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Policy Studies

The Policy Studies Series, complementing the Naval War College Review, the Naval Historical Monograph series, and the Newport Papers, underscores the Naval War Colleges commitment to informed, systematic debate on critical national security and foreign policy issues.

Purchasing instructions as indicated; these books are not available from the Press editorial office.

Occasional Books

The Naval War College Press has published (in addition to the Historical Monograph series) the following books since 1977. With the exception titles to which the notes A, B, or C apply, titles may be purchased from the Naval War College Foundation Museum Bookstore , by e-mail at kosterj@nwc.navy.mil, or by telephone at (401) 848-8306 or (866) 490-3334; they are not available from the editorial office.

  • B. M. Simpson III, ed. The Development of Naval Thought: Essays by Herbert Rosinski, 1977 [Note A]
  • Kenneth R. McGruther. The Evolving Soviet Navy, 1978 [Note A]
  • John B. Hattendorf, B. Mitchell Simpson III, and John R. Wadleigh. Sailors and Scholars: The Centennial History of the U.S. Naval War College, 1984
  • Robert Waring Herrick. Soviet Naval Theory and Policy: Gorshkov's Inheritance, 1988 [Note A]
  • Stuart W. Smith, ed. Douglas Southall Freeman on Leadership, 1990 [Note B]
  • Joseph Gerard Brennan. Foundations of Moral Obligation: The Stockdale Course, 1992 [Note C]
  • Paul Taylor, ed. Asia & the Pacific: U.S. Strategic Traditions and Regional Realities, 2001 [Note D]

Note A. Currently out of print.

Note B. Republished by, and available from, White Mane Publishing, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.


Note C. Republished by, and available from, Presidio Press, Novato, California.

Note D. Available from the Naval War College Asia-Pacific Studies Group, Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, R.I., 02841-1207, (401) 841-4532.

Logistic Leadership

The Logistic Leadership Series is a collection of books reprinted by the Naval War College Press that address fundamental issues relating to the logistical support of military forces. The purpose of the series is to increase awareness of the importance of sound logistical planning to all military operations. Requests for copies for official use, with justification, should be addressed directly to the Naval War College's Director of Development and Long Range Planning, Code 05, 401-841-6515.

  • George C. Thorpe, Pure Logistics: The Science of War Preparation (Kansas City, Mo.: Franklin Hudson, 1917; repr. Washington, D.C.: National Defense Univ. Press, 1986; repr. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Press, 1997)
  • Henry E. Eccles, Logistics in the National Defense (Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 1959; repr. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1981; repr. Newport, R.I. Naval War College Press, 1997)
  • Worrall Reed Carter, Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific during World War II (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953; repr. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Press, 1998)
  • Duncan S. Ballantine, U.S. Naval Logistics in the Second World War (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1947; reprint Newport, R.I., Naval War College Press, 1998)

Historical Monographs

The Naval War College Historical Monograph Series, established in 1975, consists of book-length studies on naval warfare-related historical topics based wholly or in part on sources in the Naval Historical Collection of the College. Titles may be purchased from the Naval War College Foundation Museum Bookstore, by e-mail at kosterj@nwc.navy.mil, or by telephone at (401) 848-8306 or (866) 490-3334; they are not available from the editorial office.

  • John D. Hayes and John B. Hattendorf, eds. The Writings of Stephen B. Luce, 1975
  • Craig L. Symonds, ed. Charleston Blockade: The Journals of John B. Marchand, U.S. Navy, 18611862, 1976 [Note A]
  • Ronald Spector. Professors of War: The Naval War College and the Development of the Naval Profession, 1977
  • Michael Vlahos. The Blue Sword: The Naval War College and the American Mission, 19191941, 1980
  • John B. Hattendorf, ed. On His Majesty's Service: Observations of the British Home Fleet from the Diary, Reports, and Letters of Joseph H. Wellings, Assistant U.S. Naval Attach, London, 19401941, 1983
  • John Monsarrat. Angel on the Yardarm: The Beginnings of Fleet Radar Defense and the Kamikaze Threat, 1985 [Note A]
  • John B. Hattendorf and Lynn C. Hattendorf, comps. A Bibliography of the Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan, 1986
  • Joel J. Sokolsky. The Fraternity of the Blue Uniform: Admiral Richard G. Colbert, U.S. Navy and Allied Naval Cooperation, 1991
  • John B. Hattendorf, ed. The Influence of History on Mahan: The Proceedings of a Conference Marking the Centenary of Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 16601783, 1991
  • James Goldrick and John B. Hattendorf, eds. Mahan Is Not Enough: The Proceedings of a Conference on the Works of Sir Julian Corbett and Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, 1993
  • John B. Hattendorf, ed. Ubi Sumus? The State of Naval and Maritime History, 1994
  • William N. Still Jr., ed. The Queenstown Patrol, 1917: The Diary of Commander Joseph Knefler Taussig, U.S. Navy, 1996
  • John B. Hattendorf, ed. Doing Naval History: Essays toward Improvement, 1995
  • Mark R. Shulman, ed. An Admiral's Yarn, 1999
  • Evelyn Cherpak, ed. The Memoirs of Admiral H. Kent Hewitt. 2004

Note A. Currently out of print.