LOST SUBS FROM THE HUNLEY TO THE KURSK, THE GREATEST SUBMARINES EVER LOST - FOUND

Dunmore, Spencer

ISBN 10: 190398548X / ISBN 13: 9781903985489

Edité par THE PERSEUS PRESS- THE MADISON PRESS LIMITED, 2002

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A large and wide black coloured hardback book, with silver coloured titles on the spine. Comes with nice dust jacket, price clipped. This lovely book, is in really good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. 176 pages, all pages intact, with a good, tight binding. All pages, text and stunning illustrations are in super good, clean, readable, order. Introduction by Dr. Robert D. Ballard. Technical Consultant: J. David Perkins. Featuring contemporary underwater photographs by Jonathan Blair and Brian Skerry. In the summer of 2000, the fates of two very different submarines made headlines around the world. On August 8th, the Confederate sub H.L. Hunley sunk 136 years ago during the American Civil War, was raised at Charleston, South Carolina. Four days later, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk exploded and plunged to the floor of the Barents Sea. Between the stories of these two lost submarines lies most of the history of men and warfare under the sea. In gripping text and powerful images. Lost Subs chronicles the evolution of the submarine, from Robert Fulton's early experiments to the famous German U-boats of both world wars, from Imperial Japan's I-52 to the Cold war nuclear subs Thresher and Scorpion. Thanks to revolutionary new technology, divers and deep-sea submersibles are giving scientists unprecedented access to these lost subs, and shedding new light on both their creation and their destruction. With state of the art underwater photography, this definitive illustrated history vividly brings to life an amazing underwater museum. Fascinating cutaway diagrams and a wealth of archival photographs and paintings re-create these vessels in their prime and help answer many of the questions that have surrounded their sinkings. Here is a saga as current as today's headlines filled with mystery, drama and daring.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: LOST SUBS FROM THE HUNLEY TO THE KURSK, THE GREATEST SUBMARINES EVER LOST - FOUND
• Éditeur: THE PERSEUS PRESS- THE MADISON PRESS LIMITED
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 190398548X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781903985489
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Poids: 3 kilogrammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • MILITARY & WAR

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Synopsis

Using text and powerful photographs, this work chronicles the fate of some of the most famous submarines in naval history: from the sinking of the Confederate Army's submarine "Hunley" during the American Civil War, to the recent tragic loss of the advanced Russian submarine "Kursk". Using a wealth of archival material, Dunmore brings to life the museum of submarines resting in their underwater graves and the submariners on the "eternal patrol". Among the most moving tales are those of submarines that have been lost with all hands on board - such as the nuclear attack submarines "USS Thresher" and "USS Scorpion", and most recently, the Soviet submarine "Kursk", on which a note was found from a dying soldier saying "We can't get out".

À propos de l?auteur

Spencer Dunmore is the author of In Great Waters: The Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic and collaborated with Dr. Robert Ballard on Exploring the Lusitania. He has also written many wartime novels, including Bomb Run, Squadron, and Final Approach, as well as several books about aviation. He lives in Ontario, Canada.Dr. Robert D. Ballard is the President of the Institute for Exploration in Mystic, Connecticut.