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THE Allied peoples, to whom the defeat of the German submarine campaign has meant so much, cannot fail to be interested in the means by which that defeat was consummated. Hitherto they have had to rely on scraps of information—perhaps true, perhaps not—whispered in the ear or appearing furtively in the Press. An urgent demand undoubtedly exists for a comprehensive statement of the case. Lieut. Domville-Fife has given us that—and more. His book is full of romance as well as of facts. The victory over the submarine was won, not by any sovereign remedy for their depredations, or by a single weapon invincible in attacking them, but by the cumulative effect of a multitude of devices, each itself imperfect, but employed systematically and in spite of numerous failures. To which must be added— and the author gives this its proper proportion by telling actual incidents in a fine literary style—the bravery and pertinacity of the men on the ships.
Submarine Warfare of To-day.
By Lieut. Charles W. Domville-Fife. (Science of To-day Series.) Pp. 304. (London: Seeley, Service, and Co., Ltd., 1920.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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Submarine Warfare of To-day . Nature 105, 36 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105036a0
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