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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Chris DubbsPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780803271661ISBN 10: 0803271662 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 November 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The First U-Boats in America 2. They Are Here at Last 3. Fighting the U-Boats 4. Delivered into Allied Hands 5. Selling Bonds 6. The First Submarine on the Great Lakes 7. The Epic Voyage of UB-88 8. The Sinkings 9. Rediscovering the U-Boats Epilogue Appendix Bibliographic EssayReviewsI couldn't put this book down. America's U-Boats is a fast-moving narrative, expertly crafted by a gifted writer, and it tells the story of an especially compelling forgotten chapter of the Great War and its aftermath. - Steven Trout, author of On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941 Chris Dubbs addresses an overlooked area of World War I cultural history, American fascination with German submarines during and after the war when the United States used confiscated U-boats to sell war bonds. In this captivating book, Dubbs displays a keen sense of irony and compelling ability to tell a story. - Celia M. Kingsbury, author of For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front In this excellent work Chris Dubbs offers an evocative portrait of how the German U-boat captured the American imagination in World War I, defining the Germans as a ruthless enemy in possession of superior military technology that both repulsed and fascinated Americans throughout the twentieth century. - Jennifer D. Keene, author of Doughboys, the Great War and The Remaking of America [America's U-Boats is] a great tale of daring German and American submariners, the employment of innovative technology, and a curious American public. -Colonel John J. Abbatiello, Naval History -- Colonel John J. Abbatiello Naval History All those readers who are interested in submarines will find much to enjoy in America's U-boats. -Roger D. Cunningham, Journal of America's Military Past -- Roger D. Cunningham Journal of America's Military Past With a lively narrative and superb illustrations, this concise account of an unusual naval operation, and its strategic consequences, deserves a wide readership. -Simon Bellamy, Naval Review -- Simon Bellamy Naval Review In America's U-Boats, Dubbs brings attention to the ships by skillfully weaving the history of American attitudes towards German U-boats into a straightforward yet suspenseful account of America's terror trophies. -Alanna Casey, Sea History -- Alanna Casey Sea History I couldn't put this book down. America's U-Boats is a fast-moving narrative, expertly crafted by a gifted writer, and it tells the story of an especially compelling forgotten chapter of the Great War and its aftermath. -Steven Trout, author of On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941 -- Steven Trout Chris Dubbs addresses an overlooked area of World War I cultural history, American fascination with German submarines during and after the war when the United States used confiscated U-boats to sell war bonds. In this captivating book, Dubbs displays a keen sense of irony and compelling ability to tell a story. -Celia M. Kingsbury, author of For Home and Country: World War I Propaganda on the Home Front -- Celia M. Kingsbury [America's U-Boats is] a great tale of daring German and American submariners, the employment of innovative technology, and a curious American public. -Colonel John J. Abbatiello, Naval History -- Colonel John J. Abbatiello Naval History All those readers who are interested in submarines will find much to enjoy in America's U-boats. -Roger D. Cunningham, Journal of America's Military Past -- Roger D. Cunningham Journal of America's Military Past With a lively narrative and superb illustrations, this concise account of an unusual naval operation, and its strategic consequences, deserves a wide readership. -Simon Bellamy, Naval Review -- Simon Bellamy Naval Review In America's U-Boats, Dubbs brings attention to the ships by skillfully weaving the history of American attitudes towards German U-boats into a straightforward yet suspenseful account of America's terror trophies. -Alanna Casey, Sea History -- Alanna Casey Sea History America's U-boats is an important book for naval warfare professionals and submariners. -William Bundy, Naval War College Review -- William Bundy Naval War College Review I couldn't put this book down. America's U-Boats is a fast-moving narrative, expertly crafted by a gifted writer, and it tells the story of an especially compelling forgotten chapter of the Great War and its aftermath. -Steven Trout, author of On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919-1941 -- Steven Trout In this excellent work Chris Dubbs offers an evocative portrait of how the German U-boat captured the American imagination in World War I, defining the Germans as a ruthless enemy in possession of superior military technology that both repulsed and fascinated Americans throughout the twentieth century. --Jennifer D. Keene, author of Doughboys, the Great War and The Remaking of America --Jennifer D. Keene (02/26/2014) Author InformationChris Dubbs is the director of grants at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He has published five nonfiction books, including, with Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight (Nebraska, 2011). 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