An edition of Silent victory (1975)

Silent victory

the U.S. submarine war against Japan.

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An edition of Silent victory (1975)

Silent victory

the U.S. submarine war against Japan.

[1st ed.]
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With the content of an authoritative reference and the excitement of a thriller, this history of the U.S. submarine war is one of the most informative and entertaining books written on the Pacific campaign. The author, a respected journalist and World War II submariner himself, is credited with providing a complete and unbiased account of what happened. When published in 1975, it was the first such account to detail controversial aspects of the American campaign, from the torpedo scandal to discrepancies between claimed and confirmed sinkings.

To get to the truth, Clay Blair interviewed scores of skippers, staff officers, and code breakers, and combed thousands of documents and personal papers. In addition, he thoroughly researched the development of the submarine and torpedo from pre-war to post-war times. As a result, he takes the reader into the submarine war at all levels―the highest strategy sessions in Washington, the terrifying moments in subs at the bottom of the ocean waiting out exploding depth charges, the zany efforts of a crew coaxing a chicken to lay an egg. He also exposes the reader to the jealous infighting of admirals vying for power and the problems between cautious older skippers and daring young commanders. Supplementing the text are nearly forty maps showing submarine activity in the context of every important naval engagement in the Pacific, more than thirty pages of photographs, multiple appendixes (including a calendar of submarine war patrols), and an index of over 2,000 entries. This is a work of great scholarship and scope that makes a timeless contribution to the history of World War II.

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Lippincott
Language
English
Pages
1072

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Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
March 2001, Naval Institute Press
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Silent victory: The U.S. submarine war against Japan / by Clay Blair, Jr
1976, Bantam Books
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Silent victory: the U.S. submarine war against Japan.
1975, Lippincott
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Philadelphia

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 993-1006.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/51
Library of Congress
D783 .B58 1975, D783.B58 1975

The Physical Object

Pagination
1072 p.
Number of pages
1072

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5042532M
Internet Archive
silentvictoryus00blai
ISBN 10
0397007531, 0397010893
LCCN
74002005
OCLC/WorldCat
87865113, 15092
Library Thing
257070
Goodreads
2046158

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