The Submarine : a Cultural History from the Great War to Nuclear Combat /
"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...
| Основен автор: | Redford, Duncan. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York, NY :
Tauris Academic Studies ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Серия: |
International library of war studies ;
18. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=334930 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Submarine. |
| Резюме: |
"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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 322 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441679239 1441679235 |