Hellions of the Deep : The Development of American Torpedoes in World War II

Ultimately, World War II was the first war won by technology, but within only a few weeks after the war began the U.S. Navy realized its torpedo program was a failure. This book tells the dramatic story of how Navy planners threw aside the careful procedures of peacetime science & initiated radical researchÓ: gathering together America's best scientists & engineers in huge research centers & giving them freedom of experimentation to create sophisticated weaponry with a single goal -- winning the war. Gannon conducted hundreds of interviews which reveal that this research was, for many, the most exciting period of their lives. Illustrations.Gannon, Robert is the author of 'Hellions of the Deep : The Development of American Torpedoes in World War II', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788198267 and ISBN 0788198262.