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Автор Алекс Кершоу
Table of Contents
PART ONE - The Last Patrol
Chapter 1 - Thunder Below
Chapter 2 - The Bravest Man
Chapter 3 - The Most Dangerous Mission
Chapter 4 - The Greatest Patrol
Chapter 5 - Battle Royal
PART TWO - Escape from the Deep
Chapter 6 - The Deep
Chapter 7 - The Terrible Hours
Chapter 8 - Blow and Go
Chapter 9 - The Last Attempt
PART THREE - Captivity
Chapter 10 - Guests of the Japanese
Chapter 11 - Torture Farm
Chapter 12 - The Coldest Winter
Chapter 13 - The Last Stretch
Chapter 14 - Liberation
PART FOUR - Back from the Deep
Chapter 15 - Back from the Deep
Chapter 16 - To the Last Man
PRAISE FOR
“Alex Kershaw’s latest page-turner tells the riveting story of the maverick skipper, courageous crew, and destiny of the USS
, arguably the Navy’s most legendary WWII sub . . . A raconteur whose other WWII books include
and
, Kershaw has a screenwriter’s style that’s most intimate and spellbinding in portraying the trapped survivors’ nightmare inside the
180 feet below, and their history-making escape that landed them in yet another nightmare as prisoners of war. ”
“[A] spellbinding saga. . . . Relying on interviews with survivors and oral histories, and writing with his customary verve, Kershaw delivers another memorable tale of uncommon courage.
“A gripping, novelistic account of the U. S. submarine
’s tragic final patrol. . . . Kershaw’s action-packed, character-driven narrative of this extraordinary crew’s exploits concludes with a poignant wrap-up of the survivors’ later years. Reads like the best suspense fiction. ”
“Writing purposefully about The War and showing the normalcy that preceded it . . . [Kershaw has] enriched our macro understanding of Armageddon by focusing on the micro, the particular, the individual. Kudos!”
“Kershaw has researched exhaustively .
. . and written compactly the portrait of nine Americans who rose to heroism and of a ship that well deserved its status—it was the most successful combat sub in the Pacific theater—as a legend in the naval history of World War II. ”“[A] gripping submarine saga. . . . Told in action adventure prose . . .
moves crisply from scene to scene, shifting points of view and time sequences to keep the survival narrative front and center. . . . Kershaw does a good job of honoring an interesting subsection of the Greatest Generation. ”
“An incredible survival story told in a fast-paced style. It has all the action of a Stephen Spielberg film. ”
“This harrowing story of one sub’s deadly fate is an eloquent tribute to the extraordinary courage of the sailors of the silent service. ”
“Kershaw’s meticulous work turns this piece of historical non-fiction into an adventure story of rare color and depth. ”
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