The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin

by Derek Woolner and Peter Yule

Book Overview

A unique and outstanding military and industrial achievement, the Collins class submarine project was also plagued with difficulties and mired in politics. Its story is one of heroes and villains, grand passions, intrigue, lies, spies and backstabbing. It is as well a story of enormous commitment and resolve to achieve what many thought impossible. The building of these submarines was Australia's largest, most expensive and most controversial military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107627761
• ISBN13: 9781107627765
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"