Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II | 
 enlarge | Author: David K. Brown
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1591140129
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.825409044
EAN: 9781591140122
ASIN: 1591140129
Publication Date: January 15, 2008
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A warship designer and well-known author of a quartet of books on British warships, David K. Brown takes a detailed look at the Allied ships, weapons, and tactics that won the submarine war in the Atlantic in this handsomely illustrated book. Beginning with the lessons learned from World War I, the author outlines inter-war developments in technology and training and describes preparations for World War II. He then examines the balance of advantage as it see-sawed between U-boats and escorts when new weapons and sensors were introduced at a rapid rate. For defending navies, the prime requirement was numbers, and Brown explains that the most pressing problem was to improve capability without sacrificing simplicity and speed of construction. The author's analyses of the resulting designs of sloops, frigates, corvettes, and destroyer escorts, and his determination of their relative effectiveness, offer insights new even to those well versed on the subject of anti-submarine warfare during the Atlantic War, a campaign that Winston Churchill famously claimed was the only one that really frightened him.
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Good But Short Read July 17, 2008
I could have hoped for about twice as much book with more info on the captains and crews. Still a good read.
for the dedicated only July 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I would reiterate and extend the comments of the other two reviewers. This book gives good coverage of British A/S dedicated ships used in the Battle of the Atlantic. Good points include the attention paid to seakeeping (long a professional concern of D K Brown), the relation made clear between weapons and the oft primitive means of controlling them and the limitations that imposed, the context of the Battle of the Atlantic, and the limitations posed by productive bottlenecks and the details of attempts to design around them. All these things are interesting and helpful to someone who already has some knowledge of the Battle of the Atlantic. As part of a library devoted to the topic, this book certainly has a place and it would be helpful for general histories on this subject to include some of the material developed here. But for or the general military history reader this work seems too specialized. In a way, this book is like a supplement or appendix to D K Browns wonderful series of books on the developement of ships for the Royal Navy.
 Not what it could have been. April 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
True, this is a book about SOME of the Atlantic Escorts of WWII. The ships that it does cover, it does very well, along with their tactics and equipment. But what happened to the "Hunts?" These were a large class of small "cheap" destroyer types, faster than the DE's but slower that the DD's. And whatever their flaws--and they were ample--they were an important part of the escort force from 1943 onwards. They certainly deserved more thah the meest mention,
Misleading book description and title March 12, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Atlantic Escorts: Ships, Weapons and Tactics in World War II is a brief and fairly comprehensive look at British and Canadian escort ships, weapons and tactics. It, however, has very liitle to say about American ships, except brief footnotes. There are no descriptions or photos of American destoyers,destroyer escorts,cutters, or escort carriers in the book,hence, I feel the books description and title are misleading. If you only interested in the British side of the pond, this is the book for you.
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