Books like SSN: A Strategy Guide to Submarine Warfare

This book is super boring and I could only get to page 56 before I gave up on it. The Hunt for Red October is my fav Tom Clancy book and the only one I've read. I have tried to read other books of his like Rainbow Six but I just can't pay attention. I figured I'd be ok with another book about submarines. Annnnnd I was totally wrong. It only has one character with a name who is not developed at all. I can't believe this was marketed as a strategic guide for sub warfare. I'm pretty sure it's over simplified. A person might as well just read a fiction book or Wikipedia. Heck, I'd rather read Wikipedia or articles about the different weapons, planes, subs, etc. The book "explains" things in a way that after you finish the sentence, you still don't know what you just read. For example:"Otherwise, she would have a tendency to pitch with a ten-second period due to a ninety-foot wavelength of sea state four." Uh, what the fuck? Is he talking about the oscillation if the waves? When he means wavelength, does he mean the distance from top of a wave's crest to another wave??? I'm having to use my science background to figure this crap out and there is never any explanation of the numbering of sea states prior to this sentence.Another gripe. The dialogue, though sparse, is stupid. It's like reading the script of a Michael Bey movie. "Phoenix is locked on. That submarine captain sure owes us one.""I guess we just broke Murphy's law," Mack replied, his voice as calm and efficient as ever.Seriously. How can a voice be EFFICIENT?! I can see why this was collecting dust in a used bookstore....and guess what? It's going back.