Bibliograph

Going deep, John Philip Holland and the invention of the attack submarine, Lawrence Goldstone

Type

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Going deep, John Philip Holland and the invention of the attack submarine, Lawrence Goldstone

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-368) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Going deep

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

987479009

Responsibility statement

Lawrence Goldstone

Sub title

John Philip Holland and the invention of the attack submarine

Summary

A history of the controversial attack sub traces the story of the submarine's invention, exploring how self-taught innovator John Philip Holland's obsession with the idea of controlled undersea navigation led to decades of skepticism, setbacks, and innovation

Table Of Contents

Death from below -- Blurred beginnings -- Made in America -- An American in Paris -- Stars and bars -- Entr'acte: a fictional interlude -- For an independent Ireland -- The Fenian Ram -- Competition from the clergy -- Treading water -- Chasing the carrot -- Challengers -- Uneasy neighbors -- Argonaut -- The plunge -- Shedding ballast -- King's gambit accepted -- A new skipper -- Joining the Navy -- Bottom fishing -- Displacement -- Counterstrike -- Proxy war -- Skewed competition -- A warship in search of a war -- Holland without Holland -- Excessive ballast -- The new class -- Suicide squeeze -- Going deep

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