audiobook South African Review II by Southern African Research Service in History

Description

In the U.S. Navy; “Wheel Books” were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it; but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. Often used as a substitute for experience among neophytes and as a portable library of reference information for more experienced personnel; those weathered pages contained everything from the time of the next tide; to leadership hints from a respected chief petty officer; to the color coding of the phone-and-distance line used in underway replenishments.In that same tradition; the new Naval Institute Wheel Books will provide supplemental information; pragmatic advice; and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute’s vast archives; the series will combine articles from the Institute’s flagship publication Proceedings; selections from the oral history collection and from Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides on a wide array of fundamental professional subjects.Strategy is described by the Dictionary of Modern Strategy and Tactics as having “a permanent nature; but an ever-changing character.” For more than a century; both the nature and the character of this essential discipline have been explored in depth by contributors to the Naval Institute’s magazines; books; and oral histories. Drawing from those powerful resources; this collection makes clear why naval strategy has always straddled the boundaries between art and science and why its study and employment are essential components of the sea service profession.