A measureless peril
Subtitle: America in the fight for the Atlantic, the longest battle of World War II
By: Richard Snow
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781416591108
Description: In "A Measureless Peril," the historian Richard Snow captures all the drama of the merciless contest between the quickly built U.S. warships and the ever-more cunning and lethal U-boats that controlled the sea lanes of the Atlantic during WWII.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: "What's the matter with the Davis?" : Looking back on the Atlantic struggle; title: Flower show : the dangerous state of the U.S. Navy on the eve of war, 1939; title: Too dumb to stay on the farm : the making of a sailor, 1940; title: Building Hitler's navy : superbattleships vs. submarines, 1933-39; title: "The simple principle of fighting several steamers with several U-boats" : Captain Doenitz works out his strategy, 1918-39; title: On the devil's shovel : U-boat life, 1939-45; title: The end of the Athenia : the sea war begins, 1939; title: Captain Gainard's killer dillers : an American freighter comes to the rescue, 1939; title: Prison ship : the difficulties of keeping out of the war, 1939-40; title: The neutrality patrol : guarding the Western hemisphere, 1939-40; title: "A new chapter of world history " : the destroyer deal goes forward, 1940; title: Doenitz goes to France : Germany builds her Biscay U-boat bases, 1940; title: Germany first : planning America's naval war, 1940; title: A length of garden hose : FDR sells Lend-Lease, 1940; title: Fishing trip : Churchill and Roosevelt meet, 1941; title: The moving square mile : learning and relearning the lessons of convoy, 1917-41; title: The rattlesnakes of the Atlantic : America's first losses, 1941; title: A present in the Führer's lap : Hitler declares war, 1941; title: Five boats against America : the East Coast submarine offensive, 1942; title: The most even-tempered man in the Navy : Admiral King in command, 1942; title: The hooligan navy : yachts and cabin cruisers go to war, 1942; title: Panic party : the "mystery ship" fiasco, 1942; title: Cadet O'Hara's last fight : the naval armed guard and the ordeal of the Stephen Hopkins, 1942; title: "Start swinging, lady" : the Liberty ships, 1941-45; title: A visit to the ship cemetery : desperate times on the Eastern seaboard, 1943; title: "Sighted sub" : a little good news, 1943; title: How Lieutenant Snow got to sea : a reserve officer's journey, 1943; title: The smallest major war vessel : inventing the destroyer escort, 1942; title: "Set the watch" : the birth of a warship, 1943; title: The hearbeat of the pings : the importance of sonar, 1941-45; title: "How many Germans will it kill?" : Learning to use radar, 1940-43; title: The fleet without a gun : Admiral King remakes his command, 1943; title: Steaming as before : the essence of Atlantic duty, 1943-45; title: Combustible, vulnerable, and expendable : the escort carrier joins the fight, 1944; title: Captain Just's last flight : the final days of the Kriegsmarine, 1945; title: Do hostilities ever cease? : After the convoys, 1945; title: When daylight comes : from then to now