Slide Rules and Submarines: American Scientists and Subsurface Warfare in World War II

xxiii, 269 p. 23 cm. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Introduction by COngressman Ike Skelton. From Wikipedia: "Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (b. January 11, 1945 in Annapolis, Maryland) is a retired United States Army General. He is the great-great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1967. He served as a cavalry troop commander in the Vietnam War. After study at the University of Wisconsin Madison and a year at the Army's Command and General Staff College, he taught in the History Department at West Point and spent the 1981 82 academic year at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an International Affairs Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received his PhD in history from Wisconsin in 1982 before reporting to 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment as its executive officer. In 1984, General Meigs commanded the 1st Squadron, 1st Armored Cavalry Regiment. Following a stint at the National War College as an Army Fellow, he worked as a strategic planner on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. for three years. Returning to Germany, he assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division on September 26, 1990 and commanded it through Desert Storm. He subsequently commanded the 7th Army Training Command in Grafenwoehr and served as Chief of Staff of V Corps and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the U.S. Army, Europe, and 7th Army. General Meigs commanded the 3rd Infantry Division from July 1995 until its reflagging as the 1st Infantry Division in February 1996. In October 1996, he deployed with the 1st Infantry Division to Bosnia, serving nine months in command of NATO's Multi-National Division (North) in Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Guard." Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Small tear at mid-spine.…