TITLE:
The submarine : a history / Thomas Parrish.
Publication Date:
2004
Publication Information:
New York : Viking,
Physical Description:
x, 576 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-557) and index.
Summary:
Military historian Thomas Parrish tells the story of those who first dreamed of underwater ships; of the practical and ingenious inventors and engineers who created and developed the submarine; of visionary naval strategists; of famous skippers on all sides -- steel-nerved men like America's Dick O'Kane, Germany's Reinhard Hardegen -- who wielded this weapon; of the famous and infamous deeds of boats like the U-20, the Wahoo, and the nuclear-powered Nautilus and George Washington; and of the tragedies that befell boats like the American Thresher and the Russian Kursk.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670033133
