Cold War submarines: the design and construction of U.S. and Soviet submarines
"Submarines had a vital, if often underappreciated, 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. In Cold War Submarines, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore provide the definitive history of the design and constru…
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- Full title :Cold War submarines : the design and construction of U.S. and Soviet submarines / Norman Polmar and Kenneth J. Moore.
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"Submarines had a vital, if often underappreciated, 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. In Cold War Submarines, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore provide the definitive history of the design and construction of these undersea fleets."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:©2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Brassey's
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiii, 407 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 29 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1574885944, 9781574885941
- oclc:ocm52430922
- LC Classification:V858
- Dewey Decimal:359.9/383/094709045
Table of Contents
1. Genesis -- 2. Advanced diesel submarines -- 3. Closed-cycle submarines -- 4. U.S. nuclear-propelled submarines -- 5. Soviet nuclear-propelled submarines -- 6. Cruise missile submarines -- 7. Ballistic missile submarines -- 8. "Polaris-from out of the deep ..." -- 9. The quest for speed -- 10. Second-generation nuclear submarines -- 11. The Ultimate Weapon I -- 12. The Ulitimate Weapon II -- 13. "Diesel boats forever" -- 14. Unbuilt giants -- 15. Aircraft-carrying submarines -- 16. Midget, small, and flying submarines -- 17. Third-generation nuclear submarines -- 18. Submarine weapons -- 19. Fourth-generation nuclear submarines -- 20. Soviet versus U.S. submarines.
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