Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines

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Profiling American and Soviet submarines that were built and operated during the half- century confrontation between the two countries. The focus is largely on the technical designs and capabilities of the submarines, as well as the weapons that could be launched from them. In addition to covering all the types of submarine actually built, one chapter includes discussion of unbuilt "giants." Black and white photographs and drawings are included. Distributed by Books International.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


Book Description
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 home-land, 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.


About the Author
NORMAN POLMAR is known worldwide as a defense analyst, prolific author, and consultant to members of Congres and senior civilian and uniformed officials in the Navy. K. J. MOORE is the founder of the Cortana Corporation, a hight-technology applications firm concerned with submarine development. While on duty with the U.S. Navy, he served on board submarines in the positions of weapons officer, engineering officer, and operations officer. For the Navy and in private industry, he has held analytical assignments that involved the study of Soviet and Western submarines and submarine tactics.


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Profiling American and Soviet submarines that were built and operated during the half-century confrontation between the two countries. The focus is largely on the technical designs and capabilities of the submarines, as well as the weapons that could be launched from them. In addition to covering all the types of submarine actually built, one chapter includes discussion of unbuilt "giants." Black and white photographs and drawings are included. Distributed by Books International. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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