Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-20
Admiral stiiilugf Book;
Admiral stiinss Book;
Sea Control Means
Control of World
nv BENJAMIN DECAssEREs

IT HAS been said that the
country that controls the
seas will control the world.
II is a fact that from Sa-
lamis TO the defeat Of the Span
ish armada and from Armada
10 Trafalgar and from Trafalgar
10 World War / the battles
fought on the sea have changed
the whole course of history, tor
even up 20 World War l II was
the British fleet and its block
AIDE Of Germany that finally
brought the latter 10 heel, just
as il was the Union blockade OF
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the latter TO Appomatton.
But today we have air power
the bomberS, the Forts"
Doris air power rule The World?
VIII air power rule the postwar
world VIII air power decide
the defeat OF Germany and
Japan?
NO - ALPHABETICALLY no
Y says Rear Admiral Yates
Stirling Jr. (retired), who has
been writing for some years for
the Hearst press. lie says no
in the most important and adj
mirably conceived book on sea
power that has been written
since Admiral Mahan'S cole-
bratcd The Influence Of Sea
Power on History"
Admiral Strings book Is
boldly entitled Why Sea Power
VIII Win the War CFredrlck
Fell, 3s6 Fourth Ave, New
York city IT IL in 30 meaty
chapters. and after a reading Of
them II is hard 10 conceive of
any one who still believes that
air power alone can ultimately
decide the fate Of Japan and
Germany.
why Sea Power VIII Win
the War Is in the nature OF an
answer 20 De SepeFSkyS Vie
tory Through Air Power Adj
mIral Stirling blasts those crit
ICs VINO claim tf1F-hattieSf1ip IS
obsolete because Of air power
ability 10 sink 1t
He states that the navy ac-
ceptS air power only a. a new
and vital auxiliary element Of
sea power. points out how naval
power is winning the war and
discusses naval strategy IN past
and future developments.
HE s1t4itr4fff514t eif7r1fffs ttta4t- the
German feet is still great
menace IL can easily evade
the Allies and escort aircraft
carriers 10 bomb our Atlantic
coast Industrial centers or trap
our Allies IN a sea battle, with
G ermany choosing ar area
planted with submarines.
CLAIMING that the Italian
" invasion viii lead 20 a dead
end al the Bremen Pass, he
outlines the sea moves that the
Allies viii make toward victory.
They arc: % invasion across
the Adriatic into Albania and
Yugoslavia; ~ invasion of
Greece through Salonica. get
ting control OF the Aegean Sea.
but first capturing Crete. Dode-
canCse and LemmOs; 90 after
we control the Aegean Sea.
Turkey may open the Darda-
nelles so that the Allies can
strike at Germany through
Pumania; "a most important
Of all, the second front across
the English Channel.
4 DMIRAL STIRLING defines
4 n sea power as consisting Of
warShips. submarines. merchant
marine 10 supply the military
and nations commerce and air
power-either carried in war
ships. aircraft carriers or based
on land-to help the navy con-
troll the seas.
He insists no feet can do
without aircraft carriers be-
cause there are times when
land based planes are not avail
able.
lie admits that the navy
needs air power as protection
against enemy air power. but
only in the same sense that SIS
warships depend upon their
guns and destroyerS TO give
them security from enemy de-
Stroyers and submarines.
TlE admiral maintains that
Il De Seversky is so air
immersed that ne fails 10 see
how the other services are help
ing with the war. His theories,
says the admiral, are based on
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