Title: The blue sword :
Authors: Vlahos, Michael,
Date: 1980
Publisher: Naval War College Press ;
Physical description: v, 214 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC class: V
Contents: Part I: Ethos -- The nature of ethos. Ethos and world view. Culture and personality. The corporation of ethos. -- The national ethos. Images of America. American personality: the mask of ethos -- The corporate ethos. Rites of passage: "Shipmates forever". The call of the sea: from Constellation to Monongahela. "Sons of gunboats". A band of brothers -- Mission and ethos. Defender of the faith. The legacy of Darwin. Law and warfare. The world island -- Part II: Mission -- The evolution of mission -- The course. The lectures. The bibliography. The theses. The doctrine. The fraternity -- Part III: The enemy -- The callimorphosis of the enemy: RED -- The cacomorphosis of the enemy: ORANGE -- Behind the mask -- Part IV: The game -- The game as ritual: expede herculem -- The game as oracle: the campaign -- The game as oracle: the battle -- The game as oracle: the weapon -- Afterword -- Appendix I: The colors of the rainbow -- Appendix II: Abbreviated titles -- Appendix III: War games conducted at the Naval War College, 1919-1941.
Notes: Includes index.