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TERRAINE,JOHN: : BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS: THE U-BOAT WARS 1916-1945

LONDON.LEO COOPER LTD,1998.

ISBN 0850527600.

UK,thick 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. MINT/MINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xxpp+3-841pp [paginated] includes separate contents,illustrations+b/w maps lists/tables,author's introduction, acknowledgement,abbreviations Pts I-III comprising 8,1,10 chapters respectively, profuse contemporary,historical b/w photographs/illust (58) interspersed throughout the text and the book,19 b/w maps similarly interspersed,notes,appendices (A-G),a select biblio,a general index,indices of aircraft, convoys,merchant vessels,U-boats and warships. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 2pp blanks at the rear. 'Business in Great Waters' is the first book to describe in detail and to analyse in depth the entire history of submarine warfare in both World Wars.Following the practice which has earned him an unrivalled position among today's military historians,John Terraine concentrates first and foremost upon the combatants themselves; in the current vernacular,he sees the action "from where it was at" on sea and in the air,and his wide research over many years into the other three main factors in the equation,the political,the military and the technological,enable him to set the scene in its overall context and to show how potentionally lethal the U-boat threat was to Great Britain in both wars.He examines in detail the convoy system and explains how it was that so well tried and tested a practice found such disfavour in so many eyes for so long.He examines the role of Intelligence and he shows how the Anglo-American entry into Europe in 1944 would have been impossible until the U-boat menace had been overcome. Vital also to a clear understanding of the drama are the men who played their various parts,the U-boats themselves,the ships and aircraft of the antagonists,the weapons with which they fought and the devices both employed in order to outwit each other.These are the subjects of John Terraine's panoptic scrutiny in this masterly survey of a "centre of gravity" in two World Wars. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1.5Kg unpackaged - and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

Terraine, John : Business in Great Waters : The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945

Leo Cooper, London, 1989

ISBN 0850527600

8vo. xx, 841pp. 58 plates.. Book Condition: fine. Binding: Hardback. Jacket: Fine

1st edition

TERRAINE, John : Business in Great Waters. The U-boat Wars 1916-1945

Leo Cooper,, 1989

A fine copy in a fine d.w.

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