Wolf Pack: The American Submarine Strategy That Helped Defeat Japan

This book traces the development of one of the most effective naval strategies employed by the American fleet in World War II. Steven Trent Smith recounts the behind-the-scenes struggles of the visionary US naval commanders who sought to adapt the highly effective strategy of using coordinated submarine attack groups, or "wolf-packs", first pioneered by the German Navy to devastating effect.

Smith provides vivid profiles of the major players involved and clearly explains the important technology involved. Working from survivor accounts and government documents, he recounts, in scenes packed with nail-biting undersea action, some of the most hair-raising wolf pack operations in both the European and Asian theatres of war.