Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 British naval films and the documentary feature 32
7. 2 Post-war British naval films and the service comedy 54
8. 3 Hollywood and the one-ocean war 80
9. 4 The submarine war and the submarine film 103
10. 5 American films of the Cold War 120
11. 6 ‘Damn the photon torpedoes!’ 153
12. 7 Popularising the navy, rewriting the past 173
13. Conclusion 208
14. Appendix I 227
15. Appendix II 231
16. Filmography 240
17. Bibliography 257
18. Index 269