
Polaris
The History of the UK's Submarine Force
Keith Hall(Author)
The History Press Ltd
Will be published approx. on 11. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-7524-5177-0 (ISBN)
Description
Between 15 June 1968 and 13 May 1996, the Polaris submarines of the 10th Submarine Squadron carried out a total of 229 patrols, travelling over 2 million miles. Wherever you sit on the nuclear debate, it makes an impressive tale; delivered on time and on budget essentially by a small group of naval officers and civil servants, the Polaris programme ensured that Britain had a Continuous at Sea Deterrence for twenty-eight years. Polaris is not just the history of the weapons, submarines and politicians: it is the history of those who were there. Combining through history with personal memories and photographs, Keith Hall has created a long-lasting legacy to a fascinating project and provided an insight into a world that no longer exists.
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Edition
UK edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
8 Plates, color; 13 Illustrations, color; 45 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-5177-0 (9780752451770)
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E-Book
06/2018
The History Press Ltd
€13.99
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Person
KEITH HALL was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. After leaving school at 18 years old, he joined the Royal Navy and spent thirty-three years in the medical branch; the majority of this time was spent on nuclear submarines or in shore billets in support of the Nuclear Propulsion Program. After leaving the Navy in 2003, he worked as a health physicist at HM Naval Base Clyde. He retired in 2015. An avid collector of old photographs and postcards, Keith Hall writes about local and naval history, particularly focusing on submarines.