THE GHOST SHIPS OF ARCHANGEL: Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
de GEROUX, William
- Usado
- as new
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- As New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0525557466
- ISBN 13
- 9780525557463
- Librería
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Viking/Penguin, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photo section; B&W maps. CONDITION: What makes this book "as new?" - small remainder dot bottom edge near spine. UNREAD 2019 Viking hardcover (gray boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W era photo section plus maps. CONTENT: An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort. On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the risks, they had a better chance of survival than the rest of Convoy PQ-17, a fleet of thirty-five cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel--the limited help Roosevelt and Churchill extended to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance, even as they avoided joining the fight in Europe while the Eastern Front raged. The high-level politics that put Convoy PQ-17 in the path of the Nazis were far from the minds of the diverse crews aboard their ships. U.S. Navy Ensign Howard Carraway, aboard the SS Troubadour, was a farm boy from South Carolina and one of the many Americans for whom the convoy was to be a first taste of war; aboard the SS Ironclad, Ensign William Carter of the U.S. Navy Reserve had passed up a chance at Harvard Business School to join the Navy Armed Guard; from the Royal Navy Reserve, Lt. Leo Gradwell was given command of the HMT Ayrshire, a fishing trawler that had been converted into an antisubmarine vessel. All the while, The Ghost Ships of Archangel turns its focus on Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, playing diplomatic games that put their ships in peril.
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- pacaritambo books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003670
- Título
- THE GHOST SHIPS OF ARCHANGEL: Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
- Autor
- GEROUX, William
- Ilustrador
- B&W era photo section; B&W maps
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo As New
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- Cantidad disponible
- 3
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525557466
- ISBN 13
- 9780525557463
- Editorial
- Viking/Penguin
- Fecha de publicación
- 2019
- Palabras clave
- World War II, Soviet-American war relations, Naval operations, Naval convoy, Supply ships, ? 0525557466, World War I history, US Naval history, Navy history,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Adult & Young Adult; American History: US Navy; American History: World War II;
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