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Naval War College Review

Volume 56, Number 2 (2003) Spring


Our painting of the centerboard sloop Shamrock, ca. 1890, sets the tone for our lead article by Dr. John Hattendorf examining the development and current status of the sometimes uneasy relationship between the U.S. Navy and maritime (including naval) history. It also signals the commitment of the Naval War College to the study of history—as recently evidenced by the foundation of a Maritime History Department, with Professor Hattendorf at its head.

Shamrock itself, built for the well-known yachtsman J. Roger Maxwell in 1887 by John Mumm, was one of the first vessels built to the New York Yacht Club’s specifications for Class One. The vessel had an overall length of seventy-seven feet three inches, a waterline length of sixty-eight feet six inches, a beam of nineteen feet seven inches, and a draft of eight feet five inches. Shamrock was listed in the New York Yacht Club Register from 1888 to 1894. The artist is unknown, but the painting may be an original or a copy of a work by either James E. Buttersworth (1817–94) or Elisha Taylor Baker (died 1890).

Full Issue

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Full Spring 2003 Issue
The U.S. Naval War College

From the Editor

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From the Editor-in-Chief
Alberto R. Coll

President's Forum

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President’s Forum
Rodney P. Rempt

Articles

Book Reviews

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The War against the Terror Masters
Jan van Tol and Michael A. Ledeen

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Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World
John A. Kunert and Ralph Peters

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The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945
Bruce A. Elleman and Roger Buckley

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The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050
Brian R. Sullivan, MacGregor Knox, and Williamson Murray

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Why the North Won the Vietnam War
Charles E. Neu and Marc Jason Gilbert

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Dictionnaire de Stratégie
Carnes Lord, Thierry de Montbrial, and Jean Klein

Additional Writings

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In My View
Bill Barry, Richard H. Kohn, and Arthur M. Smith

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Of Special Interest
Alberto R. Coll

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Morrison of White Springs, Florida, donated the painting to the Naval War College Foundation in 2000, to be placed on permanent loan to the College.