{"product_id":"silent-running-my-years-on-a-world-war-ii-attack-submarine-9780471197058","title":"Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James F. Calvert\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am just one of many who experienced life on a submarine during World War II. \u003ci\u003eSilent Running\u003c\/i\u003e is a story sincerely told--free of any revisionism or cynicism--and I commend Vice Admiral Calvert for sharing this dramatic personal account of that difficult and exciting time.\" --President George Bush \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hardened old sub vet that I am, I still felt the need for two weeks R\u0026amp;R after reliving Jim's only too realistic war patrolling adventures.\" --C. W. Nimitz, Jr., Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I believe it is the best personal account yet written on U.S. submarine operations in the Second World War. [Calvert] writes with lucidity and a rare candor. We get an extraordinary sense of what it was like, feeling the tensions and emotions, sharing the successes and disappointments, ... This is a true story with teal people, always gripping and sometimes tender. It is exciting to read and hard to put down. --J. L. Holloway, Admiral, USN (Ret.) President, Naval Historical Society, Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1978.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I knew Jim Calvert Throughout the war, and in this book he has told the submarine story in a way that catches the flavor and tang of the real thing. This is the way it really was.\" --Frederick B. Warder, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) Legendary W.W. II skipper of the \u003ci\u003eSeawolf.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45116738175127,"sku":"9780471197058","price":1684.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780471197058.webp?v=1767272043","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/silent-running-my-years-on-a-world-war-ii-attack-submarine-9780471197058","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}