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Standing Watch - American Submarine Veterans Remember the Cold War Era

English · Paperback / Softback

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The first book to capture and preserve the inside story of the exclusive brotherhood that manned the front lines of the Cold War. Featuring interviews from seventeen veteran submariners, Standing Watch offers the perspective of the submariners themselves - lending them a voice and paying homage to their service.

List of contents










  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Adventure’s Beginning
  • Chapter 2. Underway
  • Chapter 3. A Unique Culture
  • Chapter 4. Fighting the War
  • Chapter 5. Foreigner
  • Chapter 6. Looking Back
  • Epilogue: Parting Legacies
  • Appendix A: Biographical Information
  • Appendix B: US Submarine Losses (Cold War)
  • Appendix C: Common US Navy Rates and Ranks
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index


    • About the author










      Jonathan Li-Chung Leung volunteers on the USS Blueback (SS-581) at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland where he started leading public tours in 2002, and is now involved mostly with the maintenance crew and in special projects. He now works as Air Traffic Control Specialist at Honolulu Control Facility.

      Summary

      The first book to capture and preserve the inside story of the exclusive brotherhood that manned the front lines of the Cold War. Featuring interviews from seventeen veteran submariners, Standing Watch offers the perspective of the submariners themselves - lending them a voice and paying homage to their service.

Product details

Authors Leung, Jonathan Li Leung, Jonathan Li-Chung Leung
Publisher The University of Alabama Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.04.2019
 
EAN 9780817359577
ISBN 978-0-8173-5957-7
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 152 mm x 226 mm x 17 mm
Weight 380 g
Illustrations 34 black & white figures, 2 tables
Series Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
Maritime Currents: History and
Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
Subjects Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships
Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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