Cold War at Sea
7-8 May 2004, Newport, Rhode Island
The international conference on the "Cold War at Sea" was held in Newport, Rhode Island, on 7-8 May 2004. Covering the whole Cold War era, the participants discussed how the Cold War was fought (and won) at sea. It brought together naval experts from Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. PHP Associate Svetlana Savranskaya (National Security Archive at George Washington University, Washington, DC) presented a paper on "Soviet Tactical Nuclear Weapons and the Cuban Missile Crisis".
The conference was organized by the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Program |
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Friday, 7 May 2004 |
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| Naval War College McCarty Little Hall Auditorium | |
| 06:50 | Welcome Prof. Catherine Kelleher |
| 08:10 | Opening Remarks RADM Ronald A. Route, USN, President, Naval War College |
| 08:25 | Keynote Address RADM Sumner Shapiro, USN (Ret.) |
| 08:45 - 10:15 |
Panel 1: The Early Cold War Moderator: Prof. George Baer Prof. Milan Hauner - "Lessons of the Great Patriotic War And Stalin's Fleet" Mr. Nick Gunz - "Early U.S. Intelligence Estimates of the Soviet Navy" Dr. Natalia Egorova - "Stalin's Conception of Maritime Power and the Cold War" Prof. Jakub Grygiel - "The Dilemmas of U.S. Maritime Supremacy in the Early Cold War" |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:35 - 12:05 |
Panel 2: The Cuban Missile Crisis Moderator: Prof. Catherine Kelleher Prof. Sergei Khrushchev - "Khrushchev's Naval Strategy" Dr. Alexandr Fursenko - "Maritime Aspects of the Cuban Missile Crisis" CAPT Ryurik Ketov (Ret.) - "The Cuban Missile Crisis as Seen Through a Periscope" Dr. Svetlana Savranskaya - "Soviet Tactical Nuclear Weapons and the Cuban Missile Crisis" |
| 12:05 | Luncheon |
| 13:30 - 13:50 |
Remarks VADM Yruiy Sysuev, Russian Navy (introduced by Prof. Catherine Kelleher) |
| 13:50 - 14:50 |
Commentators on Panels 1 and 2 Moderator: Dr. Alberto Coll Dr. Jeffery Barlow CAPT Joe Bouchard RADM Lev Chernavin (Ret.) VADM Tom Weschler (Ret.) |
| 14:50 | Break |
| 15:10 - 16:40 |
Panel 3: Increasing Soviet Capabilities I Moderator: Prof. Tom Fedyszyn CAPT Sergey Chernyavskiy (Ret.) - "The Gorshkov Phenomena" RADM Ronald Kurth (Ret.) - "Gorshkov: An American Perspective" Dr. David Winkler - "The Evolution and Significance of the 1972 Incidents at Sea Agreement" Prof. Milan Vego - "Warsaw Pact Naval Planning in the Baltic" |
| 16:40 | Break |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Commentators on Panel 3 Moderator: Mr. George Federoff RADM Bogdan Malyarchuk (Ret.) RADM Sumner Shapireo (Ret.) CAPT Vladimir Zaitsev (Ret.) |
| 19:00 | Reception at Officer's Club |
Saturday, 8 May 2004 |
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| 08:00 | Continental Breakfast at McCarty Little Hall |
| 09:00 | Welcome Dr. James Giblin, Provost, Naval War College |
| 09:10 | Keynote Address ADM Carlisle Trost, USN (Ret.) |
| 09:40 - 11:25 |
Panel 4: Increasing Soviet Capabilities II Moderator: Prof. Roger Barnett Dr. Geoffrey Till - "Holding the Bridge During Troubled Times: The Cold War And the Navies of Europe" RADM Lev Chernavin (Ret.) - "Soviet Submarine Operations in the Mediterranean" Prof. Lyle Goldstem and Mr. Yuri Zhukov - "The 1973 Standoff in the Mediterranean" CAPT Vadim Kilnogorov (Ret.) - "The Question of Soviet Carrier Aviation" Prof. Owen Cote - "Explaining American ASW Success" |
| 11:25 | Break |
| 11:40 - 13:25 |
Panel 5: Reagan's Maritime Strategy Moderator: Prof. Carnes Lord Dr. Gary Weir - "Battle for the Arctic" Dr. David Rosenberg - "U.S. Intelligence and the New Soviet Fleet" Prof. John Hattendorf - "Reagan's Maritime Strategy in Historical Perspective" CAPT Sergey Chernyavskiy presenting paper by CAPT Vladimir Kuzin (Ret.) - "Reagan's Maritime Strategy: A Russian Perspective" Dr. Stanley Weeks - "Forward Presence: A Restrospective Evaluation" |
| 13:25 - 14:30 |
Luncheon at Officer's Club Remarks by Mr. Frank Lennon (introduced by Prof. Lyle Goldstein) |
| 14:45 - 16:00 |
Commentators on Panels 4 and 5 Moderator: Prof. Ken Watman RADM Bogdan Malyarchuk (Ret.) VADM J. Michael McConnell (Ret.) Mr. Rich Haver ADM Stansfield Turner (Ret.) ADM William Studerman (Ret.) CAPT Peter Swartz (Ret.) CAPT Grigori Zykov |
| 16:00 | Closing Remarks |
| 16:20 | Cold War at Sea Conference concludes |
