The burning shore: how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America 9780465080694, 0465080693

The untold story of two men?an American pilot and a German U-boat commander?whose clash off the coast of North Carolina

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English Pages 321 pages Year 2014

Table of contents :
Introduction: The Battle Offshore
1. Preparing to Fight
2. The Gathering Storm
3. First Moves
4. War in the Ether
5. Operation Drumbeat
6. Horrific Losses
7. Paranoia
8. Unprepared Defenders
9. To America, with Mines
10. The War Comes Home
11. Hunter and Hunted
12. The Ordeal
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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