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The Greatest Submarine Stories Ever Told: Dive! Dive! Fourteen Unforgettable Stories from the Deep

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While the editor has done a very credible job of selecting examples of submarine stories, each book is represented by a relatively short excerpt (usually a single chapter). The potential reader must consider that he/she may have their appetite whetted for a particular book or books, but it will then be necessary to seek out a copy of those should there be a desire to read more. Such classics as "The Boat" (The basis for the movie "Das Boot"), Beach's "Run Silent, Run Deep", "The Hunt for Red October", and Calvert's "Silent Running" are presented, but the reader should recognize that these are excerpts, and not full-length stories nor condensations.

The history of the sea is filled with the stories of disasters. And that's about ships that are intended to stay on the surface. Submarines are intended to sink, and hopefully come back up.

This book is a collection of stories about submarines. Some of the stories are fiction, like an excerpt from 'Run Silent, Run Deep.' Some are true. Some are educated guesswork, like what was the real reason for the loss of the 'Thresher.'

The stories include:

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
The Hunt for Red October (Excerpt) by Tom Clancy
The Boat by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim
Run Silent, Run Deep by Cap. Edward L. Beach
Nautilus 90 North by Commander William R. Anderson
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Torpedo Junction by Homer H. Hickam
The Death of the USS Thresher by Norman Polmar
Silent Running by James F. Calvert
Due to Enemy Action by Stephen Puleo
A Time to Die by Robert Moore
The Enemy Below by D. A. Rayner
Raising the Hunley by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf
The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas.

On a scale of 1 to 10 this book would be -5. Very very poorly written.
Author did not condense stories effectively. Critical events ended without some indication of the outcome. I have read many of the books retold in this book and the authors work is totally inadequate. I have returned the book for refund. Your policies are out standing. The book is really bad. I have about 125 submarine books, I served on 2 old boats in the late 50's. The authors work is a great disservice to those who risked (and many lost) their lives in service to our nation. Thank you.