The fifth booklet in the U.S. Navy in the Modern World Series presents a fascinating look at the Navy's antiaircraft training and combat action from the perspective of a reserve officer who was a key figure in the effort. Relying on both a remarkable memory of events and original documentary sources, Wallace first takes the reader through his time as an antiaircraft instructor at two wartime sites. The narrative quickly moves to the combat scene on board the battleship Idaho where the author served at the automatic weapons officer during the fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. His engaging account of how the Fifth Fleet gunners heroically beat back the onslaught of attacking Japanese kamikaze planes during the long and bloody Okinawa campaign is unparalleled in its immediacy.

Assault From the Sea: The Amphibious Landing at Inchon, by Curtis A. Utz. 50th Anniversary of the Korean War, Commemorative Edition. First published as No. 2 in the U.S. Navy and the Modern World series, 1994. 2000. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00194-4, $8.00 (paperback), $11.20 (non-U.S.)

This work highlights one of the most remarkable victories in the history of amphibious warfare. It describes in detail the masterful amphibious operation at Inchon conceived by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and carried out by U.S. and allied naval forces under Vice Admiral Arthur Struble, Commander Seventh Fleet/Commander Task Force 7. Operation Chromite caught the North Korean People's Army by surprise forcing its troops to flee with a few weeks.

THE U.S. NAVY IN THE KOREAN WAR

Naval Leadership in Korea: The First Six Months, by Thomas B. Buell. No. 2 in The U.S. Navy and the Korean War series. 2002. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00199-5, $8.50 (paperback); $10.75 (non-U.S.). ISBN: 0-16-051080-5.

The latest monograph in the Korean War series illuminates the role of the Navy's top flag officers in Washington, the Pacific area, and the Korean theater of operations before and during the first chaotic months of war. Thanks to the leadership of six influential naval offcers and the mobility of naval forces, especially carrier aviation, U.S. forces were in South Korea within three weeks of the North's invasion. The six protagonists--Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, and Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke--were involved in the strategy, planning, and execution of the most critical operations of the war.

Fleet Operations in a Mobile War, September 1950-June 1951, by Joseph H. Alexander. No. 1 in The U.S. Navy and the Korean War series. 2001. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00197-9, $9.00 (paperback); $11.25 (non-U.S.). ISBN: 0-16-050905-X

In this first monograph of our Korean War series jointly sponsored by the Naval Historical Center and the Naval Historical Foundation, award-winning author Colonel Joe Alexander, USMC (Ret.) describes the intense support operations that brought all elements and communities of the U.S. Navy into the war's high-mobility phase between September 1950 and June 1951. His work focuses on the dynamic first months in which Seventh Fleet units and the 1st Marine Division executed the daring amphibious assault at Inchon, endured the frustrating task of clearing mines off Wonsan, battled North Korean and Chinese Communist armies in the mountains of North Korea at the Chosin Reservoir, and conducted the epic evacuation of UN troops from the port of Hungnam, North Korea. The monograph contains 60 black/white and color illustrations, including works from the Navy Art Collection.

The Sea Services in the Korean War 1950-1953 [CD-ROM]. U.S. Naval Institute and Sonalysts, Inc. in conjunction with the historical offices of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, 2000. [The Naval Historical Center has a limited number of complimentary copies. Send your name, address, and a check in the amount of $5.00, made payable to the Department of the Navy, to our address. This amount is to cover shipping and handling costs.]

In collaboration with the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee of the Department of Defense, the Naval Historical Center and the historical offices of the U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard issued this CD-ROM which contains an introduction by Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations and a Korean War veteran; History of United States Naval Operations: Korea by James A. Field, Jr., The Sea War in Korea by Malcom Cagle and Frank A. Manson; U.S. Marine Corps Operations in Korea (5 volumes) by Lynn Montross and Nicholas A. Canzona, et al; The Forgotten Service in the Korean War: The U. S. Coast Guard's Role in the Korean Conflict by Scott Price; and Historiography of the Korean War by Allan R. Millet.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAVAL HISTORY SERIES

No. 1, Origins of the Maritime Strategy: American Naval Strategy in the First Postwar Decade, by Michael A. Palmer. 1988. Write to Editor, Naval Historical Center, for availability.

