Naval War College Review
Volume 65, Number 2 (2012) Spring
The Mark 45 five-inch/54-caliber lightweight gun on the forecastle of the Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), on 22 March 2011 in the Arabian Gulf. Higgins was deployed with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group.
Full Issue
Spring 2012 Full Issue
The U.S. Naval War College
From the Editor
From the Editors
Carnes Lord
President's Forum
President's Forum
John N. Christenson
Articles
Networking the Global Maritime Partnership
Stephanie Hszieh, George Galdorisi, Terry McKearney, and Darren Sutton
Taking Mines Seriously: Mine Warfare in China’s Near Seas
Scott C. Truver
What Military Officers Need to Know about Civil-Military Relations
Mackubin Thomas Owens
American Civil-Military Relations: Samuel P. Huntington and the Political Dimensions of Military Professionalism
Dayne E. Nix PhD
The South African Navy and African Maritime Security
Deane-Peter Baker
Book Reviews
The Perfect Wreck—“Old Ironsides” and HMS Java: A Story of 1812
Phillip S. Meilinger and Steven Maffeo
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Grant F. Rhode and Ezra F. Vogel
America’s Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century
Lyle Goldstein and Michael D. Swaine
Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits: How Masters of Irregular Warfare Have Shaped Our World
Frederick H. Black Jr. and John Arquilla
Cultural Heritage, Ethics and the Military
Timothy J. Demy and Peter G. Stone
Whirlwind: The Air War against Japan, 1942–1945
David L. Teska and Barrett Tillman
Brothers, Rivals, Victors: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, and the Partnership That Drove the Allied Conquest in Europe
Richard Norton and Jonathan W. Jordan
Reflections on Reading
Reflections on Reading
John E. Jackson
Additional Writings
Review Essay: A Relatively Indecisive War, 1812: The Navy’s War
Jack A. Gottschalk and George C. Daughan
Of Special Interest
Carnes Lord
Credit
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cdr. Alex T. Mabini, USN.