{"product_id":"from-julietts-to-yasens-alejandro-a-vilches-alarc-n-9781915070685","title":"From Julietts to Yasens: Development and Operational History of Soviet Nuclear-Powered Cruise-Missile Submarines, 1958-2022","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Vilches Alarc has done an excellent job of telling a complex story in a compact format without sacrificing quality.\"--National Maritime Historical Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the aftermath of the Second World War, the Soviet Union embarked upon the rebuilding of its naval forces for a new era of naval warfare; one dominated by Western nuclear-armed aircraft carriers that posed an existential threat to the USSR. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne solution to the problems facing the Soviet Navy was to develop submarines armed with large, heavy, long-range stand-off anti-ship cruise missiles. These unique combinations of platforms and weapons systems would come to pose a threat that forced the US Navy to adapt its own naval strategy and equipment to counter them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhile never used in anger in their intended role, life aboard these submarines could be extremely hazardous for their crews, with a number of accidents - including the total loss of boats such as the Kursk - claiming many lives. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Julietts to Yasens\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive history of the design of the SSG and SSGN submarines, their weapons systems, and service history from the 1950s through to the present day, and includes details of the numerous accidents and incidents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis volume is illustrated with many black and white and color photographs, and specially commission artworks of the submarines, the missiles they carried, and the men who crewed them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alejandro A. Vilches Alarc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915070686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915070685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helion \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.50h x 8.10w x 0.20d","brand":"Alejandro A. Vilches Alarc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052737949951,"sku":"9781915070685","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b24f53f-063a-4cb9-9aab-440c993efa28.jpg?v=1685020465","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-julietts-to-yasens-alejandro-a-vilches-alarc-n-9781915070685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}