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Zusatztext Praise for Don Keith's works of military history: “Riveting….[Keith] writes in an engaging you-are-there style calculated to bring the reader to the edge of his seat.” —Mobile Press-Register “Keith will inform and please both the rank newcomer to the subject and the well-read expert.” — Booklist “Breathes life into the heroic submarine’s Pacific saga…gripping.” —John Wukovits! author of Pacific Alamo and One Square Mile of Hell Informationen zum Autor Don Keith is the award-winning author of Only the Brave , War Beneath the Waves , The Ship That Wouldn’t Die , Undersea Warrior , In the Course of Duty , The Ice Diaries , and other nonfiction works on American naval heroism. He is also the coauthor, with George Wallace, of the submarine thrillers Final Bearing and Firing Point . Klappentext No man above or below the waves was as admired--or feared--as this determined naval commander... Among submariners in World War II, Dudley "Mush" Morton stood out as a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the sea war was fought in the Pacific. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at every opportunity, going through his supply of torpedoes in record time on every patrol. In only nine months, he racked up an astounding list of achievements, including being the first American skipper to wipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handedly. Here, for the first time, is the life and legend of a heroic, dynamic, and ultimately divisive submarine commander who fought the war on his own terms, and refused to do so any other way. Zusammenfassung The remarkable true story of Dudley “Mush” Morton, the most admired—and feared—submarine commander of World War II Mush Morton was a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the submarines fought in the Pacific War. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at every opportunity, burning through his supply of torpedoes in record time on every patrol. Over the course of only nine months and five patrols, Morton racked up an astounding list of achievements, including being the first American skipper to wipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handedly. Here, for the first time, is the life and legend of a heroic submarine commander who fought the war on his own terms, and changed the course of the undersea war in the Pacific....
