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08-17-10, 10:35 PM
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Navy Seal
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 Silent Victory is, more or less, the standard bearer in the subject.
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08-17-10, 10:46 PM
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Stowaway
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His second book under the Naval Press publisher and it is good. |
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08-18-10, 07:08 AM
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Ace of the Deep
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http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Bridge-P...2133284&sr=8-1
Very good book - non fiction - by a brilliant sub commander. A real eye opener for me.
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08-18-10, 03:51 PM
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Chief of the Boat
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08-18-10, 06:41 PM
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Frogman
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War Beneath the Sea
Submarine Conflict During World War II Peter Padfield John Wiley & Sons, Inc 1995 ISBN 0-471-14624-2
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Neptunus Rex sends "In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president." A.C. 11-5-08 
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08-19-10, 08:23 AM
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The Old Man
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 It sat on my bookshelf quite a while before I got around to reading it, but I've read it cover to cover twice in the last two and half years and have gone back and referenced various sections as well. It's a pretty thick book but he covers all nationalities. He concentrates on the U-boat offensive but there is alot about the US submarine campaign and very nice coverage of the British submarine campaign. There's even a smattering of stuff about Japanese boats. He covers each nation's design philosophies as well as tactical doctrine with plenty of details of famous and not so famous commanders. Well worth the read. 
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09-07-10, 09:34 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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Here are two I got for a song whilst on holiday last week from a bookshop in The Lake District of all places.
The first one I wasn't sure if I already had but thankfully I didn't. U-Boat War Patrol-The Hidden Photographic Diary of U-564 by Lawrence Paterson http://www.amazon.co.uk/U-boat-War-P...3869551&sr=8-2 The Golden Horseshoe-The Story Of Otto Kretschmer by Terence Robertson http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...&condition=all Pay little attention to the price, I paid £4.99 for a brand new copy.
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08-19-10, 01:14 PM
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Eternal Patrol
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08-20-10, 03:08 AM
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Ace of the Deep
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Somehow, after reading Clair's book I got a bad feeling about US submarines: basically the first part of the war they were poorly used strategically, were not aggressive enough and had lots of technical troubles. And then they wipe out the Japs merchant fleet in one year - it felt like something was missing. Reading O'Kane and the "Wolfpack - the American submarine strategy that helped defeat Japan" opened my eyes in that the first clearly illustrates how good a sub captain can be and the 2nd tells the history of "getting there" and how much the Americans were trying, while maybe failing. I never lacked respect for the US Submarine Service, but now its double 
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08-20-10, 11:51 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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Rgr that guys....I'll have a gander for the book
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08-20-10, 09:59 PM
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Frogman
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Neptunus Rex sends "In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president." A.C. 11-5-08
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09-07-10, 07:45 AM
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Helmsman
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If you are looking for fiction, here are some good Fleetboat books:
Run Silent, Run Deep Dust on the Sea Cold is the Sea Final Harbor Silent Sea O God of Battles Pride Runs Deep Sink the Shigure Bacalao If you like Uboats: Das Boot An Honorable German With Honour in Battle As you can see, I am more of a Fleet Boat reader! But these are all very good books. |
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