Research Catalog

Title

Long night of the tankers : Hitler's war against Caribbean oil / David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig.

Author

Bercuson, David Jay

Publication

• Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2014]
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

Herwig, Holger H.

Description

xix, 344 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

Long Night of the Tankers presents a fresh account of a lesser-known but critical component of the Atlantic naval theatre during World War II. Using war diaries, after-action reports, and first-hand accounts, authors Bercuson and Herwig examine the story behind Operation Neuland, the German plan to interrupt vital oil supplies from reaching the United States and the United Kingdom by preventing Allied oil tankers from leaving refineries in the Caribbean. The story begins in February 1942 and follows this German attempt to scuttle the Allied war machine through to the end of the war. Told largely from the German perspective, it details the planning and execution of the Germans and the diplomatic, political, and military responses of the Allies, particularly the United States, to overcome the German effort. Winner, 2014 John Lyman Book Award for U.S. Naval History (North American Society for Oceanic History)

Series Statement

Beyond boundaries : Canadian defence and strategic studies series, 1716-2645 ; no. 4

Uniform Title

Beyond boundaries series no. 4.

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine
• World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, German
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Caribbean Area
• Petroleum industry and trade > Caribbean Area > History > 20th century
• Military campaigns
• Petroleum industry and trade

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-332) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. "Rum and Coca-Cola" : The Yankees Are Coming! -- -- 2. Attack on Aruba -- 3. Long Night of the Tankers -- 4. Martinique -- 5. "The Ferret of Port of Spain" -- 6. War Comes to St. Lucia -- 7. Torpedo Junction -- 8. Hunting Off the Orinoco -- 9. War Beneath the Southern Cross -- 10. The Allies Regroup -- 11. White Christmas -- 12. The Allies Strike Back -- 13. A Hard War: Hartenstein and U-156 -- 14. High Noon in the Caribbean and the South Atlantic -- 15. Gundown: U-615 and U-161.

ISBN

• 9781552387597 (pbk.)
• 1552387593 (pbk.)
• 9781552387603 (open access pdf) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781552387610 (edist pdf) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781552387627 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781552387634 (mobi) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 876425240
• SCSB-12452955

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library