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Effective Weapon
As a former submariner I enjoyed this book immensely. I could not put it down until I finished it and want to thank my friend and son in law, Stan Myers for giving me this book. In addition to it's publication year 1928 concendincal to my birth year, it's history regarding the use of this weapon of war was astonishing. Having served with shipmates who remember the loss of world war two shipmates because of faulty torpedoes, I am at a loss to understand why this country, after defeating the Germans in world war one, did not research the German torpedoes design in 1928. It was without a doubt, according to this book, a very effective weapon. At the start of WW2 our submarine force was at a very sever disadvantage because of faulty weapons. Im at a loss to understand this and I will make every effort possible to have this book read by current and past submariners.

vivid recreation of exploits of WWI U-boat captains
This is more of a commentary than a review. The book holds a special interest for me, as my mother, Josephine Lehman, worked for Lowell Thomas between 1926 and 1931 and crossed the Atlantic twice in 1927 and 1928 to interview the German U-boat captains featured in this book. Her diary and letters expand on her experiences in Germany and England, as she searched out her men. I want to correct the obvious and common assumption that Lowell Thomas did the research and interviewing; he did not. Lehman was a ghost writer, and while LT credited her for her work personally, ghost writers did not get their name up front with the well-known authors at that time. I am pointing this out for the sake of historial accuracy, and because this work was done by a young woman who had carved out an exceptional career for herself at a time just shortly after women received the vote. This should add to the interest of any who read this book, which deserved to be reissued as the first world war fades from memory. Especially interesting for readers living on the eastern seaboard is the chapter about the series of U-boat attacks off the New Jersey shore during June 1918 -- the interaction between the German commanders and the prisoners they took on board after sinking their sailing ships describes a form of "chivalrous" warfare long gone. Amusing too. Read it and see what happens when the two New England sea captains, both prisoners, meet.