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The book is a survey of emerging technologies applicable to combat submarines, using worldwide sources.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is not really a book, it's a PhD thesis on military affairs.There aren't a lot of "proper" books on submarines, so make sure this is what you're looking for.
It's only the kind you should buy if you need to cite some information and are doing some kind of course on this kind of subject.
It's in American English. The author spends a bit too much time stating the obvious and doesn't really impart much information, just informed opinion really.
It wasn't quite what I expected - I was hoping for a technical book with lot more engineering stuff: calculations and diagrammes etc...
It's only the kind you should buy if you need to cite some information and are doing some kind of course on this kind of subject.
It's in American English. The author spends a bit too much time stating the obvious and doesn't really impart much information, just informed opinion really.
It wasn't quite what I expected - I was hoping for a technical book with lot more engineering stuff: calculations and diagrammes etc...
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Rather a good coverage and very useful to someone like myself who was in the business some time ago and wants to get a bit more up to date.
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
The Real Stuff
25 July 2001
Format:Paperback
You could, I suppose,go to Groton and do a stint in sub school, or, failing that, attend a high-price seminar on the state of undersea warfare. And subscriptions to Janes Fighting Ships and the Submarine Review wouldn't hurt. Or you could sit down with this very managable, up-to-date account written by a non-tech journalist for the lay reader that will set you dreaming, each nigh as you lay it by your bedside, of air-independent diesel engines, accoustic cladding, and some trending information that sometimes seems to cross the line into science fiction. I've read 'em all, and this one ranks alongside the Waller and Sontag & Drew sub books as best of the best.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Neat Small Book
24 May 2007
Format:Paperback
This book was wonderful, if a bit small. It has sections on Air Independent Propulsion, Nuclear Propulsion and it's problems, new hull designs, better sonar, additional quieting, better weapons, and a summary. Each section both reviewed things I already knew and offered new data.
My only problem is that the book is a bit small. I wish it were larger and covered either more topics or more depth. As it is I finished the book in two easy days.
My only problem is that the book is a bit small. I wish it were larger and covered either more topics or more depth. As it is I finished the book in two easy days.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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23 July 2009
Format:Paperback
The strength of this book is the breadth of coverage. Starting with chapters on propulsion, nuclear, air-independent combustion, and fuel cells, the author then covers hydrodynamics, acoustics, weapons, sensors and then tries to wrap up the overall outlook for the next few decades. The weakness of this book is that it reads like a collection of magazine articles dated about 12 years ago. Since the author was editor of Navy News & Undersea Technology from 1988 to 1994 this is not suprising. Although a lot of information is presented, much of it is in the form of extensive quotations from folk trying to sell one technology or another. This is not wholly bad, but there is little or no attempt to set up a framework for independent judgement about the technical alternatives being considered. No real mathematics is used in description and actual data is, perhaps unsuprisingly, sparse and sketchy. Each chapter reads a bit like a collection of articles rather than a structured essay, but if you read a lot of defence magazines it will seem familiar.
A redeeming merit of the book is that the extensive attributed quotations are trackable and accessible and there is a useful appendix of related websites. To some extent I agree with another reviewer that more information can be found from current open web sources than in this book, but it is a fair introduction in one short volume. There are some small editing glitches typical of on-demand publishing but they do not get in the way of the content.
A redeeming merit of the book is that the extensive attributed quotations are trackable and accessible and there is a useful appendix of related websites. To some extent I agree with another reviewer that more information can be found from current open web sources than in this book, but it is a fair introduction in one short volume. There are some small editing glitches typical of on-demand publishing but they do not get in the way of the content.
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