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Naval War College Review


The Naval War College Review is a scholarly journal, published quarterly since 1948 under the auspices of the U.S. Naval War College and the Department of the Navy. The thoughts and opinions expressed in the publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the department or the U.S. Naval War College.


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Volume 76, Number 3 (2023) Summer 2023


Eighteenth-century portrait of Willem van de Velde the Elder, draftsman to King Charles II, engraved by Gerard Sibelius from an original painting by Godfrey Kneller. In “Seventeenth-Century Dutch Stranger Painter Willem van de Velde the Elder and His Impact on British Maritime Art,” Mary Raum chronicles van de Velde’s emigration from the Netherlands to England and the Dutch-influenced skills in maritime art that he brought with him. The Elder began his career as draftsman for the Dutch admiralty; later, he and his sons created some of the first images of Britain’s expanding Royal Navy in the 1600s.

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Summer 2023 Full Issue
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From the Editor

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From the Editors
Robert Ayer Managing Editor

President's Forum

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President's Forum
Shoshana Chatfield Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, President, Naval War College

Articles

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On Naval Theory
Milan Vego

Book Reviews

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Getting China Wrong
David Adamic and Aaron L. Friedberg

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To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision
Anna Matilde Bassoli and James Stavridis

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Just War and Ordered Liberty
Edward Erwin and Paul D. Miller

Reflections on Reading

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Reflections on Reading
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Credits

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public-domain work of art. Photographed at Royal Museums Greenwich, U.K., and digitally available at Wikimedia Commons.