The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945
Autor James Jinks, Peter Hennessyen Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2016
Dramatic episodes are revealed for the first time: how HMSWarspitegathered intelligence against the Soviet Navy's latest ballistic-missile-carrying submarine in the late 1960s; how HMSSovereignmade what is probably the longest-ever trail of a Soviet (or Russian) submarine in 1978; how HMSTrafalgarfollowed an exceptionally quiet Soviet 'Victor III', probably commanded by a Captain known as 'the Prince of Darkness', in 1986. It also includes the first full account of submarine activities during the Falklands War. But it was not all victories: confrontations with Soviet submarines led to collisions, and the extent of losses to UK and NATO submarine technology from Cold War spy scandals are also made more plain here than ever before.
In 1990 the Cold War ended - but not for the Submarine Service. Since June 1969, it has been the last line of national defence, with the awesome responsibility of carrying Britain's nuclear deterrent. The story from Polaris to Trident - and now 'Successor' - is a central theme of the book. In the year that it is published, Russian submarines have once again been detected off the UK's shores. As Britain comes to decide whether to renew its submarine-carried nuclear deterrent,The Silent Deepprovides an essential historical perspective.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241959480
ISBN-10: 0241959489
Pagini: 864
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241959489
Pagini: 864
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Peter
Hennessy
(Author)
Peter Hennessy, one of Britain's best-known historians, is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author ofNever Again: Britain 1945-51(winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes), the bestsellingThe Prime MinisterandTheSecret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945-2010.He was made an independent crossbench life peer in 2010.
James Jinks (Author)
James Jinks completed his PhD under Peter Hennessy at Queen Mary. His first book was50 Years of the Polaris Sales Agreement, commissioned by Her Majesty's Government to mark 50 years of Polaris. He is now at work onA Very British Bomb, a history of the British nuclear deterrent.
Peter Hennessy, one of Britain's best-known historians, is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author ofNever Again: Britain 1945-51(winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes), the bestsellingThe Prime MinisterandTheSecret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945-2010.He was made an independent crossbench life peer in 2010.
James Jinks (Author)
James Jinks completed his PhD under Peter Hennessy at Queen Mary. His first book was50 Years of the Polaris Sales Agreement, commissioned by Her Majesty's Government to mark 50 years of Polaris. He is now at work onA Very British Bomb, a history of the British nuclear deterrent.
Recenzii
A
tour
de
force,
a
valuable
resource
for
naval
historians
and
future
generations
to
wonder
at.
And
I
can't
help
hoping
that
our
current
leaders
will
make
themselves
aware
of
some
vitally
significant
issues
that
it
raises.
The lay reader cannot fail to be absorbed by its dramatic tales of cat-and-mouse skirmishes with Soviet hunter-killer submarines, embarrassing spy scandals and lucid accounts of the Falklands War - all enlivened with first-hand testimony from the submariners themselves.
The lay reader cannot fail to be absorbed by its dramatic tales of cat-and-mouse skirmishes with Soviet hunter-killer submarines, embarrassing spy scandals and lucid accounts of the Falklands War - all enlivened with first-hand testimony from the submariners themselves.