Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II ISBN:1416591109 Author:Snow, Richard Publisher:Scribner Release Date:2010 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Collectible: Very Good Sku: 2339072 Notes: First edition. Spine cocked, remainder mark. 2010 Hard Cover. x, 353 pp. Of all the threats that faced his country in World War II, Winston Churchill said, just one really scared him--what he called the "measureless peril" of the German U-boat campaign. In that global conflagration, only one battle--the struggle for the Atlantic--lasted from the very first hours of the conflict to its final day. Hitler knew that victory depended on controlling the sea-lanes where American food and fuel and weapons flowed to the Allies. At the start, U-boats patrolled a few miles off the eastern seaboard, savagely attacking scores of defenseless passenger ships and merchant vessels while hastily converted American cabin cruisers and fishing boats vainly tried to stop them. Before long, though, the United States was ramping up what would be the greatest production of naval vessels the world had ever known. Then the battle became a thrilling cat-and-mouse game between the quickly built U.S. warships and the ever-more cunning and lethal U-boats. The historian Richard Snow captures all the drama of the merciless contest at every level, from the doomed sailors on an American freighter defying a German cruiser, to the amazing Allied attempts to break the German naval codes, to Winston Churchill pressing Franklin Roosevelt to join the war months before Pearl Harbor (and FDR?s shrewd attempts to fight the battle alongside Britain while still appearing to keep out of it). Inspired by the collection of letters that his father sent his mother from the destroyer escort he served aboard, Snow brings to life the longest continuous battle in modern times. With its vibrant prose and fast-paced action, A Measureless Peril is an immensely satisfying account that belongs on the small shelf of the finest histories ever written about World War II. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: Measureless Peril : America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II
Item Length: 9in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Richard Snow
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Military
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 19.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
