U-boat assault on America : why the US was unprepared for war in the Atlantic

Author/Creator:

Brown, Ken (Writer on naval history), author

Publication/Creation:

Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, a division of Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2017

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

U-boat assault on America : why the US was unprepared for war in the Atlantic / Ken Brown

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

United States.Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German
World War, 1939-1945--United States
United States--Defenses

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Navy bureaucracy and the development of doctrine -- Atlantic war mobilisation -- Rearmament: the Navy and public relief -- Submarine warfare in the First World War -- Diplomacy and submarine development between the wars -- New York City enters the war -- Replacing the losses to the Merchant Marine -- The Kriegsmarine at war -- Operation Drumbeat -- Appendix: Adolphus Andrews.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xv, 208 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936692490802486

ISBN:

1473887283
9781473887282

OCLC Number:

971047448

Barcode:

010002852151