No. 2, Power and Change: The Administrative History of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1946-1986, by Thomas C. Hone. 1989. Write to Editor, Naval Historical Center, for availability.

No. 3, Building American Submarines, 1914-1940, by Gary E. Weir. 1991. Write to Editor, Naval Historical Center, for availability.

No. 5, On Course to Desert Storm: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf, by Michael A. Palmer. 1992. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00146-4, $19.00 (paperback), $35.00 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

Chronicles the U.S. Navy's role in the Middle East from the 1800s through the undeclared naval war of 1987-88 with Iran. Explains the strategic, political, and commercial factors that affected American policy in the region and how Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm were results of that policy.

No. 6, Black Shoes and Blue Water: Surface Warfare in the United States Navy, 1945-1975, by Malcolm Muir, Jr. 1996. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00169-3, $25.00 (paperback), $35.00 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This volume examines the decline and revival of the surface navy, especially the gun and missile ships, in the years after World War II. The author examines how the Spruance-class destroyers and their derivatives, advanced computer technology, and the Aegis combat system eventually brought the surface navy back to combat effectiveness.

DOCUMENTARY HISTORIES

This documentary series presents edited documents--correspondence, ship's logs, muster rolls, orders, and newspaper accounts--that elucidate the naval aspects of the war. American, British, and foreign documents are presented in this series.

Volume 9, American Theatre: June 1-September 30, 1777; European Theatre: June 1- September 30, 1777, edited by William James Morgan. 1986. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00097-2, $46.20 (hardback) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

The British invasion of Chesapeake Bay, including the landing of Sir William Howe's army to march on Philadelphia, the capture of HMS Fox by Continental frigates Boston and Hancock, and the cruise of the frigate Randolph are covered in this volume.

Volume 10, American Theatre: October 1- December 31, 1777; European Theatre: October 1-December 31, 1777, edited by Michael J. Crawford. 1996. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00167-7, $67.00 (hardback), $93.80 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

In a campaign of eight weeks, the British win control of the Delaware River below Philadelphia, with loss of two warships and hundreds of casualties. Sir Henry Clinton directs a combined army and navy expedition up the Hudson River as a diversion in Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne's favor, capturing four forts, burning Kingston, and compelling Americans to destroy two Continental Navy frigates. A New England expedition fails to retake Newport. Continental Navy ships Alfred and Raleigh refit in France, where John Paul Jones arrives in Ranger. Gustavus Conyngham, in Continental Navy cutter Revenge, operates out of Spanish ports.

This series presents important original documents, many never before published, on the Navy's role in the War of 1812. Themes range from a discussion of the maritime causes of the war through the naval actions of 1815 that took place after the Treat of Ghent ended the conflict.

Impressment, the seizure of merchant vessels, the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, and the first year of the war are covered in this volume.

Actions of the American frigates, including "Old Ironsides" (Constitution), President, and Chesapeake are covered, as well as the famous Battle of Lake Erie and the cruise of Essex in the Pacific Ocean.

REFERENCE WORKS

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, edited by James L. Mooney
This series presents brief histories, arranged alphabetically, of all ships commissioned in the U.S. Navy since the American Revolution.

Volume I, The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons, by Roy A. Grossnick. 1995. GPO Stock No. 008-046-00168-5, hardback, $48.30; CD-ROM version, GPO Stock No. 008-046-00170-7, $18.90. Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

A quintessential reference work on Naval Aviation. Designed to provide naval personnel, historians and aviation enthusiasts with a general background on Naval Aviation history, this chronology highlights the significant events and developments that shaped Naval Aviation from 1910 to 1995 and covers all aspects of Naval Aviation, including operational activities, technical developments and administrative changes. The thirty-four appendices cover many of the commonly requested subjects or data on Naval Aviation, including aviation commands, medal of honor recipients, aces, cold war incidents involving Navy aircraft, and post World War II combat deployments.

