Journal article
Democracy in a drum: Social relations on American submarines during the Second World War
War & Society, Vol.24(2), pp.23-33
2005
Abstract
Describing life on a us submarine war patrol, one veteran submariner enlists the reader to, 'imagine yourself crammed inside a cold, clammy, inescapable steel cylinder with eighty-five smelly souls for a period of thirty-to-sixty days'. l For most people it is not an inviting image, and yet submarine service during the Second World War evokes a certain glamour. As a fighting unit submarine crews were seen as in some ways unique...
Details
- Title
- Democracy in a drum: Social relations on American submarines during the Second World War
- Authors/Creators
- M. Sturma (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- War & Society, Vol.24(2), pp.23-33
- Publisher
- Maney Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005542817407891
- Copyright
- © 2005 The University of New South Wales
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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