Screen LibraryThe listeners : U-boat hunters during the Great War /
"Tells the story of the emergence of the submarine in 1914, its impact on warfare, and the efforts to combat it."--Provided by publisher.
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| Published: |
Wesleyan University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Middletown, Connecticut : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Garnet books
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| Summary: |
"Tells the story of the emergence of the submarine in 1914, its impact on warfare, and the efforts to combat it."--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780819578358 (paperback) : 0819578355 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | D590 |
| CLC: | K143 |
| Call Number: | K143/M289 |
| Contents: | Preface : Submarine warfare--its genesis in Connecticut -- Introduction : The war to end all wars -- Part one. 1914-1916. Predator and prey -- The Firth of Forth -- Sighs of a lovesick mermaid -- Hunting submarines from shore -- A game of hide and seek -- Lusitania -- America awakens -- Preparing for the inevitable -- Part two. 1917. America enters the war -- Crossing the Atlantic -- The first tentative steps -- Physics pure and simple -- A sound detector of exceeding delicacy -- From the laboratory to sea -- Matters of life and death -- A "probable" first kill -- Part three. 1918. Coldest winter on record -- The Naval Reserve Flying Corps -- Listeners in the sky -- The crazy American--U-boats beware -- Invisible light and other magic -- U-boats westward to America -- America eastward to the war -- Listeners at the front and armistice -- Epilogue : the war that did not end all wars. |