Description
The second volume of Hunters and Killers begins at the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic, when Allied efforts forced the U-boats to withdraw from the North Atlantic. With cryptologic breakthroughs, growing numbers of escort and long-range patrol aircraft, and new weapons, the Allied anti-submarine advantage mounted quickly. In the Pacific theater, Polmar and Whitman consider the often-overlooked ASW advances that the Japanese made during World War II.
Turning to the Cold War, the authors examine the ASW developments this confrontation inspired in both the West and the Soviet Union. Both the West and the Soviet Union developed submarines armed with nuclear weapons, and each created techniques to counter the intensified submarine threats. Polmar and Whitman discuss the extensive anti-submarine aspects of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Falklands Conflict, and consider ASW developments into the early 21st Century.
The second volume of Hunters and Killers completes the most in-depth history of ASW ever published. Written by two of the most knowledgeable scholars on the subject, it is a must own for anyone interested in naval history.
About the Author
Norman Polmar is an analyst, consultant, and author specializing in naval, aviation, and science and technology issues. He has been a consultant or advisor on naval-related issues to three U.S. senators, the Speaker of the House, and the Deputy Counselor to the President, as well as to the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has written or coauthored more than 50 published books and numerous articles on naval, aviation, technology, and intelligence subjects.
Dr. Edward Whitman studied electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later earned a Ph.D. in that subject from the University of Maryland, USA. His Navy civilian career lasted nearly 40 years and included senior management positions with the U.S. Sixth Fleet, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Navy Secretariat, and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. Following his Navy retirement in 1998, Dr. Whitman was for five years the Senior Editor of the U.S. submarine community's magazine, Undersea Warfare.
Reviews
"With two authors such as Polmar and Whitman, readers are treated to a succinct, well-written historical assessment of the technical achievements in ASW. Each volume includes a series of page-length sidebar biographies of important personalities-usually flag-rank officers-whose great contributions, either operational or technical, advanced the field of ASW. These two books offer a textbook history of ASW development for historians as well as present-day military members." - Naval Aviation News
"Norman Polmar and Edward Whitman have risen to the challenge in their second volume on ASW history, Hunters and Killers, Vol. 2: Anti-Submarine Warfare from 1943. Focusing on ASW warfare beginning with the turn of the tide in the Second World War and tracing key developments throughout the Cold War, they present an enjoyable study of technological innovation, personalities and events to capture the imagination." - The Northern Mariner
"If you want encyclopedic information on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) as well as a good read, then Hunters and Killers, Volume 1 and 2 are the books for you." - Journal of Military History
Book Information
ISBN 9781612518978
Author Norman Polmar
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Naval Institute Press
Publisher Naval Institute Press
Weight(grams) 1000g
