Research Catalog

Title

The silent deep : the Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945 / Peter Hennessy and James Jinks.

Author

Hennessy, Peter, 1947-

Publication

London : Allen Lane, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

Jinks, James

Description

1 volume; 24 cm

Summary

In the 114 years since its birth, the Royal Navy Submarine Service has stretched from the North Pole to the South Atlantic, from the Far East to the Barents Sea. The United Kingdom is girdled with the infrastructure required to support this vast enterprise; and the submarines of its Trident system form the sole basis of the UK's position as the world's reluctant nuclear power. Yet this is a subject that remains shrouded in secrecy. To this day, the Ministry of Defence responds to all enquiries about submarine operations with a simple phrase: The Ministry of Defence does not comment on submarine operations. Written with privileged access to both documents and personnel, The Silent Deep is the first authoritative history of the British submarine service since the end of the Second World War. This will be a history book which makes headlines.

Alternative Title

Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945

Subjects

• History
• Submarines (Ships) > Great Britain > History
• Great Britain > Royal Navy > Submarine Service > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 713-782) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: 1.The Franchise of the Deep: Perisher -- A Private War Has been Arranged HMS Triumph, 19 October 2013 -- 2.`The Most Dangerous of All the Services': From World War to Cold War -- Victory -- The Spoils of War -- Modernizing the Wartime Fleet -- FOSM's Empire -- A New Role -- The Early Cold War -- `The Admiralty regrets...' -- The Rise of Underwater Intelligence Gathering and Reconnaissance -- HMS Totem -- `A Slippery Customer' -- Operation `Nightjar' -- Pin-Pricking a Colossus -- 3.`A New Epoch': Towards the Nuclear Age -- The Cold War Fleet -- The UK Nuclear Programme -- Securing American Help -- Future Submarine Policy -- Collaboration Restored? -- A Vision of the Future -- The Special Relationship -- Operations `Rum Tub' and `Strikeback' -- The Agreement -- The Dreadnought Programme -- The `Valiant' Class -- 4.`Move Deterrents out to Sea': The Bomb Goes Underwater -- First Contact -- Planning for Polaris -- Constructing Polaris --^
• The Fifth Submarine -- The 1964 General Election -- `Go' or `No Go': Deciding to Continue -- Completing the Programme -- Command and Control Arrangements -- On Board a `Resolution' Class Submarine -- 5.Mixing It with the Opposition: The Cold War in the 1960s -- The Cold War at Sea The Cuban Missile Crisis Surveillance -- Indonesian Confrontation -- Transformation -- Up North -- 6.`No Refuge in the Depths': The Cold War in the 1970s -- The Decade of the Passive -- SOSUS -- Under the Ice -- A Specialist Service? -- A Victor Penetrates the Clyde -- A New Concept of Operations -- The Perils of Special Operations -- The `Swiftsure' Class -- Operation `Agile Eagle' -- Assessments of the Soviet Navy -- 7.Hot War: The Falklands Conflict -- Operation `Journeyman' -- Operation `Corporate' -- Sink the Belgrano -- Frustration -- Valiant Arrives -- Reinforcements -- Picket Duty -- Departure -- Aftermath -- The Deterrent -- 8.Maintaining the Deterrent: From Polaris to Trident --^
• Improving Polaris -- Chevaline -- Towards Trident -- Purchasing Trident -- The Trident Programme -- 9.The Silent Victory: The Cold War in the 1980s -- The Cold War Heats Up -- The 1981 Defence Review -- The `Upholder' Class -- The `Trafalgar' Class -- SSNoZ and the Follow-On SSN -- The Walker Spy Ring -- `Bearding the Bear in its lair' -- US Maritime Strategy -- Arctic Operations -- The Prince of Darkness -- The Final Act -- 10.After the Cold War: 1990 -- Today -- Uncertainty and Decline -- From Polaris to Trident -- Submarines of the Former Soviet Union -- Power Projection -- Seven Deadly Virtues -- East of Suez -- Overstretch? -- 11.And the Russians Came Too: Today and the Future -- The `Astute' Class -- Current and Future -- Threats And the Russians Came Too -- Successor -- Operation `Relentless'.

ISBN

• 9781846145803 (hbk.)
• 1846145805 (hbk.)
• 9780141973708 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

927985994

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library