| The Silent Service Contributor(s): Parker, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0747238057 ISBN-13: 9780747238058 Publisher: Headline OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: June 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 359.930 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 4.3" W x 6.9" (0.50 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 underwater craft. Through World War II, where submariners' prospects of returning safely from a mission were only 50:50, the Falklands conflict and the sinking of the Belgrano, to present-day elite machines, the Silent Service has played an enormous part in British defence. John Parker's in-depth investigation is very much personality led with diaries from the early part of the century to substantial first-person testimony from survivors of wartime heroics (when many VCs were won). |