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03699aam a22006258i 4500 001 BB7D3C6CC6D111E8B1BC915097128E48 003 SILO 005 20181003010030 008 180412s2018 ctu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018017912 020 $a 0819578355 020 $a 9780819578358 035 $a (OCoLC)1030394911 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a l------ $a e-gx--- $a n-us-ct $a l------ 050 00 $a D590 $b .M36 2018 082 00 $a 940.4/5160973 $2 23 100 1 $a Manstan, Roy R., $e author. 245 14 $a The listeners : $b U-boat hunters during the Great War / $c Roy R. Manstan. 246 30 $a U-boat hunters during the Great War 263 $a 1809 264 1 $a Middletown CT : $b Wesleyan University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xii, 336 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 0 $a Garnet books 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface: Submarine warfare / its genesis in Connecticut -- Introduction: The war to end all wars -- Part 1. 1914-1916 -- Predator and prey -- The Firth of Forth -- Sighs of a lovesick mermaid -- Hunting submarines from shore -- A game of hide and seek -- Lusitania -- America awakens -- Preparing for the inevitable -- Part 2. 1917 -- America enters the war -- Crossing the Atlantic -- The first tentative steps -- Physics pure and simple -- A sound detector of exceeding delicacy -- From the laboratory to sea -- Matters of life and death -- A "probable" first kill -- Part 3. 1918 -- Coldest winter on record -- The Naval Reserve Flying Corps -- Listeners in the sky -- The crazy American; U-boats beware -- Invisible light and other magic -- U-boats westward to America -- America eastward to the war -- Listeners at the front and armistice -- Epilogue: the war that did not end all wars. 520 $a "Tells the story of the emergence of the submarine in 1914, its impact on warfare, and the efforts to combat it."--Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a United States Naval Engineering Experiment Station $x History. 610 27 $a United States Naval Engineering Experiment Station. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01446045 611 27 $a World War (1914-1918) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180746 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Submarine. $x Submarine. 650 0 $a Anti-submarine warfare $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $z New London. $z New London. 650 0 $a Hydrophone $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Submarines (Ships) $z Germany $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Aerial operations. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Campaigns $z Atlantic Ocean. 650 7 $a Anti-submarine warfare. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810366 650 7 $a Hydrophone. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00965253 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 650 7 $a Military operations, Aerial. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710198 650 7 $a Military operations, Naval $x Submarine. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710248 650 7 $a Submarines (Ships) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01136645 651 7 $a Atlantic Ocean. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01240722 651 7 $a Connecticut $z New London. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205494 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Manstan, Roy R., author. $t Listeners $d Middletown CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2018] $z 9780819578372 $w (DLC) 2018020180 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20181003012439.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BB7D3C6CC6D111E8B1BC915097128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search