{"product_id":"9781682475607-duel-in-the-deep","title":"Duel in the Deep","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hunters, the Hunted, and a High Seas Fight to the Finish\u003cbr\u003eWeaves high-stakes strategy and lethal gamesmanship with poignant human backstories, pounding air\/surface\/subsurface action and wrenching sacrifice. A seasoned author, widely published military historian and former US Navy officer portrays a rousing high-seas showdown.\u003cbr\u003eIn Autumn 1943 the Battle of the Atlantic, World War II’s longest seagoing campaign, reached a new crescendo. Anti-submarine aircraft and ships using new tactics, technologies, and weaponry dominated a seascape where German U-boats once ruled supreme. But then unexpectedly, in eerie, mid-ocean darkness, an elemental hull-to-deck, sailor-to-submariner duel erupted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On Halloween Eve, U.S. Navy destroyer \u003ci\u003eBorie\u003c\/i\u003e, an outmoded, thin-skinned “tin can” of World War I vintage, set out alone to track down an elusive U-boat. Borie had thus far toiled in the war’s backwaters, her crew of young reservists anxious to prove its mettle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When \u003ci\u003eBorie\u003c\/i\u003e trapped U-405 on the surface, that chance arrived. As \u003ci\u003eBorie’s\u003c\/i\u003e deck guns unleashed withering fire and U-405’s skipper angled his submarine to launch torpedoes, \u003ci\u003eBorie’s\u003c\/i\u003e young skipper—a salesman in civilian life--resorted to the original (and once the only) means of sinking a submarine: ramming, full speed ahead, consequences be damned. Borie’s slashing collision with U-405 ignited a swashbuckling, no-holds-barred brawl of cannons, machine guns, small arms, and even knives and spent shell casings. In the wreckage-strewn aftermath, desperate sailors on both sides fought for survival in a heaving, frigid, unforgiving sea. Duel in the Deep weaves together high-stakes strategy and lethal gamesmanship with poignant human backstories, pounding air\/surface\/subsurface action, epic heroism, and wrenching sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A former U.S. Navy officer and “tin can” veteran—now a seasoned, widely published and highly acclaimed military historian—portrays a rousing high-seas showdown reminiscent of fighting in the age of sail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41057244282977,"sku":"9781682475607","price":28.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33582240.jpg?v=1748579849","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781682475607-duel-in-the-deep","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}