Description
Book SynopsisThe first book to capture and preserve the inside story of the exclusive brotherhood that manned the front lines of the Cold War. Featuring interviews from seventeen veteran submariners, Standing Watch offers the perspective of the submariners themselves - lending them a voice and paying homage to their service.
Trade ReviewReaders will be amazed by the interesting and engaging description of the dangerous and uncertain nature of submarine service. Leung reminds us that someone always stands the watch protecting our nation, its global interests and our democratic values.
Standing Watch left me wanting to learn more and enhanced my appreciation for the men and women in today's submarine force."" - Regina T. Akers, historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, DC
""As a career US Cold War submariner with a huge submarine library, I feel comfortable in saying that
Standing Watch is the first book to my knowledge to examine the perceptions of the effect of the Cold War on junior US Submarine Force personnel."" - Alfred S. McLaren, author of
Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651)Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Adventure’s Beginning
- Chapter 2. Underway
- Chapter 3. A Unique Culture
- Chapter 4. Fighting the War
- Chapter 5. Foreigner
- Chapter 6. Looking Back
- Epilogue: Parting Legacies
- Appendix A: Biographical Information
- Appendix B: US Submarine Losses (Cold War)
- Appendix C: Common US Navy Rates and Ranks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
