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Blackett's War: The Men Who Defeated The Nazi U-Boats And Brought Science To The Art Of Warfare (2013)

by Stephen Budiansky(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0307962636 (ISBN13: 9780307962638)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Vintage

review 1: Although the writing style was a bit dry, the material was so fascinating and well researched that I kept reading. I didn't really know what the title meant about bringing "science to the art of warfare" but the book laid out the clear and, in some cases, amazing examples of how that happened. The book is actually about a lot more than just the war against the Nazi U-Boats so give this one a try. I think you'll be fascinated.
review 2: Superb insight into how prepared the German navy was for U-Boat wolf packs and strategies to throttle England. However, with Churchill's boot on the bottom of "old navy" thinking, a small cluster of math and science whizz quickly ran stats to radically alter that strategy. Of course, the same resistance held US anti-sub effor... morets until Churchill thrust their success on reluctant Americans, who with Brits and Canadians, blocked then decimated the U-Boat fleet, it's best captains one by one sunk. less

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