Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
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基本信息·出版社：Berkley
·页码：368 页
·出版日期：2002年01月
·ISBN：0425183009
·International Standard Book Number：0425183009
·条形码：9780425183007
·EAN：9780425183007
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Tom Clancy's Military Referenc
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The best-selling novelist exposes the inner workings of the nuclear submarine, the core of America's nuclear arsenal, using previously unrevealed diagrams and photographs along with formerly top-secret information. 500,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 作者简介 Tom Clancy is the author of
The Hunt for Red October,
Red Storm Rising,
Patriot Games,
The Cardinal of the Kremlin,
Clear and Present Danger,
The Sum of All Fears,
Without Remorse,
Debt of Honor,
Executive Orders,
Rainbow Six,
The Bear and the Dragon, and
Red Rabbit. He is also the co-author of the nonfiction books
Into the Storm,
Every Man a Tiger, and
Shadow Warriors. He is the co-creator of the
Tom Clancy's Op-Center,
Tom Clancy's Power Plays, and
Tom Clancy's Net Force series.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 媒体推荐 Takes readers deeper than they've ever gone inside a nuclear submarine! --
Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 编辑推荐 Amazon.com Review Never before seen by the general public: a rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine ... with Tom Clancy as your guide. Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, for the first time, every civilian can enter this top secret world and experience the drama and excitement of this stunning technological achievement.... the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves... the startling facts behind the fiction that made Tom Clancy a #1 bestseller.
Submarine includes:
Exclusive photographs, illustration, and diagrams Mock war scenarios and weapons launch procedures An inside look at life on board, from captain to crew, from training exercises to operations The fascinating history and evolution of submarines
PLUS: Tom Clancy's controversial views on submariner tactics and training methods.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. 专业书评 From Library Journal Best-selling author Clancy's first nonfiction book is a thorough, highly detailed examination of the technology employed by U.S. nuclear attack submarines. After months of lobbying, Clancy was granted security clearance by the navy to board and photograph the nuclear powered USS Miami. Every inch of this state-of-the-art vessel is covered, from the hull, control room, and engine room nuclear reactors to the communications/electronic warfare space and torpedo bays. Clancy shows readers how all the components are made and how they work. Also included is the fascinating history and evolution of submarines and an inside look at life on board, from captain to crew. Much of the information here has only recently been declassified, and Clancy's insightful views on the future of this type of warship in the post-Cold War era are interesting as well. Recommended.
- Eric C. Shoaf, Brown Univ. Lib., Providence, R.I.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
From Kirkus Reviews Up periscope! with America's favorite armchair technowarrior, who here, with the cooperation of the Navy, takes readers deeper than they've ever gone inside a nuclear submarine. Clancy's fascination with underseas combat dates back at least as far as his debut novel, the sub-set The Hunt for Red October, and you can sense his pride and excitement as--after a brief but well-informed survey of the history of submarines and of a submariner's training- -he takes us aboard the USS Miami, an Improved Los Angeles-class boat berthed at the US Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut. Those who share Clancy's almost erotic admiration for technology won't be disappointed by the tour: ``It is easy to tell that the Miami is equipped with the Mk 32 VLS system, since it is sitting level in the water,'' he tells us at once, adding that the ``33-foot- diameter hull is...approximately 3 inches thick and composed of HNY-80 high tensile steel.'' But fans of human-interest also will find that's engaging here, as the author notes, for example, that life aboard the Miami is akin to ``a combination of living in an oversized motor home and summer camp,'' with no privacy but much esprit de corps, where sleep deprivation is a major problem but dining is ``a pleasure,'' except for the preponderance of three- bean salad and the horrid-tasting orange ``bug juice''--which however, makes ``an excellent scouring powder for cleaning floors and heads.'' Clancy follows up his tour of the Miami with a briefer one of a British sub; a rundown of various submarine missions; and glances at other countries' submarines (Sweden, it turns out, has a formidable sub force). All in all: a fast-paced silent running that will please many of the author's fans--enough, perhaps, to allow a surfacing on the bestseller lists. (Photographs and drawings throughout) -- Copyright ?1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
