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United States and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II, 4th ed. Summary:
  By John D. Alden, Craig R. Mcdonald 
Publisher:   McFarland 
Number Of Pages:   376 
Publication Date:   2009-09-28 
ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0786442131 
ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780786442133 
Product Description: 
Here is a comprehensive accounting of all United States and allied submarine attacks on the Japanese for which success was claimed or occurred. The expanded coverage focuses on successes by U.S. and British and Dutch submarines in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Soviet submarines, and losses caused by mines laid by submarines. The book also includes details from top-secret "Ultra" messages decoded during the war and recently translated documents that provide correct Japanese ship names, ship type and tonnage, convoy names, human loss numbers and other attack details, as well as a military evaluation of each attack.

Summary: Review by Stonebooks.com (Military books) Rating: 5 
Everyone seems to agree Axis Submarine Successes of World War II by Jurgen Rohwer is the ultimate published source for attacks and sinkings by German, Italian, and Japanese subs during 1939-1945. The original version, published in 1983, was updated in a new edition in 1999, and that's the current gold standard on the subject. Although the second edition improved the reliability of data, the overall structure and organization remained unchanged. On the other hand, the original Naval Institute Press version of Alden's book, U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II, published in 1989, has undergone more of a transformation. Now in its fourth edition, and with a slightly different title, Alden's book includes much more data, features an improved layout, and now appears to be the ultimate guide to the topic. While the 1989 edition included a great deal of information, much of it was flagged as uncertain or contradictory, and there appeared to be some holes in the data. Those issues don't dog the latest version, although Alden himself cautions that, especially in regard to translated Japanese material that has come to him second- or third-hand, room remains for improvement. How did Alden reach this point? He explains that after his first edition was published by NIP a number of researchers from around the globe began to assist him. Based on that work, an updated edition of 110 copies was self-published in 1999. Following more research and an update to a new database management system, a private third edition of a dozen copies was distributed to a select group of associates. The latest version includes even more information from Japanese sources and brings the book to a new level of accuracy and completeness. Alden writes in the Preface: The primary objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive list of all U.S. submarine attacks for which success was claimed (or was later found to have occurred), together with corresponding information on Japanese and other ship losses during the war. In the interest of completeness, the record has been expanded to include the few attacks made by U.S. submarines in the Atlantic, the attacks made by British and Dutch submarines operating in the Pacific and Indian oceans, those made by Soviet submarines late in the war, and casualties caused by mines laid in the Far Eastern areas by U.S. and Allied submarines. Much of the basic information herein was published in 1989 in my book U.S. Submarine Attacks During World War II (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute). As I noted in the preface to that volume, it was "by no means ... the final word on the achievements of U.S. and Allied submarines" during the war. In fact, the objective was to "facilitate the work of future researchers by providing a handy compilation of the data recorded by others, including those entries that have turned out to be false leads in the search for the truth."

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