| Descript |
xvi, 322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
International library of war studies ; 18 |
| Note. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-317) and index. |
| Summary |
"Underhand and damned un-English" was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. However, by the 1960s new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the "hallmark of a first class navy". This book explores the changing attitudes to the submarine in Britain from World War One to the age of nuclear combat. Includes discussion of unrestricted submarine warfare, the experience of the world wars, nuclear power and weapons, as well as films and novels based on submarine warfare. --From publisher's description. |
| Contents |
The submarine in six naval reviews -- The submarine 1900-1914 -- The effect of unrestricted submarine warfare 1915-1935 -- The submarine 1935-1965 -- The age of the British nuclear submarine -- The British submarine in film and fiction. |
| Subject |
Submarines (Ships) -- Great Britain -- History.
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Submarine forces -- History.
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Submarine warfare -- Great Britain -- History.
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Submarine films -- Great Britain -- History.
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Submarines (Ships) in literature.
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| Other Title |
Cultural history from the Great War to nuclear combat |
| ISBN |
9781784530891 (pbk.) |
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9781848853003 (2010 ed.) |
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