About the Author

Norman Polmar is an analyst, consultant, and author specializing in naval, aviation, and science and technology issues. He has been a consultant or advisor on naval-related issues to three U.S. senators, the Speaker of the House, and the Deputy Counselor to the President, as well as to the director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has written or coauthored more than 50 published books and numerous articles on naval, aviation, technology, and intelligence subjects. Dr. Edward Whitman studied electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later earned a Ph.D. in that subject from the University of Maryland, USA. His Navy civilian career lasted nearly 40 years and included senior management positions with the U.S. Sixth Fleet, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Navy Secretariat, and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. Following his Navy retirement in 1998, Dr. Whitman was for five years the Senior Editor of the U.S. submarine community's magazine, Undersea Warfare.

Reviews

"The second volume of Hunters and Killers completes the most in-depth history of ASW ever published...and is a critically important and core addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university nautical military history collections in general, and submarine warfare supplemental studies reading lists in particular." -The Midwest Book Review "The second book of this two-volume series begins at the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic, when Allied efforts forced the U-boats to withdraw from the North Atlantic. With cryptologic breakthroughs, growing numbers of escort and long-range patrol aircraft, and new weapons and tactics, the Allied anti-submarine turned the tide of battle. After World War II, the book turns to the Cold War and examines the anti-submarine warfare developments this confrontation inspired." -Sea Technology Magazine "In the Pacific theater, Polmar and Whitman consider the often-overlooked ASW advances that the Japanese made during World War II. Their detailed narrative includes extensive antisubmarine aspects of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Falklands Conflict and considers ASW developments into the early 21st century." - Proceedings