The War Below

A "beautifully researched and masterfully told" account of the US submarine force that helped win World War II in the Pacific (New York Timesbestselling author Alex Kershaw).

Focusing on the unique stories of three of the war's top submarinesSilversides, Drum, and TangThe War Below vividly re-creates the camaraderie, exhilaration, and fear of the brave volunteers who took the fight to the enemy's coastline in World War II. Award-winning journalist James Scott recounts incredible feats of couragefrom an emergency appendectomy performed with kitchen utensils to sailors' desperate struggle to escape from a flooded submarineas well as moments of unimaginable tragedy, including an attack on an unmarked enemy freighter carrying 1,800 American prisoners of war.

Facing devastating oddsa submarine crewman was six times more likely to die than a sailor onboard a surface shipthese brave men accomplished their mission: Silversides, Drum, and Tang sank a combined sixty-two freighters, tankers, and transports. In retaliation, the Japanese often beat, tortured, and starved captured submariners in the atrocious prisoner of war camps.

Based on more than 100 interviews with submarine veterans and thousands of pages of previously unpublished letters and diaries, The War Below lets readers experience the battle for the Pacific as never before.

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