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.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Sea Hawk--Charles W. ReadBy Neb TiffamVery interesting story. Well researched and well written. Would love to read more of this type of history about little known characters and events that are typically not covered in the standard histories of the War of Northern Agression11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. A Long Overdue Tribute to an Exciting Confederate Navy HeroBy John EllisThomas Campbell's latest addition to his several other books on the Confederate Navy is the most exciting; as an 'old; mostly unknown' hero emerges to the spotlight he so well deserves. This first; complete biography of Lt. Charles W. Read; CSN; skillfully weaves various obscure sources of information; mostly unknown except to serious students of the Confederate Navy; to new family histories recently discovered. Many of the generous number of photographs have never been seen in public before. Read's participation on such ships as the CSS McRAE; ARKANSAS; FLORIDA AND WEBB are but a portion of the many thrilling experiences he originated and encountered. A brief history of each of the ships such as with Capt. Maffitt on the CSS FLORIDA fills the reader with anticipation of the next chase and adventure. Charles Read's overland escapades will surprise many students of the army to find they were done by navy personnel. In short; this book is a must for anyone who wants to learn of a true life adventurer and to ask themselves "why haven't we heard of him before?". Thomas Campbell is to be commended for this work. John E. Ellis; founder; Confederate Navy Research Center; Mobile; Alabama; [...]2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A terrific contribution to Civil War studies.By Midwest Book ReviewExcellent in-depth coverage for those who want more than the usual cursory overview. R. Thomas Campbell's Sea Hawk Of The Confederacy brings drama to the naval war; providing both a biography of Charles W. Read; a Confederate Navy officer whose battles were legendary; and a narrative style which reads like a novel while incorporating plenty of strategy and military facts.
