The Silent Deep
  • Published: 18 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241959480
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 864
  • RRP: $45.00
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The Silent Deep

The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945

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29 Oct 2015
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18 Jul 2016
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The gripping, acclaimed history of the British submarine service, and of the men and women who hold "the franchise of the deep"

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 it remains shrouded in secrecy. Written with privileged access to documents and personnel, The Silent Deep is the first authoritative history of the British submarine service since the end of the Second World War.
  • Published: 18 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241959480
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 864
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

About the authors

Peter Hennessy

Peter Hennessy reported Whitehall for ten years, mainly for The Times, The Economist and the Financial Times. He is Professor of Contemporary History, at the University of London, and is married with two daughters. His most recent book is The Prime Minister (2000).

Praise for The Silent Deep

A tour de force, a valuable resource for naval historians and future generations to wonder at. And I can't help hoping that our current leaders will make themselves aware of some vitally significant issues that it raises.

Admiral Lord West, Spectator

The lay reader cannot fail to be absorbed by its dramatic tales of cat-and-mouse skirmishes with Soviet hunter-killer submarines, embarrassing spy scandals and lucid accounts of the Falklands War - all enlivened with first-hand testimony from the submariners themselves.

Richard Blackmore, Independent
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