Hanson W. Baldwin

Must we be prepared to fight limited wars? Yes, says HANSON W. BALDWIN,the military analyst of the New York TIMES,for there hare been twenty-three of them since V-J Day. And can limited tears be prerented from extending into total nuclear war? That is the graver question which he discusses in the latter half of this searching paper.

A Baltimorean who graduated from the United States Naval Academy and who subsequently saw service aboard our destroyers and battleships, HANSON W. BALDWIN has been the military editor of the New York Times since 1942, in which Year his articles earned him the Pulitzer Prize. Atlantic readers trill remember his articles in 1950 which assessed the costly mistakes we made in the Second World War and in our judgment of Soviet designs. We turn to him now for an evaluation of Winston Churchill as military strategist and world statesman.

Author and critic, HANSON W. BALDWIN graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924, saw service aboard our destroyers and battleships, and after his resignation from the Navy joined the staff of the New York Times, where he has been the military editor since 1942, the year in which he won the Pulitzer Prize. His recent Atlantic articles on “Our Worst Blunders in the War" provoked wide discussion. In the following paper, he gives us his scrutiny of the most notable volumes about the Navy in action.

A Baltimorean who graduated from the United States Naval Academy and who subsequently saw service aboard our destroyers and battleships, HANSON W. BALDWIN has been the military editor of the New York Times since 1942, in which year his articles earned him the Pulitzer Prize. In this and his article in the January Atlantic he has added up the most costly mistakes which we made in the Second World War; they all stem from our misjudgment of the Russians and the Japanese.

A Baltimorean who graduated from the United States Naval Academy and who subsequently saw service aboard our destroyers and battleships, HANSON W. BALDWIN has been the military editor of the New York Times since 1912, in which year his articles earned him the Pulitzer Prize. In the preparation of an extended history of the Second World War, he has added up the most costly mistakes which we made in the conflict. There are six of them; they all stem from our original misreading of the Russian mind. In prose which is absorbing if sometimes painful reading, they will be analyzed in this and the February issue.

HANSON W. BALDWINgraduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924, and after serving aboard battleships and destroyers in the East Coast, Caribbean, and European squadrons, he resigned from the Navy in 1927 to devote full time to his writing. He joined the staff of the New York Times in 1929, was its military and naval correspondent (1937-1942), and has been its military editor since 1942, the year in which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of six books, the most recent being Strategy for Victorv and The Price of Power.