Title The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America / Ed Offley.

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New York : Basic Books, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (321 pages)
Note	Print version record.
Summary	The untold story of two men?an American pilot and a German U-boat commander?whose clash off the coast of North Carolina brought the horrors of World War II to American shores.
Contents	Introduction: The Battle Offshore; 1. Preparing to Fight; 2. The Gathering Storm; 3. First Moves; 4. War in the Ether; 5. Operation Drumbeat; 6. Horrific Losses; 7. Paranoia; 8. Unprepared Defenders; 9. To America, with Mines; 10. The War Comes Home; 11. Hunter and Hunted; 12. The Ordeal; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-296) and index.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean.
	Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Submarines (Ships) -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
	Atlantic Coast (U.S.) -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
	History -- Military -- Naval.
	History -- Military -- World War II.
	United States -- History -- 20th century.
	HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	Military operations, Naval -- German. (OCoLC)fst01710247
	Military operations, Naval -- Submarine. (OCoLC)fst01710248
	Submarines (Ships) (OCoLC)fst01136645
	Atlantic Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01240722
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
	United States -- Atlantic Coast. (OCoLC)fst01240719
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Naval history. (OCoLC)fst01411632
Other Form:	Print version: Offley, Ed. Burning Shore : How Hitler's U-Boats Brought World War II to America. New York : Basic Books, ©2014 9780465029617
Standard No.	YBP11644924
ISBN	9780465080694 (electronic bk.)
	0465080693 (electronic bk.)
	9780465029617 (hardback)
	0465029612 (hardback)

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