About this Item
6¼"x9½"; 809 pages; This is volume 1 of a 2 volume history; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. The dust-jacket has a clear polyester book jacket cover. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Seller Inventory # 001848
Bibliographic Details
Title: Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters, 1939-1942
Publisher: Random House, New York
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
About this title
In this monumental history, Clay Blair analyzes the German U-boat campaigns from 1939 to 1942 (a companion volume continues his narrative to 1945), which, he writes, fall into three phases: one against England alone, another against the newly arrived American navy, and a furious third against the combined Allied forces. Blair argues, against other historians, that the "U-boat peril" has been overestimated. He holds that the American submarine campaign against Japan in the Pacific was far more effective, and observes that 99 percent of Allied merchant ships on transatlantic convoys reached their destinations. Even so, the U-boats introduced a powerful element of terror into an already horrific war, diverting Allied effort into antisubmarine campaigns and delaying the transport of much-needed materiel.
Blair's outstanding work adds much to the naval history of World War II. Packed with detail, it is sure to become a standard work on the Battle of the Atlantic. --Gregory McNamee
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