Pursuit: The Sinking Of The Bismarck
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In May 1941, the most powerful battleship ever launched by the German Navy slipped into the North Atlantic — and the Royal Navy moved heaven and earth to send her to the bottom. Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismarck chronicles the dramatic eight-day chase that gripped the world, from the Bismarck's devastating destruction of HMS Hood — pride of the British fleet — to her final, defiant last stand against an overwhelming armada of Allied warships. Ludovic Kennedy reconstructs the hunt with breathtaking immediacy, drawing on firsthand accounts from survivors on both sides to place the reader squarely on the rolling, spray-lashed decks of ships locked in mortal combat. Kennedy, himself a former Royal Navy officer, brings an insider's authority and a journalist's sharp eye to this definitive account, presenting the Bismarck's pursuit not merely as a naval engagement but as a profound human drama of courage, command decisions made under fire, and the terrible arithmetic of war at sea. His narrative illuminates the strategic stakes — had the Bismarck broken free into the open Atlantic, Allied supply lines could have been catastrophically disrupted — while never losing sight of the individual men caught in the maelstrom. A masterwork of narrative history that raises urgent questions about duty, fate, and the fine line between triumph and annihilation, Pursuit remains the benchmark account of one of the most spectacular naval encounters of the Second World War.
Author: Ludovic Kennedy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, BCA
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
In May 1941, the most powerful battleship ever launched by the German Navy slipped into the North Atlantic — and the Royal Navy moved heaven and earth to send her to the bottom. Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismarck chronicles the dramatic eight-day chase that gripped the world, from the Bismarck's devastating destruction of HMS Hood — pride of the British fleet — to her final, defiant last stand against an overwhelming armada of Allied warships. Ludovic Kennedy reconstructs the hunt with breathtaking immediacy, drawing on firsthand accounts from survivors on both sides to place the reader squarely on the rolling, spray-lashed decks of ships locked in mortal combat. Kennedy, himself a former Royal Navy officer, brings an insider's authority and a journalist's sharp eye to this definitive account, presenting the Bismarck's pursuit not merely as a naval engagement but as a profound human drama of courage, command decisions made under fire, and the terrible arithmetic of war at sea. His narrative illuminates the strategic stakes — had the Bismarck broken free into the open Atlantic, Allied supply lines could have been catastrophically disrupted — while never losing sight of the individual men caught in the maelstrom. A masterwork of narrative history that raises urgent questions about duty, fate, and the fine line between triumph and annihilation, Pursuit remains the benchmark account of one of the most spectacular naval encounters of the Second World War.