Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II

Harper & Row, New York, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Good. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 490 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, but very discretetly, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. In 1942 German U-boats sank nearly 400 Allied ships off the East coast of the U.S., threatening to sever Britain's lifeline and cripple U.S. war industry. Gannon, a University of Florida history professor, reveals the appalling degree of unpreparedness and opposition to military intervention on the American side, despite accurate warnings from British intelligence, and traces much of it to the Anglophobia of the chief of naval operations, Admiral Ernest J. King. In an impressive research coup, Gannon located the former skipper and several crew members of one of the U-boats involved in the campaign. Using interviews with these men and former U.S. and British military personnel, and a war diary of the U-123 , Gannon recreates two action-packed patrols and the sinking of 18 Allied ships by that submarine. The book will be of enormous interest to sub warfare buffs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; American History; United States; 1940s; History. ISBN: 0060161558. ISBN/EAN: 9780060161552. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10191. . 9780060161552