Dive!: Australian Submariners At War

by Mike Carlton

480 pages, Hardcover

Published August 6, 2024

About the author

Mike Carlton is one of Australia's best-known broadcasters and journalists. In a 40-year career, he has been a radio and television news and current affairs reporter, foreign correspondent, radio host and newspaper columnist.

He was an ABC war correspondent in Vietnam in 1967 and 1970, and for three years was the ABC's Bureau Chief in Jakarta. He also reported for the ABC from London, New York and major Asian capitals. In television, he was one of the original reporters on the ABC's groundbreaking This Day Tonight in the 1970s. Mike turned to talk radio in 1980, first at Sydney's 2GB, and then for four years in London at Newstalk 97.3FM, where he won a coveted Sony Radio Academy award in 1993 for Britain's best talk breakfast program.

In television, he reported and hosted Indonesia: A Reporter Returns, a three-part documentary for SBS in 2008. He has recently retired from the Radio 2UE breakfast program in Sydney and has returned to writing a column for the Saturday edition of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Mike has had a life-long passion for naval history.

Reviews

[ziggi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first chunk of the book is a really gripping read. The stories of AE1 and AE2 should be far better known, especially AE2's contribution to WWI. It’s great that our submariners didn’t have to participate in any active war situations in the Oberon and Collins era, but that meant there were fewer stories to tell. The conclusion of the book is great and I was waiting for it all along!

[Doug Tanner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Am really enjoying this book. I had a little knowledge of Australia's early submarines.
This book has answered all my questions. A great read about brave men.