In addition to United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995 (described above), the CD-ROM includes the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons,Volume 1; Naval Aviation Combat Statistics, World War II; and U. S. Naval Aviation in the Pacific.

Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 2: The History of VP, VPB, VP(HL) and VP(AM) Squadrons, by Captain Michael D. Roberts, USNR (Ret.). 2000. GPO stock number 008-046-00195-2, $19.95 for CD-ROM ($24.94 foreign).

This book on CD-ROM focuses on patrol squadron histories, highlighting the major operational activities of each squadron as well as specific detailed data commonly requested for the units. The following information is included in each squadron history: lineage, insignia and nickname, chronology of significant events, home port assignments, commanding officers, aircraft assignments, major overseas deployments, air wing assignments and unit awards. There are almost 800 illustrations in the book and approximately 300 are in color. This book is only available on CD-ROM.

Besides the book listed above, the CD-ROM also includes two other books, Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1: The History of VA, VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons and United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995. In addition to these books there are 15 monographs on Naval Aviation that have been scanned and placed on the CD-ROM. The titles are as follows:

BIBLIOGRAPHIES (Available online)

NAVY LABORATORY SERIES

The Relationship of Science and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide, by Rodney P. Carlisle. 1997. Copublished by the Navy Laboratory/Center Coordinating Group and the Naval Historical Center. GPO/SN 008-046-00185-5, $7.00 (paperback), $9.80 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This title is a must-have guide for science and technology policymakers and historians. It offers more than 150 annotated entries, many of which are seminal works on science and technology, published between 1945 and 1995. The introductory essay looks at innovation and how it has evolved from the interaction and separate development of science and technology.. Readers are introduced to the debates on national security and social and political issues of the time that often drove American science and technology policy.

Navy Research, Development,Training & Evaluation Planning in an Age of Transition: A Survey Guide to Contemporary Literature, by Rodney P.Carlisle. 1997. Copublished by the Navy Laboratory/Center Coordinating Group and the Naval Historical Center. GPO/SN 008-046-00184-7, $8.50 (paperback), $11.90 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

In this work Navy research, development, testing and evaluation planning is set within the changing world and new national priorities of the 1980s and 1990s, when international events began to affect both the nation's defense structure and research and development priorities. As the Navy readjusted priorities, it studied the demobilization and peacetime conversion following each major war of the century, hoping to draw parallels between those actions and the current defense downsizing. The author brings together the writings of historians, journalists, and policy analysts who discuss post-Cold War defense procurement and the future naval warfare.

Management of the U.S. Navy Research and Development Centers During the Cold War: A Survey Guide to Reports, by Rodney Carlisle. Copublished by the Navy Laboratory/Center Coordinating Group and the Naval Historical Center. GPO Stock Number 008-046-00176-6, $11.50 (paperback), $16.10 (non-U.S.) Order from the Government Printing Office's secure website

This bibliographic study reviews the reforms within the Navy and the Department of Defense that attempted to strengthen and coordinate naval research, development, testing, and evaluation. In particular the study examines the operational and organizational issues confronting the Navy's in-house Research, Development, and Technology shore structure immediately after World War II through the late 1980s.

ARTWORK

Copies of individual photographs and works of art held by the Curator Branch Photographic Section and the Navy Art Collection can also be ordered. The Online Library of Selected Images contains several hundred photographs from the extensive collections of the Photographic Section. The Online Exhibits section of the Navy Art Collection is a selection of art works from traveling exhibition program.

This set includes twenty high-quality lithographic prints, each 22 by 28 inches, suitable for framing. Ordering information

Contains reproductions of forty paintings, primarily of the Vietnam era. Ordering information

HOW TO ORDER PUBLICATIONS

The publications of the Naval Historical Center are for sale through the Superintendent of Documents. You can order books by mail, phone, or the internet.

Out of print publications can be found at many university libraries and government depository libraries. They may also be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

New Publications	Narrative Histories	The U.S. Navy and the Modern World Series
Contributions to Naval History Series	Documentary Histories	The U.S. Navy and the Korean War
Reference Works	Bibliographies	Navy Laboratory Series
Artwork		Ordering Information