Selected Submissions to the 2017 CNO Naval History Essay Contest

Clearing the Way to Wonsan, by Lieutenant Commander Jason Shell, USN
Chaos Under Control: Lessons from Quiberon Bay, by Andrew J. Graff
Seaplanes: The Beginning, by David Alman
Seaplanes Go To War, by David Alman
Seaplanes: The End (of the beginning), by David Alman
Some Thoughts on a Maritime Strategy for the 21st Century, by Rear Admiral Thomas Marfiak, USN (Ret.)
Hell’s Highway: The Battle for Convoy ONS-5 and the Defeat of Germany’s U-boats, by Lieutenant Devereux Smith, USN
A Century of Replenishment at Sea, by Commander John A. Lukacs IV, USN
A Sense of Sovereignty: How China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’ Affects U.S. Policy in the South China Sea, by Lieutenant Commander Colin Raunig, USNR
The Carrier's Role Is Narrowing, by Commander Angus Ross, Royal Navy (Ret.)
Four Victories, by Vincent P. O’Hara
Theater JFMCC─Back to the Future?, by Captain Steve Kornatz, USN (Ret.)
Edward Preble’s Leadership Qualities Analysis, by Midshipman 3/C Christian Dumangas
Navy Music Pioneers: A History of Social Change in the Navy, by MUCS Mike Bayes
Cleaning the Bloody Shambles: Lessons from the Fall of ABDA, by Austin Sullivan
To Obtain or Dispute Command of the Sea, by Captain Anthony T. C. Cowden
Concepts Before Calibers: Standardization and the U.S. Navy, 1945-1955, by Corbin Williamson, Ph.D.
Surface Lessons of Guadalcanal, by James Young
The San Juan Island Boundary Dispute, 1859: Conditions for Peace and Maritime Superiority in a Very Gray Zone, by J. Overton
No “Half-Ready Militia”: Rear Admiral Austin K. Doyle, the Naval Air Reserve, and the Lessons of Preparing for War, by Hill Goodspeed