Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945-2001
by Norman Polmar, K. J. Moore
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Author: K. J. Moore, Norman PolmarEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-30
ISBN: 1574885308
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
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Book Review: Outstanding
Summary: 5 Stars
In light of the previously posted shining reviews on this text, I suppose there is not much more to be said, but I felt compelled to bolster what has already been written. This book is, along with Norman Friedman's US Submarines since 1945, without question, among the definetive works on submarines of this period. Outstandingly researched and presented. Do not hesitate to buy this book. Top notch.
Summary of Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945-2001
Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposing submarines, and, from the early 1960s, threatened missile attacks on their adversary?s homeland, providing in many respects the most survivable nuclear deterrent of the Cold War. For both East and West, the modern submarine originated in German U-boat designs obtained at the end of World War II. Although enjoying a similar technology base, by the 1990s the superpowers had created submarine fleets of radically different designs and capabilities. Written in collaboration with the former Soviet submarine design bureaus, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore authoritatively demonstrate in this landmark study how differing submarine missions, antisubmarine priorities, levels of technical competence, and approaches to submarine design organizations and management caused the divergence.General Books
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