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Author: Alexander Rose
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.560kg
ISBN: 9780316564472
ISBN 10: 0316564478
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 12 June 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
""Phantom Fleet is a thrilling account of one of the most improbable success stories of World War II. The courage, resourcefulness, brilliance, and determination of the men who defeated the Nazis' submarine threat and captured U-505 is breathtaking. In Rose's able hands, the enthralling story gets the telling it so richly deserves.""--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution ""Alexander Rose deftly uses a single extraordinary incident--the U.S. Navy's capture of a German U-boat at sea in 1944--to tell the broader story of the U-boat war in World War II. Rose writes in a lively and at times even conversational style, which makes for fast and easy reading, but his intricate knowledge of the strategies, weaponry, and personalities on both sides of the U-boat war shines through on every page. Phantom Fleet is a rare book that will satisfy both casual readers and hardcore military history buffs.""--William Geroux, author of The Ghost Ships of Archangel and The Fifteen ""A heart-pounding narrative of the U.S. Navy's clandestine hunt for and ultimate capture of a Nazi U-boat. Using a kaleidoscope of voices and sources, Alexander Rose drops readers into one of the most dramatic stories of World War II. More than just an excellent history, Phantom Fleet is a page-turning thriller.""--James M. Scott, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Black Snow, Rampage, and Target Tokyo ""Alexander Rose tells the fascinating story of a submarine heist that never should have worked, with outstanding detail and a style that draws you into his vivid portraits of both frontline sailors and naval leaders. Phantom Fleet is a book you'll be glad you picked up.""--Gregory A. Freeman, author of The Forgotten 500 and Sailors to the End ""Phantom Fleet has as much propulsion and panache as the daring mission it recounts. Alexander Rose tells this cat-and-mouse story with the confidence of a writer in total command of his material. Strap in for an incredible wartime adventure tale.""--Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time
Author Information
Alexander Rose is the author of numerous books, including The Lion & The Fox, Empires of the Sky, Men of War, American Rifle, and the New York Times-bestselling Washington's Spies, which was adapted into the AMC drama series Turn: Washington's Spies, for which he served as a writer/producer. He writes the Spionage Substack and his website is www.alexrose.com.
