Sub Culture, John Medhurst
Sub Culture, John Medhurst
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Sub Culture
The Many Lives of the Submarine

Author: John Medhurst

Narrator: Jonathan Cowley

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/30/2022


Synopsis

A deep dive into the significance of submarines, across everything from warfare and politics to literature and film.

Sub Culture explores the crucial role of the submarine in modern history, its contribution to scientific progress and maritime exploration, and how it has been portrayed in art, literature, fantasy, and film. Ranging from the American Civil War to the destruction of the Russian submarine Kursk in 2000, the book examines the submarine's activities in the First and Second World Wars, the Cold War, and in covert operations and marine exploration to the present day. Citing the submarine, particularly the nuclear submarine, as both ultimate deterrent and doomsday weapon, Sub Culture examines how its portrayal in popular culture has reinforced, and occasionally undermined, the military and political agendas of the nation-states that deploy it.

About John Medhurst

John Medhurst lives in East Sussex, and is a policy officer for one of the United Kingdom's largest trade unions, as well as executive director of the UK Labour Research Department. His books include No Less Than Mystic: A History of the Russian Revolution for a Twenty-First Century Left.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott

Very good book. I highly recommend it. S-......more

Goodreads review by Fred

It's alright. I picked it up thinking it would have at least something about the culture and experience of people in the world of submarines. Instead it's almost all about treatment of military submarines in movies. You can sum it up pretty easily: "watch Das Boot." The book itself isn't bad, really......more