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Loading... The Submarine: A Historyby Tom Parrish
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A detailed look at one of mankind's most powerful - and vulnerable - weapons, from the Turtle built during the Revolutionary War to the sinking of the Kursk in 2000. With a loving look on the history of the engineering challenges presented by submersibles, and a particular focus on key battles, sinkings, and captains, this is an extremely comprehensive history that can almost be used as a reference for students of war machines. Weighing in at over 500 pages, this may not be appropriate for bedtime reading, if only for the sheer weight of the book. Fascinating and extraordinarily detailed, this is a book well worth reading. (  ) Meggo | Nov 15, 2009 |   no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0143035193, Paperback)As entertaining as a high-tech thriller, The Submarine is essential reading for understanding the last hundred years of war. It tells the story of the dreamers who first imagined submersible ships and the ingenious and practical engineers who created them; of the visionary national leaders and naval strategists who supported the development of underwater warships and the famous steel- nerved men on all sides who wielded this weapon. The Submarine details the role of subs in both world wars, and how, in the nuclear age, they became the most powerful weapons of war ever created—the force that paradoxically kept the peace during the Cold War without firing a single shot.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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