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U-Boat Assault on America: Why the U.S. Was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic Hardcover – December 15, 2017

by Ken Brown (Author)
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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The “Second Happy Time” was the informal name given to the phase of the battle of the Atlantic when German U-boats attacked both merchant and U.S. naval vessels along America’s east coast. With tankers burning and petrol rationing in New York City, the U.S. Navy seemed powerless to stop the deprivations of Hitler’s marauding U-boats.

Ken Brown seeks to explain how the United States responded to these deadly assaults and looks at the steps that the Navy Department took to train the men, harness the scientists, and make the organizational changes that were required to defeat the German threat.
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    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Naval Institute Press
  4. Publication date
    December 15, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    5.2 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1473887283
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1473887282
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"This is a most interesting study of the bureaucratic inertia, political blindness and willful ignorance that so often affects governments." --Baird Maritime

"This new book looks at the U.S. failure to protect its merchant ships during the first months after joining Britain in the war against the Nazis - Very Highly Recommended." --FIRE Reviews

"There is much to admire in this book. The chapters dealing with the city of New York are particularly good and look at 'cultural' issues which have rarely been highlighted in earlier histories of the campaign." --Warship

"Brown has written a superior book … [with] an intelligent selection of photographs." --The Australian Naval Institute

About the Author

KEN BROWN has had a long fascination with naval history and has been conducting research on U-boats off the east coast of the United States for more than three years. He has published several articles in World at War magazine.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press (December 15, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1473887283
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1473887282
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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Diann Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly written and researched. Great photographs and information about WWII you don't learn in school.
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
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This book is brilliant. I learned how the US Navy, Annapolis, and submarine warfare developed. The black and white photographs are wonderful and awful - the blatant march of the Nazis in New York and the connection between gangsters and government is historic and deeper than I had ever known. The ineptness, political intrigue, and heroes are presented in language that is both sophisticated and easy to understand. Living now and learning about WWII and the importance of New York, both the harbor and the city from this book, I can only say how grateful I am that we won the war.
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D Wang
2.0 out of 5 stars Glad I read it
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2018
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This was an interesting book. I learned some things. Glad I read it. That said, prospective readers need to be aware of two potentially fatal flaws before they commit themselves to the book…

First, much and perhaps most of the book has nothing to do with the subtitle, “Why The US Was Unprepared For War In The Atlantic.” For example, there is an interesting chapter about the German navy at war, another about merchant ship production and, in another chapter, extensive discussion about US Navy collaboration with the mafia in New York City, but none of this remotely explains why the US was unprepared. Perhaps the book was written with a different title/subtitle in mind. You may still want to read the book – just don’t expect it to focus a whole lot on US unpreparedness. And, if your interest is the actual “U-Boat assault on America,” read Operation Drumbeat by Michael Gannon.

Second is the matter of factual errors. The population of New York City did not represent 18% of total US population in 1941. President Roosevelt was not inaugurated in December 1932 and a submarine’s pressure hull (especially in WW II era U-Boats) does not provide “streamlining” for the boat (the superstructure/outer shell outside the pressure hull provided what “streamlining” there was). While individual factual errors are inconsequential, one has to wonder what other errors are lurking that didn’t jump out at the reader. The author was not well served by whoever did his fact checking/proof reading.
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Polarlicht
5.0 out of 5 stars U-boat assault on america
Reviewed in Germany on December 2, 2022
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It is a well-researched historx-book about German u-boatforces AGAINST AMERICAN shipping etc.
Recommended 5 Stars.
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