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Blind Man's Bluff

The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

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Blind Man's Bluff

By: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
Narrated by: Tony Roberts
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 No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent subs wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the Navy's own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, with all hands lost, 30 years ago. It tells the complete story of the audacious attempt to steal a Soviet submarine with the help of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and how it was doomed from the start. And it reveals how the Navy used the comforting notion of deep-sea rescue vehicles to hide operations that were more James Bond than Jacques Cousteau.©1998 Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew (P)1998 HarperCollins Publishers Armed Forces Freedom & Security Military Military Science Naval Forces Politics & Government Espionage Imperial Japan Soviet Union War Submarine Russia Air Force Cold War

Critic Reviews

"Enthralling." (Kirkus Reviews)
"This is the kind of non-fiction that drives people like me crazy. Why? Because it's almost impossible to make up stuff this good." (John Weisman, author of the Rogue Warrior series)
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I quite liked this, listened to the whole story in just 2 sittings, I wish it were a little longer.
But all in all a good listen and an interesting insight in to what was going on behind the scenes during the cold war.

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