Standing Watch: American Submarine Veterans Remember the Cold War Era by Jonathan Li-Chung Leung


“Standing Watch offers a rare inside look at the Silent Service and the extraordinary men who helped us win the Cold War. Leung captures both the camaraderie and the tense moments of submarine life, and his book helps flesh out an important part of our history that was largely hidden beneath the waves.” —Christopher Drew, coauthor of Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage “Readers will be amazed by the interesting and engaging description of the dangerous and uncertain nature of submarine service. Leung reminds us that someone always stands the watch protecting our nation, its global interests and our democratic values. Standing Watch left me wanting to learn more and enhanced my appreciation for the men and women in today’s submarine force.” —Regina T. Akers, historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, DC “As a career US Cold War submariner with a huge submarine library, I feel comfortable in saying that Standing Watch is the first book to my knowledge to examine the perceptions of the effect of the Cold War on junior US Submarine Force personnel.” —Alfred S. McLaren, author of Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) "Through the recollections of enlisted men, Jonathan Li-Chung Leung’s Standing Watch: American Submarine Veterans Remember the Cold War Era provides a special perspective on life in the American Submarine Navy. BRAVO ZULU!!" —Gannon McHale, author of Stealth Boat: Fighting the Cold War in a Fast Attack Submarine


Jonathan Leung volunteers on the USS Blueback (SS-581) at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland. As a high school freshman, he started leading public tours in 2002, and is now involved mostly with the maintenance crew and in special projects. After stops at LAS and his hometown PDX, Jonathan now works as an air traffic controller at HNL, and was the FAA ATC lead for RIMPAC 2024. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College.




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