Democracy in a drum: Social relations on American submarines during the Second World War
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Sturma, M. (2005) Democracy in a drum: Social relations on American submarines during the Second World War. War & Society, 24 (2). pp. 23-33.
Link to Published Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/072924705791602081
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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...
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation(s): | School of Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Publisher: | Maney Publishing |
| Copyright: | © 2005 The University of New South Wales |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/19416 |
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