{"product_id":"emergency-deep-cold-war-missions-of-a-submarine-commander-paperback-softback-9780817362287","title":"Emergency Deep; Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817362287","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEmergency Deep\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCold War Missions of a Submarine Commander\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlfred Scott McLaren (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817362287\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 32 b\u0026amp;w figures - 2 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“The US Navy’s Submarine Force has a reputation of being the ‘Silent Service.’ This refers not only to actual operations and tactics, but also the Force’s aversion to disclosing its history. Except for well publicized voyages of endurance or exploration by early nuclear-powered submarines, the US Submarine Force has declassified very few records of Cold War submarine operations. As a result, retired US Navy Captain (ret.) Alfred Scott McLaren’s new book is a welcome addition to a growing body of Cold War submarine memoirs and unofficial histories, including two of his previous works. —\u003ci\u003eMichigan War Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eEmergency Deep\u003c\/i\u003e is authored by a highly rated, successful commander of a combat submarine in a conflict that while ‘cold’ could have gone ‘hot’ at any time. The human side—the personalities, the honest discussions of human behavior, including tension, humor, and occasional terror—are handled very well. The volume does an exceptional job of being relatable to anyone who might never get a chance to be in a virtual pressure cooker like a nuclear submarine.” —James P. Delgado, author of \u003ci\u003eWar at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSilent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEmergency Deep\u003c\/i\u003e would be of interest to anyone interested in Cold War submarine operations, as well as Arctic exploration. The chapters are brief, making this book easy to read in short sittings. The frequent references to the first nuclear submarine, USS \u003ci\u003eNautilus\u003c\/i\u003e (SSN-571), and its 1958 North Pole voyage (the first fully submerged transit under the North Pole), as well as to earlier Arctic voyages, provide useful context and reference points for the Queenfish’s journey. McLaren conveys both the stunning beauty of the Arctic and the very real dangers it contains, from blizzards to icebergs to polar bears. And while many people consider the very idea of being in a submarine claustrophobic-never mind being aboard one for weeks or months at a time—\u003ci\u003eEmergency Deep\u003c\/i\u003e increases that sense of claustrophobia by inviting the reader to imagine not just being in a submarine and underwater, but under a thick layer of ice separating the submarine and its crew from the world above.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This firsthand account reveals the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of one of the finest American submarine skippers of the Cold War, Captain Fred McLaren. McLaren possessed the rare combination of technical and nuclear knowledge and tactical-operational brilliance. His story reflects a real-life \u003ci\u003eHunt for Red October\u003c\/i\u003e.” —Scott Laidig, author of \u003ci\u003eAl Gray, Marine: The Early Years, 1950–1967, Vol. 1 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAl Gray, Marine: The Early Years, 1968–1975, Vol. 2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A superb portrayal of a senior command officer conducting some of the most daring, pioneering, exploratory, and military missions it is possible to conceive. It is the description, in part, of primary original geographic, oceanographic, and bathymetric research in some of the most challenging environments the planet has to offer and the human technology, endurance, intelligence, and creativity to match those almost unbelievable and unexplored places, all while maintaining absolute military secrecy and stealth.” —P. J. Capelotti, author of \u003ci\u003eAdventures in Archaeology: The Wreck of the Orca II and Other Explorations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “As Fred's XO during his last WESPAC deployment, I can say without a doubt he has described the trials and tribulations we went through during that period with a largely inexperienced wardroom. As a former skipper of a nuclear attack sub, I can also say he has depicted extremely well what it is like to be in command of such a vessel. Fred was a superb skipper and I have said to many, if I had to go in harm’s way as an XO, I would want it to be with Fred as skipper.” —Captain Ted A. Hamilton US Navy (RET)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eConveys in dramatic detail the high-risk, covert operations of a nuclear attack submarine during the zenith of the Cold War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Captain Alfred Scott McLaren served as commander of the USS \u003ci\u003eQueenfish\u003c\/i\u003e (SSN 651) from September 1969 to May 1973, the very height of the Cold War. As commander, McLaren led at least six major clandestine operations, including the first-ever exploration of the entire Siberian Continental Shelf: a perilous voyage detailed in his previous book \u003ci\u003eUnknown Waters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmergency Deep: Cold War Missions of a Submarine Commander\u003c\/i\u003e conveys the entire spectrum of Captain McLaren’s experiences commanding the USS \u003ci\u003eQueenfish,\u003c\/i\u003e mainly in the waters of the Russian Far East and also off Vietnam. McLaren offers a riveting and deeply human story that illuminates the intensity and pressures of commanding a nuclear attack submarine in some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Relying on his own notes and records, as well as discussions with former officers and shipmates, McLaren focuses on operational matters both great and small. He recounts his unique perspectives on attack-submarine tactics and exploratory techniques in high-risk or uncharted areas, matters of leadership and team-building and the morale of his crews, and the innumerable and often unforeseen ways his philosophy of command played out on a day-to-day basis, with consequences that ran the gamut from the mundane to the dire and life-threatening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Readers are also treated to significant new information and insight on submarine strategy, maneuvers, and culture. Such details illuminate and bring to life, with both great humor and gravitas, the intensity and pressures on those engaged in covert missions on nuclear attack submarines.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Preface \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Prologue: Change of Command \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part I. 1969 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. Prospective Commanding Officers School, Washington, DC \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Prospective Commanding Officer, USS \u003ci\u003eQueenfish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. Commanding Officer, USS \u003ci\u003eQueenfish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. The Pacific Northwest \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part II. 1970 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. First Cold War Mission \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6. Initial Patrol Area \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7. A Golf II-Class SSB \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8. An Echo II SSGN and Other Submarines Encountered \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9. Pearl Harbor to the Pacific Northwest \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 10. En Route to the Arctic Ocean \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 11. To the North Pole \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 12. Toward the Siberian Continental Shelf \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 13. Severnaya Zemlya and the Laptev Sea \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 14. Across the Laptev Sea \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 15. North of the New Siberian Islands \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 16. The Malevolent East Siberian Sea \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 17. The Chukchi Sea \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 18. Nome and the Voyage Home \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 19. Pearl Harbor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part III. 1971 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 20. Local Operations \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 21. A Cold War Mission and Preparations for WestPac \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 22. WestPac Deployment \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 23. The Big Event \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 24. Off Again! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 25. Yokosuka, Japan \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 26. Our Third Cold War Mission \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 27. Zaliv Petra Velikogo \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 28. Yokosuka Again \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 29. Yankee Station, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Guam, and Home \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part IV. The Hard Years, 1972 and 1973 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 30. Final Months in Command \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 31. The Operational Reactor Safeguards Examination \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 32. Genesis \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 33. Final Deployment to WestPac \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 34. Last Cold War Mission \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 35. Yokosuka and Hong Kong \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 36. Services to Seventh Fleet and Vietnam \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapter 37. Guam and Return to Pearl Harbor \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Suggestions for Further Reading \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702513725720,"sku":"9780817362287","price":19.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/emergency-deep-cold-war-missions-of-a-submarine-commander-paperback-softback-9780817362287","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}