Naval War College Review
Volume 72, Number 4 (2019) Autumn 2019
A German U-boat searches the North Atlantic for Allied convoys during World War II. In “The Royal Navy and Organizational Learning: The Western Approaches Tactical Unit and the Battle of the Atlantic,” Geoffrey Sloan examines the question of improving tactical effectiveness through organizational learning, as applied to the example of the Western Approaches Tactical Unit of the Royal Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic
Full Issue
Autumn 2019 Full Issue
The U.S. Naval War College
From the Editor
From the Editors
Carnes Lord
President's Forum
President's Forum—A Return to New England
Shoshana Chatfield
Articles
Maritime Security—The Architecture of Japan’s Maritime-Security System in the East China Sea
Kentaro Furuya
The Future Navy—Near-Term Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Christian H. Heller
The Royal Navy and Organizational Learning—The Western Approaches Tactical Unit and the Battle of the Atlantic
Geoffrey Sloan
Research & Debate—The Medium Is the Message: Weaving Wargaming More Tightly into the Fabric of the Navy
Robert C. Rubel
Book Reviews
Review Essay: Full-Bodied Cyber without the Hype
Sam J. Tangredi and Martin C. Libicki
Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World
Kevin D. McCranie and Andrew Lambert
War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century
Marc D. Beaudreau and David Patrikarakos
Secret Wars: Covert Conflict in International Politics
Abram N. Shulsky and Austin Carson
China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations
Charles Horner, Andrew S. Erickson, and Ryan D. Martinson
Review Essay: From Victory to Failure, The Army Study of the Iraq War, 2003–2006
Dov S. Zakheim, Joel D. Rayburn, and Frank K. Sobchak
Reflections on Reading
Reflections on Reading
The U.S. Naval War College
Additional Writing
The Hattendorf Prize Lecture, 2018
Geoffrey Till
Credits
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