This volume: The United States Navy: 200 years, is the most readable, exciting, and judgmental history of the Navy history. Painstakingly researched and colorfully written.

The United States Navy: 200 years

History

Beach, Edward L.

Military

Henry Holt and Co.

An American equivalent of Das Boot, this gripping, bestselling novel of submarine warfare inspired a well-known Hollywood film starring Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable. Set in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the tension-filled story focuses on an American submarine captain given orders to destroy Japanese shipping in the Pacific. At first his missions go well, but when he takes on an infamous Japanese destroyer, nicknamed Bungo Pete, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins. From the training of the crew right through to the breathtaking climax, this tale is absolutely riveting, and will have fans of military writers such as Tom Clancy cheering. Edward L. Beach graduated from the U.S. Navy's submarine school just two weeks after Pearl Harbor, and fought in the Pacific for the rest of the war. Run Silent, Run Deep was his first novel and became an immediate bestseller.

Run Silent Run Deep (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Cassell

Run Silent, Run Deep (Coronet Books)

Genre Fiction

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Thomas L. Clancy, Jr. described this volume as "the best book yet from the finest naval author of this generation."

The United States Navy: A 200-Year History

Houghton, Mifflin Company

The classic nonfiction World War II submarine combat thriller, written by a man who actually fought the battles.The war beneath the waves. For the World War II submariner, every day was a life-or-death trial: going to sea for months at a time; existing in dank, claustrophobic conditions; enduring long stretches of monotonous silence punctuated by adrenaline-spiked episodes of paralyzing fear and victorious elation. It was a duty few men could handle—and even fewer would survive. This is the true story of those brave men who served and too often died under the ocean surface, written by a man who was there. Edward L. Beach masterfully weaves his gripping experiences aboard the USS Trigger with those of other boats fighting the war in the Pacific. Part action-packed combat chronicle, part testament to the courageous sacrifices made by those who never came back, this is a compelling eyewitness account of the war as few have seen it.

Submarine

Signet

Wreck of the Memphis

Holt; Rinehart; Winston

Naval Terms Dictionary

Reference

Noel, John V., Jr.

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Naval_Institute_Press

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