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"Tells the story of the emergence of the submarine in 1914, its impact on warfare, and the efforts to combat it."--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manstan, Roy R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2018]
Colección:Garnet books.
Temas:
United States Naval Engineering Experiment Station > History.
United States Naval Engineering Experiment Station
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Naval operations > Submarine.
Anti-submarine warfare > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Connecticut > New London.
Hydrophone > History > 20th century.
Submarines (Ships) > Germany > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean.
Anti-submarine warfare > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Opérations sous-marines.
Guerre anti-sous-marine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Connecticut > New London.
Hydrophones > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Opérations aériennes.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Atlantique (Océan)
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Anti-submarine warfare
Hydrophone
Military campaigns
Military operations, Aerial
Military operations, Naval > Submarine
Submarines (Ships)
Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut > New London
Germany
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Submarine warfare / its genesis in Connecticut
  • Introduction: The war to end all wars
  • Part 1. 1914-1916
  • Predator and prey
  • The Firth of Forth
  • Sighs of a lovesick mermaid
  • Hunting submarines from shore
  • A game of hide and seek
  • Lusitania
  • America awakens
  • Preparing for the inevitable
  • Part 2. 1917
  • America enters the war
  • Crossing the Atlantic
  • The first tentative steps
  • Physics pure and simple
  • A sound detector of exceeding delicacy
  • From the laboratory to sea
  • Matters of life and death
  • A "probable" first kill
  • Part 3. 1918
  • Coldest winter on record
  • The Naval Reserve Flying Corps
  • Listeners in the sky
  • The crazy American; U-boats beware
  • Invisible light and other magic
  • U-boats westward to America
  • America eastward to the war
  • Listeners at the front and armistice
  • Epilogue: the war that did not end all wars.

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