Blair jr, Clay
Silent Victory: The US Submarine War against Japan
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1975
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1072
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See also other edition(s):
Naval Institute Press, 2001 - Softcover
See also more books from:
Clay Blair , Jr.
See also more books on the same topic(s):
Naval operations in East Asian waters
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Submarine operations
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
United States: Naval operations and support
United States: Navies, seapower, and naval operations
War at sea in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
War at sea in the Pacific and Indian Oceans: Fronts and campaigns
See also references to this book:
Reference in book review/survey July 2002
Reference in book review/survey July 2005
Reference in book review/survey November 2009
Feedback from visitors
Feedback from Dave on Saturday, 7 December 2002
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This book serves double duty...a narrative of the "Silent Service" during WWII in the Pacific or as a historical reference. The narrative gives you the feel of the men of the submarine fleet; the personalities of the sub drivers, what their lives are like beneath the waves, riding the boats into harm's way. As a historical reference it is full of tables, charts, and figures detailing the war effort from a statistical point of view.
I personally used this book for both back in high school. First I read it from cover to cover, then wrote a research paper on the topic, using the book as one of several references. So enthralled I was with the submarine fleet that after high school I became part of it, literally.
Feedback from p.whiston on Sunday, 8 December 2002
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easily one of the most informative books about world war 11 operations there is, both in its explanations of the strategic objectives that the ops. were trying to achieve and the background of these objectives. Plus a very full account of the carrying out of these operations. A truely magnificent achievement! I look forward to reading about Hitler's U-boat War. Congratulations.
Feedback from Speedo on Thursday, 5 February 2004
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Few World War 2 books can come close to matching this superlative volume from the late Clay Blair.
Feedback from Richard Pryce on Tuesday, 3 August 2010
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Awesome BookThis is the definitive work on the Submarine War against Japan. After a poor start these men took the war to the shores of Japan and in the process sent her merchant marine to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The appendixes cover every patrol and thier actions from start to finish. A truly brilliant piece of work from Clay Blair
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