Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines

Norman Polmar & Kenneth J. Moore

ISBN 10: 1574885944 / ISBN 13: 9781574885941

Published by Washington: Brassey's, 2003

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First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with orange titles to the spine; Measures 11¼" x 8¼" (1.8 kg); pp (xxiii) 407; Index; Bibliography; Cover art by Guenet Abraham; Includes: Black & white profiles; Black & white photographs; Tables; Glossary; 2-column text; Appendices (5); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191000 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines
• Publisher: Washington: Brassey's
• Publication Date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1574885944
• ISBN 13: 9781574885941
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

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Synopsis

Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, 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. For both East and West, the modern submarine originated in German U-boat designs obtained at the end of World War II. Although enjoying a similar technology base, by the 1990s the superpowers had created submarine fleets of radically different designs and capabilities. Written in collaboration with the former Soviet submarine design bureaus, Norman Polmar and K. J. Moore authoritatively demonstrate in this landmark study how differing submarine missions, antisubmarine priorities, levels of technical competence, and approaches to submarine design organizations and management caused the divergence.

About the Author

Norman Polmar is an internationally known analyst, consultant, and award-winning author specializing in naval, aviation, and intelligence areas. He has participated in or directed major studies in these areas for the U.S. Department of Defense and Navy, and consulted to U.S. and foreign commercial firms and government agencies. He has been an advisor or consultant on naval issues to three U.S. Secretaries of the Navy and two Chiefs of Naval Operations, as well as to three U.S. Senators and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He has 50 published books to his credit, including eight previous editions of Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet and four editions of Guide to the Soviet Navy. Mr. Polmar is a columnist for the Proceedings and Naval History magazines. He is a resident of Alexandria, VA.