Submarine Admiral: From Battlewagons to Ballistic Missiles

Capa
University of Illinois Press, 1997 - 376 páginas
Offers an insider's account of the development of the ballistic missile submarine, and a lifelong love affair with submarines.
 

Índice

Battleship Prelude
1
In the Beginning
22
School Days
31
Rube Goldberg Was Here
38
Spies
46
Heading for War
54
Lesson in War
65
Duds and Depth Charges
81
Troubled Waters
193
The Rickover Equation
208
The Ultimate Deterrent
227
The Future of NuclearPowered Submarines
245
Allies
255
Politics and Polaris
270
The Special Relationship
286
Spindrift
295

Crescendo
92
Rice Paddy Navy
102
End of War
117
Letdown
127
Where Do We Go from Here?
135
Sex and the Single Service
150
A United Nations Operation
164
Transition
180
Quieter Deeper Faster?
301
Epilogue
315
A Abbreviations
321
B Hazardous Duty Pay
323
Notes
329
Index
335
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