false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169880930m/42343.jpg 42343 15 Little is known--and less has been published--about American submarine espionage during the Cold War. These submerged sentinels silently monitored the Soviet Union's harbors, shadowed its subs, watched its missile tests, eavesdropped on its conversations, and even retrieved top-secret debris from the bottom of the sea. In an engaging mix of first-rate journalism and historical narrative, Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, and Annette Lawrence Drew describe what went on.<p> "Most of the stories in <I>Blind Man's Bluff</I> have never been told publicly," they write, "and none have ever been told in this level of detail." Among their revelations is the most complete accounting to date of the 1968 disappearance of the <I>U.S.S. Scorpion</I>; the story of how the Navy located a live hydrogen bomb lost by the Air Force; and a plot by the CIA and Howard Hughes to steal a Soviet sub. The most interesting chapter reveals how an American sub secretly tapped Soviet communications cables beneath the waves. <I>Blind Man's Bluff</I> is a compelling book about the courage, ingenuity, and patriotism of America's underwater spies. <I>--John J. Miller</I> 41833 1998 Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage total:390|5:105|4:170|3:96|2:16|1:3| 390 1528 529 62 5 2 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 22:46:03 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 23:00:03 -0700 2008
So I did. It turns out that it wasn't just silly, it was INSANE. The book ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Mar 12 17:56:37 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 17:57:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 23 05:34:28 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:04:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 08 23:29:01 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 23:32:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 02:46:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 03:10:55 -0700 2008
This isn't a history book, this is a New York Times Bestselling Anecdote book. The anecdotes are a collection of amusing, horrifying, blood pumping, low grade jingoist bar room stories. And taken as that, it is a very enjoyable read and why it doesn't get only one star...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 06:28:30 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 05:07:18 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 08 14:15:11 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 14:28:12 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Feb 20 19:50:32 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 20:33:04 -0800 2008
I never would have thought I would have gotten into this book, as I was not too into n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue May 19 14:22:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 00:16:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 12:45:09 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:05:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 21 02:42:53 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 02:57:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Oct 26 10:21:38 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 10:24:23 -0700 2009 It taught me quite a bit about what we put those guys through.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 04:35:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 04:37:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 19 18:40:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 18:42:51 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 05 10:57:15 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 11:08:32 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 06 12:19:20 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:41:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 16 16:29:38 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 19:04:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 19 21:43:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 21:44:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Sep 11 21:21:47 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 21:22:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 30 02:31:25 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 02:32:02 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=42343