The part played in the Cold War by the Royal Navy's submarines still retains a great degree of mystery and, in the traditions of the 'Silent Service,' remains largely shrouded in secrecy. Cold War Command brings us as close as is possible to the realities of commanding nuclear hunter-killer submarines, routinely tasked to hunt out and covertly follow Soviet submarines in order to destroy them should there be any outbreak of hostilities. Dan Conley takes the reader through his early career in diesel submarines, prior to his transition to the complex and very demanding three-dimensional world of operating nuclear submarines; he describes the Royal Navy's shortcomings in ship and weapons procurement and delivers many insights into the procurement failures which led to the effective bankrupting of the Defence budget in the first decade of the 21st century. In command of the hunter killer submarines Courageous and Valient in the 1980s, he achieved exceptional success against Soviet submarines at the height of the Cold War. He was also involved in the initial deployment of the Trident nuclear weapon system, and divulges hitherto un-revealed facets of nuclear weapons strategy and policy during this period. This gripping read takes you on board a nuclear submarine and into the depths of the ocean, and relays the excitement and apprehensions experienced by British submariners confronted by a massive Soviet Navy. AUTHORS: Captain Dan Conley's experience in conventional and nuclear-powered submarines is the core this account. He then become the MOD's Director of targeting for Trident and was a leading policy-maker developing nuclear weapons strategy in the 1990s. Captain Richard Woodman is a distinguished maritime historian and author. 16 b/w photographs
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9781848327696
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209074812
Product Key Features
Author
Dan Conley
Publication Name
Cold War Command
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Dan Conley
Topic
Memorials
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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