Subs and Submariners Author:Arch Whitehouse The Brave men and Gallant Ships of the Silent Service, Today the submarine with its nuclear plant, it missle-releasing capacity, its mobility- and above all, its extraordinar, brilliantly skilled officers and crew- is probably our prime military weapon. Here, a leading writer on the men and weapons of war tells the compelling saga of the submari... more »ne and submariners, from its ill-starred beginnings to the heroic and devastating exploits of World War II. Here are true war adventures in the fabled "Silent Service" that surpass the best of war fiction.« less