The Silent Deep
The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945
$59.06
- Paperback
864 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2016
Summary
The gripping, acclaimed history of the British submarine service, and of the men and women who hold “the franchise of the deep”
In the 114 years since its birth, the Royal Navy Submarine Service has stretched from the North Pole to the South Atlantic, from the Far East to the Barents Sea. The United Kingdom is girdled with the infrastructure required to support this vast enterprise; and the submarines of its Trident system form the sole basis of the UK’s position as the world’s reluct…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241959480 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241959489 |
| Author: | James Jinks, Peter Hennessy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 864 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2016 |
| Weight: | 642g |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 129mm x 199mm |
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Critics Review
A tour de force, a valuable resource for naval historians and future generations to wonder at. And I can’t help hoping that our current leaders will make themselves aware of some vitally significant issues that it raises. – Admiral Lord West * Spectator *
The lay reader cannot fail to be absorbed by its dramatic tales of cat-and-mouse skirmishes with Soviet hunter-killer submarines, embarrassing spy scandals and lucid accounts of the Falklands War - all enlivened with first-hand testimony from the submariners themselves. – Richard Blackmore * Independent *
James Jinks
Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of:
- Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (winner of the NCR and Duff Cooper Prizes)
- Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties (winner of the Orwell Prize)
- Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties
- The Prime Minister
- The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945-2010
He was made an independent crossbench life peer in 2010.
James Jinks completed his PhD under Peter Hennessy at Queen Mary. His first book was 50 Years of the Polaris Sales Agreement. He is now at work on A Very British Bomb, a history of the British nuclear deterrent.
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