Who Can Hold the Sea by James D Hornfischer
A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide James D. Hornfischer, the dean of American naval historians, has written a book of dizzying sweep and uncommon ambition.--Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers This landmark account of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on--and under--the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the victorious Navy sends its sailors home and decommissions most of its warships. But this peaceful interlude is short-lived, as Stalin, America's former ally, makes aggressive moves in Europe and the Far East. Winston Churchill crystallizes the growing Communist threat by declaring the existence of the Iron Curtain, and the Truman Doctrine is set up to contain Communism by establishing U.S. military bases throughout the world. Set against this background of increasing Cold War hostility, Who Can Hold the Sea paints the dramatic rise of the Navy's crucial postwar role in a series of exciting episodes that include the controversial tests of the A-bombs that were dropped on warships at Bikini Island; the invention of sonar and the developing science of undersea warfare; the Navy's leading part in key battles of the Korean War; the dramatic sinking of the submarine USS Cochino in the Norwegian Sea; the invention of the nuclear submarine and the dangerous, first-ever cruise of the USS Nautilus under the North Pole; and the growth of the modern Navy with technological breakthroughs such as massive aircraft carriers, and cruisers fitted with surface-to-air missiles. As in all of Hornfischer's works, the events unfold in riveting detail. The story of the Cold War at sea is ultimately the story of America's victorious contest to protect the free world.Hornfischer is the New York Times bestselling author of Neptune's Inferno, Ship of Ghosts, and The Final Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, which earned the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for Navy Fiction. Two of his widely praised books about the United States are During World War II, the United States Navy made selections. The reading list for the Navy's professional personnel. He is a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Texas at Austin, and he lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children. This is an excerpt from the Hardcover edition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399178641 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399178643 |
| Title | Who Can Hold the Sea |
| Author | James D Hornfischer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2022-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
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