Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers. Some are well known, like the explosion of the steamship Sultana on the Mississippi while transporting 2,000 Union soldiers home from ...
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Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a compilation of stories about historic troopship disasters caused by torpedoes, aerial attacks, mines, surface fire, foul weather, friendly fire, and poor planning by military decision makers. Some are well known, like the explosion of the steamship Sultana on the Mississippi while transporting 2,000 Union soldiers home from Confederate prisons. Others, like the June 1945 sinking of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara by a British submarine that resulted in the loss of 800 Japanese soldiers, are little known. An extraordinary few far surpass the authors' criteria for selection of disasters with high troop loss and the involvement of heroic acts. Among the most memorable is the 1851 sinking of the British frigate Birkenhead with some 600 soldiers and their wives and children aboard. Lacking sufficient lifeboats, the men stood steady in their ranks on deck as the ship went down. Board of Inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and personal correspondence collected from archives in Germany, Italy, Russia, Australia, Britain, and the United States tell the story of some fifty vessels that went down. Many of these disasters, the authors explain, were kept secret for decades. An introductory chapter provides an overview of troop losses at sea beginning with the age of galley warfare, but the majority of the book focuses on losses of World War II Allied and Axis ships followed by incidents from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. James E. Wise Jr., a former naval aviator and intelligence specialist, is the coauthor of many books published by the Naval Institute Press, including Shooting the War and International Stars at War (see pages 12 and 24), which was also written with Scott Baron. Baron is the author of a collection of biographies of uncommon Americans.
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New. Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are some of the elements making up this account of troopship losses in wartime. Board of Inquiry hearings, action reports, survivor debriefings, and archived personal correspondence from the US and across Europe tell the story of some 50 vessels that went down. Num Pages: 280 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 603. 2003. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. Second printing USA hardback, 2003 Naval Institute Press. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Illustrated.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall Hardback. Stated First Printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 280pp with index and bibliography. Illustrated with B&W photos.