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Chronological Bibliography of Writings of Commodore Dudley W. Knox, USN

Books

The Eclipse of American Sea Power. New York: American Army and Navy Journal, 1922.

The Naval Genius of George Washington. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1932.

A History of the United States Navy. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1936. 

Naval Sketches of the War in California. New York: Random House, 1939.


Articles in United States Naval Institute Proceedings

“Trained Initiative and Unity of Action: The True Bases of Military Efficiency.” 39, no. 1 (March 1913): 41-62.

“’Column’ as a Battle Formation.” 39, no. 3 (September 1913): 949-963.

“Naval Personnel Legislation.” 39, no. 4 (December 1913): 1607-1618.

“The Great Lesson From Nelson For Today.” 40, no. 2 (March-April 1914): 295-318. 

“Old Principles and Modern Applications.” 40, no. 4 (July-August 1914): 1009-1039.

“The Role of Doctrine in Naval Warfare.” 41, no. 2 (March-April 1915): 325-354. 

“The General Problem of Naval Warfare.” 42, no. 1 (January-February 1916): 23-45.

“Some Underlying Principles of Morale.” 42, no. 6 (November-December 1916): 1753-1782.

“Our Post-War Mission.” 45, no. 8 (August 1919): 1294-1302.

“On the Importance of Leadership.” 46, no. 3 (March 1920): 336-353.

“The Elements of Leadership.” 46, no. 12 (December 1920): 1883-1902.

“Sea Power and Pocketbooks.” 51, no. 12 (December 1925): 2231-2241.

Our Vanishing History and Traditions.” 52, no. 1 (January 1926): 15-25.

“An Adventure in Diplomacy.” 52, no. 2 (February 1926): 273-287.

“Recent Developments in Limitation of Naval Armaments.” 52, no. 10 (October 1926): 1985-1992.

“Our Stake in Sea Power.” 53, no. 10 (October 1927): 1087-1089.

“Trade.” 53, no. 11 (November 1927): 1207-1210.

“The Navy and Public Indoctrination.” 55, no. 6 (June 1929): 479-490.

“A New Source of American Naval History.” 56, no. 7 (July 1930): 588-590.

“The London Treaty and American Naval Policy.” 57, no. 8 (August 1931): 1079-1088.

“Some Naval Aspects of the War Debt Question.” 58, no. 5 (May 1932): 685-688.

“Washington Views Naval Preparedness.” 58, no. 8 (August 1932): 1103-1109.

“The ‘Adams’ Men-of-War.” 58, no. 11 (November 1932): 1549-1576.

“The Ships That Count.” 59, no. 7 (July 1933): 959-968.

“Porter’s Dire Need of Bases.” 59, no.11 (November 1933): 1537-1546.

“The Navy and the National Life.” 60, no. 6 (June 1934): 774-783.

“Japan’s Drive for World Trade.” 60, no. 10 (October 1934): 1414-1424.

“D’Estaing’s Fleet Revealed.” 61, no. 2 (February 1935): 161-168.

“Documents on Naval War with France.” 61, no. 4 (April 1935): 535-538.

“The Japanese Situation.” 61, no. 9 (September 1935): 1277-1280.

“A Forgotten Fight in Florida.” 62, no. 4 (April 1936): 507-513.

“Naval Power as a Preserver of Neutrality and Peace.” 63, no. 5 (May 1937): 619-626.

“The Disturbing Outlook in the Orient.” 64, no. 6 (June 1938): 797-803.

“The Naval Historical Foundation.” 73, no. 12 (December 1947): 1478-1483.

“The Abortive Duel on Hicacal Point.” 74, no. 9 (September 1948): 1080-1085.

“Development of Unification.” 76, no. 12 (December 1950): 1308-1315.


Other Articles and Essays

“One Year After the Naval Conference.” Outlook 132 (December 13, 1922): 668-670.

“Defense of United States Naval Policy,” Current History Monthly 22 (June 1925): 339-44.

“Another Side of the 5-5-3 Argument.” Scientific American 133 (August 1925): 100-101.

American Naval Participation in the Great War (With Special Reference to the European Theater of Operations). In Hearings Before Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Sundry Legislation Affecting the Naval Establishment, 1927-1928
. 70th Cong., 1st Session. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1928.

“Naval Shelling of the Federal Council,” Literary Digest 102 (July 20, 1929): 23-24.

“Naval Reduction and Parity.” Scientific American 141 (October 1929): 320-322.

“Should the London Treaty Be Ratified?” Congressional Digest 9 (June 1930): 177-78.

“National Strategy: Lecture.” Naval War College, Newport, RI, October 7, 1932.

“An Adequate Merchant Marine as an Auxiliary to the Navy and Army in Time of National Emergency.” New York: Gardner, 1933. [Reprint from Marine Age, February 1933.]

“Sea Power. What Is It?” Marine Corps Gazette 20, no. 4 (November 1936): 45-46, 59.

“Ships, from Dugouts to Dreadnoughts.” National Geographic 73 (January 1938): 56-98.

“Peace and the Navy.” Atlantic Monthly 161 (April 1938): 495-503.

“An Object Lesson For America.” Argonaut 117, no. 3176 (September 23, 1938): 5-6.

“Naval Affairs.” In The Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of Current Events. New York: Americana, 1932-1943.

“The Founders of the American Navy.” Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 57 (1946): 98-101.

“Naval Campaigns of the Future.” Marine Corps Gazette 34, no. 7 (July 1950): 14-17.

“The United States Navy Between World Wars.” In History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 1, The Battle of the Atlantic, September 1939-May 1943, by Samuel Eliot Morison, see pages xxxiii-lxii. Boston, MA: Little Brown, 1947.

“The Navy: Defender of Our Sea Frontiers.” In Navy Day, October 27, 1939, see page 30. Washington, DC: Navy Day Committee of the Yard, 1939.

“The Nation Notes and Long Remembers…: Seapower’s Decisive Influence in the Civil War, Part I.” By E.M. Eller and Dudley W. Knox. Navy 4, no. 1 (January 1961): 15-30.

“The Nation Notes and Long Remembers…: Seapower’s Decisive Influence in the Civil War, Part II.” By E.M. Eller and Dudley W. Knox. Navy 4, no. 2 (February 1961): 25-30.


Personal Papers

Dudley Wright Knox: a Register of His Papers In the Library of Congress and a Register of the Collection of Mary Edith Powel. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC.

Published: Mon Jan 28 12:26:06 EST 2019