
The Submarine
A Cultural History from the Great War to Nuclear Combat
Duncan Redford(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 26. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-78453-089-1 (ISBN)
Description
"Underhand and damned un-English" was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. Yet by the 1960s the new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the "hallmark of a first class navy." In this book Duncan Redford, a retired Royal Navy submarine officer, explores how - and why - attitudes to the submarine changed in Britain between 1900 and 1977. Using a wide array of previously unpublished sources, Redford sheds light on what the British thought about submarines, both their own and those that were used against them. Rather than providing an operational history of Britain's submarines, this book looks at naval and civilian conceptions of what submarine warfare was imagined to be like in the context of unrestricted submarine warfare, the world wars and the development of nuclear weaponry. With chapters on the coronation and jubilee reviews at Spithead, the submarine in novels and films, as well as coverage of the Royal Navy's and civilian views of submarines and submarine warfare this book gives a comprehensive view of the British regard - or lack of it - for the submarine. Through the examination of the British relationship with submarines since 1900 it is possible to see changing patterns in acceptance and tensions between different sub-cultures, both civil and maritime. Since 1900 the meaning constructed around submarines has changed as the submarine has progressed along a road from perdition as the weapon of the weaker power (and morally weaker power too) to a form of redemption as a major capital unit. This book will be essential for naval historians, students and those interested in aspects of submarine development and use.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
15 bw integrated, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78453-089-1 (9781784530891)
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Person
Duncan Redford is the Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, Department of History, University of Exeter, UK. He was awarded the Laughton Naval History Scholarship in 2002 and completed his PhD at the Department of War Studies, King's College, London in 2006. He was an officer and submariner in the Royal Navy for ten years, during which time he served aboard HMS Torbay, then HMS Tireless and Turbulent as the Navigating Officer.
Content
Chapter 1: The Submarine in Six Naval Reviews
Chapter 2: The Submarine 1900-1914
Chapter 3: The Effect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare 1915-1935
Chapter 4: The Submarine 1935-1965
Chapter 5: The Age of the Nuclear Submarine
Chapter 6: The Submarine in Film and Fiction
Chapter 2: The Submarine 1900-1914
Chapter 3: The Effect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare 1915-1935
Chapter 4: The Submarine 1935-1965
Chapter 5: The Age of the Nuclear Submarine
Chapter 6: The Submarine in Film and Fiction