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Informationen zum Autor Duncan Redford is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Department of History, University of Exeter and has previously taught at Westminster University and King's College, London. He was awarded the Laughton Naval History Scholarship in 2002 and completed his PhD at the Department of War Studies, King's College, London in 2006. Klappentext "Underhand and damned un-English" was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. However! by the 1960s new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the "hallmark of a first class navy." This exciting new book explores the changing attitudes to the submarine in Britain from World War One to the age of nuclear combat. Including discussion of unrestricted submarine warfare! the experience of the world wars! nuclear power and weapons! as well as films and novels based on submarine warfare! this book is essential for naval historians! students and those interested in aspects of submarine development and use. Vorwort 'Underhand and damned un-English' was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. However, by the 1960s new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the 'hallmark of a first class navy'. This book explores the changing attitudes to the submarine in Britain from World War One to the age of nuclear combat. Zusammenfassung 'Underhand and damned un-English' was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. However, by the 1960s new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the 'hallmark of a first class navy'. This book explores the changing attitudes to the submarine in Britain from World War One to the age of nuclear combat. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Submarine in Six Naval ReviewsChapter 2: The Submarine 1900-1914Chapter 3: The Effect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare 1915-1935Chapter 4: The Submarine 1935-1965Chapter 5: The Age of the Nuclear SubmarineChapter 6: The Submarine in Film and Fiction...
