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Nancy wrote: "Authors: Sontag, Drew,Drew (published 1998)One of my favorite books about the role the Submarine Force and its men played in Cold War espionage against Russia.
This well-researched book contain..."
I couldn't agreed more with your comments about this excellent book.
This is one of my favorite books, and I've read it at least twice. Glad to see there are others who liked this book as well.
It's an amazing peek at the true-life silent world of submariners and submarine espionage during the Cold War, and acts of daring, valor and (even) recklessness to hold the USSR in check. Beats any fiction.
This book was recommended by my son who served on a submarine during the 80s. Wow, did it open my eyes as to what he really did during that time. He could not talk about it but told me to read the book. I am very proud of his service. However, I hate war. Hard to come to grips with both at the same time.
Robin,Man, to I ever understand your paradox. Submariners are a proud lot who used to tell us on the US House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, "There are two kinds of Navy vessels--submarines and targets." But they too were targets and technology is making the deep seas more freighted with danger than ever.
~Les
Technology has created some wonderful stuff but also some deadly stuff as well. Will humanity ever learn? I am hoping for the impossible I guess. Thanks for your comment, Les.
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One of my favorite books about the role the Submarine Force and its men played in Cold War espionage against Russia.
This well-researched book contains a wealth of information about U.S. submarines and other underwater espionage activities beginning shortly after WW II and continuing through the Cold War.
The majority of information in the book was obtained from interviews with individuals with connections to Intelligence organizations, submariners, officers involved in submarine programs, media material from U.S. and Soviet sources and material published in various other sources.
Submariners are notoriously tight-lipped about where they've gone, what they've done. However, with the Cold War over, some of these deep-down Sailors did provide invaluable experiences for the book.
While Clancy's fiction, "Hunt For Red October," is also a favorite, and most submariners like the book and movie, they've told me about two-thirds is fact, his imagination the other one-third.