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Hitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Hitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

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Hitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

by BLAIR Clay

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1997-99]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 126 plates on 48, and 2 double-page plans, 27 tables and 14 maps (8 double-page) in the text; black cloth, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid set of the most comprehensive study to date, comprising 'The Hunters 1939-1942' (1997) and 'The Hunted 1942-1945' (1999). The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, hardest-fought and most critical sea conflict in history: 'they [the U-boats] were the only thing that really frightened me' said Churchill. A study on this scale has been feasible only in the twenty years or so following the release of large official archives (the last of which principally concerned codes and code-breaking) in London and Washington. First published by Random House in New York 1996-98; the UK edition was published in far smaller numbers and in already difficult to find in this state.

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Clay Blair is the author of two dozen books that have created a permanent place in the telling of our history. These include Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan; biographies of Admiral H. G. Rickover; Generals Douglas MacArthur, Matthew B. Ridgway, and Omar N. Bradley; and John F. Kennedy; and, most recently, The Forgotten War, about Korea. He died in 1998.        

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Title
Hitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Author
BLAIR Clay
Book Condition
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Hardcover
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
Date Published
[1997-99]
Keywords
naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, us navy, german navy, kriegsmarine, u-boats, atlantic, battle of the atlantic, convoys, submarines, clay blair

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