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Shows Russian, American, and European nuclear submarines, provides information on each ship, and depicts life aboard a modern submarine
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Shows Russian, American, and European nuclear submarines, provides information on each ship, and depicts life aboard a modern submarine
Author=Paul Beaver
Pages=72
Published=1986
Book Condtion=Ex public library book.library plate and stamp.generally excellent condition
| Weight | 285 g |
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The ubiqitous destroyer, the Navys maid of all work, is so familiar, so distinctive among small ships, that it suprising how confusing are its origins.
This witty and perceptive account of the early years of submarine development contains much new material and the lives of the forgotten pioneers of submarines. It includes many wonderful inventions and even more colourful inventors, but focuses primarily on John Philip Holland, the Irish-American genius who took submarine development out of the hands of lunatics and visionaries and turned it into a deadly weapon of war.
This book offers a rare view of working class life in the nineteen thirties and forties, and entry into the very different world of Royal Navys Wardrooms.
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