by NWCF | Feb 1, 2021 | Publications
The cover reproduces Admiral Porter’s Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th 1863, a lithograph published by Currier & Ives, New York, in 1863. In “Theories of Naval Blockades and Their Application in the Twenty-First...
by NWCF | Dec 1, 2020 | Publications
USS Constellation vs. French Frigate la Vengeance, off West Indies, February 1, 1800, by Arthur N. Disney Sr. This was one of many clashes during the complicated international, maritime, and naval conflict known as the Quasi War with France, 1798–1800. In “‘Things...
by NWCF | Jul 14, 2020 | Publications
The cover reproduces The First Wave on Japan, a 1945 watercolor painting by Standish Backus Jr. It depicts Higgins boats carrying Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment ashore at Fort No. 2 on the Futtsu Peninsula, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The landing represented the...
by NWCF | May 5, 2020 | Publications
Following the 15 April 1969 downing of an EC-121 USN reconnaissance plane by North Korean fighters, a C-130 Hercules cargo plane circled overhead and took photos. The cover photo shows crewmembers on the deck of a Russian antisubmarine ship and a whaleboat off its...
by NWCF | Apr 19, 2020 | News, Publications
The Naval War College Foundation, in partnership with the generosity of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, is pleased to present “‘Grippe Caught Us Quicker than the U-Boats:’ The Lingering Sickness of War and the Pandemic of...
by NWCF | Apr 2, 2020 | Publications
This document is a summary of 16 key research and game findings focused specifically on the characteristics of civil-military response to a pandemic scenario. The numbered bullets below correspond to more detailed explanations of findings presented later in the...
