The Odyssey of a U-Boat Commander - Page 3

FIREWALL · 10-25-10, 08:03 AM

Anybody checked out Blue Jacket Books ?

frau kaleun · 10-25-10, 08:10 AM

I have some of their titles I'm sure but I've never bought anything directly from their site. (Assuming you mean the USNI.org site.)

FIREWALL · 10-25-10, 08:59 AM

I was looking at the back of my W. Luth book and saw Blue Jcket books after reading this thread.

I'm going to buy the one on Amazon maybe.

Deamon · 11-30-10, 07:13 PM

Is there a german version of this book ?

frau kaleun · 11-30-10, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deamon

Is there a german version of this book ?

I believe this would be it:

http://www.amazon.de/Fackeln-%C3%BCb...1162878&sr=1-1

frau kaleun · 11-30-10, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Castout

So how's the book?

Sorry I didn't answer this question better earlier, lol. I kinda forgot about this thread until Deamon's post above brought it back to my attention.

I finished the book 2-3 weeks ago and really enjoyed it. As others have mentioned, it is not a blow-by-blow account of his WWII career, altho of course that period of his life is covered. The first half of the book covers his life before and during the war, the rest is devoted to his life and career(s) after the war ended. It is very introspective, philosophical in some respects, and will tell you as much (if not more) about the "insides" of the man than about anything else.

Much of the first half of the book is taken directly from diaries and journals that he kept as a young cadet and officer, with commentary added by Topp at the time the book was written. The book actually opens with a short chapter on the sinking of the Reuben James, which seems to stand out for Topp as the most significant event of his wartime career; if you've seen some of the interviews he gave for various documentaries about the war you might remember that he sometimes spoke of still being haunted by it 40+ years later.

The book was definitely intended as far more than a war memoir - as Topp himself writes in the preface, the book "is meant as a commentary on the ambivalence of the human condition. It seeks an answer to the question [of] why we followed the siren songs of a totalitarian regime whose deeds even today hover over us like dark shadows. My journal stands for all the faith and hopes, the errors and transformations of a human life."

ReFaN · 01-04-11, 11:07 AM

This book is on my Too buy list, when i get money, right after *Donate too subsim*

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10-25-10, 08:59 AM	#33
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I was looking at the back of my W. Luth book and saw Blue Jcket books after reading this thread. I'm going to buy the one on Amazon maybe. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

01-04-11, 11:07 AM	#37
ReFaN Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 831 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	This book is on my Too buy list, when i get money, right after Donate too subsim __________________ Liverpool is my relegion, Anfield is my church. True believers never walk alone.

10-25-10, 08:10 AM	#32
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I have some of their titles I'm sure but I've never bought anything directly from their site. (Assuming you mean the USNI.org site.)

11-30-10, 07:13 PM	#34
Deamon Commodore Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 642 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Is there a german version of this book ?