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Blind Man’s Bluff
The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Contributors
By Christopher Drew
With Annette Lawrence Drew
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A New York Times bestseller
The secret history of America’s submarine warfare is revealed for the first time in this “vividly told, impressively documented,” (The New York Times) and fast-paced chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War.
For decades, only a select and powerful few knew the truth about the submarines that silently roamed the ocean in danger and in stealth, seeking information and advantage. Based on six years of groundbreaking investigation into the “silent service,” Blind Man’s Bluff uncovers an epic story of adventure, courage, victory, and disaster beneath the surface. With an unforgettable array of characters from the Cold War to the twenty-first century, Sontag and Drew recount scenes of secrecy from Washington, DC, to the depths of the sea. A magnificent achievement in investigative reporting, Blind Man’s Bluff reads like a spy thriller with one important difference: everything is true.
The secret history of America’s submarine warfare is revealed for the first time in this “vividly told, impressively documented,” (The New York Times) and fast-paced chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War.
For decades, only a select and powerful few knew the truth about the submarines that silently roamed the ocean in danger and in stealth, seeking information and advantage. Based on six years of groundbreaking investigation into the “silent service,” Blind Man’s Bluff uncovers an epic story of adventure, courage, victory, and disaster beneath the surface. With an unforgettable array of characters from the Cold War to the twenty-first century, Sontag and Drew recount scenes of secrecy from Washington, DC, to the depths of the sea. A magnificent achievement in investigative reporting, Blind Man’s Bluff reads like a spy thriller with one important difference: everything is true.
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"Packed with real life adventures that Tom Clancy could only have guessed at. . . . More than a collection of sea stories. It reveals how submarine operations during the cold war had a profound impact on strategic decisions made in the Kremlin and Washington. . . . With Naval agents on their heels . . . Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew have made a successful end run around stacks of secrecy oaths and the locked lips of the Silent Service to make public some of the most astounding military operations of the cold war. . . . Lock the doors and draw the shades, because this book is a well written, highly readable account of man and machine working together to do the impossible for the highest of stakes."Washington Monthly
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"Vividly told, impressively documented, and persuasively argued."New York Times
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"The book is filled with specifics . . . but thankfully not presented in the dry techno-speak of many military histories. This one is very human and easy to read."Washington Post
- On Sale
- Apr 5, 2016
- Page Count
- 448 pages
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- ISBN-13
- 9781610393584
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