Iron Men and Tin Fish

Iron Men and Tin Fish
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Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
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ISBN-10 : 1591146232
ISBN-13 : 9781591146230
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Book Synopsis Iron Men and Tin Fish by : Anthony Newpower

Download or read book Iron Men and Tin Fish written by Anthony Newpower and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to deal exclusively with the failure of the Mark XIV torpedo during the first two years of the American effort in World War II, this study combines analysis of the technological and bureaucratic problems with riveting accounts of combat to provide a new interpretation of the failure and the Navy's response to it.


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