Business in Great Waters : The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part I: The First Round -- 1 Free From All Scruples -- 2 The Most Formidable Thing -- 3 Engage The Enemy More Closely -- 4 Convoy Acted Like A Spell -- 5 Slack Water -- 6 Foiled Rather Than Defeated -- 7 Small Advantages -- 8 The Battle Done -- Part II: Interval -- The Insidious Submarine -- Part III: The Second Round -- 1 Dearth Of U-boats -- 2 Nothing Of Major Importance -- 3/i The Steep Atlantick -- 3/ii The Very Nadir Of British Fortunes -- 3/iii As Though The Defence Had Won -- 4 By The Narrowest Of Margins -- 5 A Roll Of Drums -- 6 The Heartbeat Of The War -- 7 We Had Lost The Battle -- 8 Unconditional Surrender -- Notes -- Appendices -- A British, American and German Naval Ranks -- B The German U-boats of World War I -- C Gross Tonnage of Merchant Shipping Lost Through Enemy Action, to 11 November, 1918 -- D Shipping and U-boat Losses 1939-45, yearly and monthly -- E U-boat Deployment in the Biscay Bases (July, 1943) -- F Shipping Losses in British Home Waters, 1939-45 -- G Analysis of U-boat Losses 1914-45 -- Select Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Aircraft -- Index of Convoys -- Index of Merchant Vessels -- Index of U-boats -- Index of Warships.

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