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Includes a new afterword describing submariners' responses and reactions and a new appendix of all award-winning subs honored for service in Cold War espionage operations.
With 16 pages of black-and-white photos
- Sales Rank: #443323 in Books
- Brand: HarperTorch
- Published on: 1999-10-06
- Released on: 1999-10-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x 1.13" w x 4.19" l, .60 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 544 pages
- Great product!
Amazon.com Review
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.
"Most of the stories in Blind Man's Bluff 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 U.S.S. Scorpion; 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. Blind Man's Bluff is a compelling book about the courage, ingenuity, and patriotism of America's underwater spies. --John J. Miller
From Publishers Weekly
In an unusually successful amalgam, veteran journalists Sontag and Christopher Drew combine a gripping story with admirable research to relate previously unknown information. Throughout the Cold War, the U.S. depended heavily on submarines for intelligence gathering, whether tracking Soviet missile subs, monitoring Soviet harbors and missile tests or, in some cases, retrieving lost Soviet equipment. The U.S.S.R. responded with everything from comprehensive espionage operations to depth charge attacks on particularly intrusive snoopers. The broad outlines of this clandestine confrontation are relatively familiar, but the details have largely remained secret. Although the authors have based their book largely on interviews with submariners, intelligence operatives and politicians, they recognize the possibility of distortion and back up personal accounts with an elaborate and convincing system of verification. While necessarily incomplete, the resulting work depicts what was arguably the most successful long-term, large-scale intelligence operation in American history. From captains to seamen, the participants combined technical proficiency, insouciant courage and a cheerful scorn for regulations that often interfered with their missions. That mind-set was hardly calculated to avoid direct confrontations, and accidental collisions were not uncommon. The authors nevertheless make a solid case that the risk of a destabilizing incident was far outweighed by the gains of the campaign?especially given the depth of mutual ignorance during the Cold War.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Journalists Sontag and Drew have strung together about a dozen investigative pieces on submarine espionage activities during the Cold War era. The stories are exciting, the personalities border on the eccentric, and the constant turf battles among various U.S. government agencies in these often top-secret submarine activities make for intriguing reading. Have you ever wondered what it must be like to stalk a Soviet sub armed to the teeth with nuclear missles? Or serve on a U.S. sub in Russian waters with Soviet antisubmarine ships using you for target practice? While these true-life stories are exciting, much of the book is actually an account of how the CIA, U.S. Navy, Congress, and other agencies all used the American submarine force to further their own political ends. While not packing the literary punch or style of Edward L. Beach's World War II naval classic Run Silent, Run Deep, this is hard-core investigative reporting at its crispest. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries.?Stephen W. Green, Auraria Lib., Denver
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Cold War Stories
By Ozone Joe
As a kid who grew up watching ‘The Hunt For Red October’ as the Cold War was ending, I have always had a love for the idea of the silent hunters that patrol beneath the waves. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to find stories about the Cold War days of sub jousting, only to find that a lot of books are far too concerned with the technical side of the equation. I appreciate the level of research, but if I want a schematic I’ll go to Jane’s. What I enjoy far more is hearing the tales of skill and daring that defined the Cold War sub captains. So far, Blind Man’s Bluff has hit the mark more accurately than anything else I’ve read.
The book covers the use of subs in the Cold War through to the (relatively) modern day. There are some really great moments of tension and bravery to be found, including an escape from a sub on fire that is harrowing to read. The true nature of being stuck in a metal tube in the middle of nowhere gets hammered home more than once, and the risk of massive vessels dancing around each other is a constant threat in the background. Even a story that doesn’t seem that tense, where the only real ‘attack’ is merciless pinging by Russian ships, takes on a new dimension when you factor in how far from safety these sailors were. It’s actually a bit astonishing how much of this was able to go on without a major incident or full out war.
If you’re a sub hound like I am, you’ll find a lot to like in Blind Man’s Bluff. This is really a snapshot that shows the submarine in a way we’ll likely never see again.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Spy Vs. Spy in Cold War Undersea Drama?
By frogman
Better late than never since this Tom Clancy (novel) possible clone was published in the nineties. Anyhow it appears a few insiders (submariners) ) has reviewed and described this book in a most succulent manner but omitted out some important aspects of this deadly game of blind mans bluff in undersea warfare as investigated by these courageous authors. I use the word “courageous” because to go up against the Powers That Be like the NSA as well as other security agencies takes courage, despite the fact I may not agree with their political basis. In this book, they have uncovered and brought to the surface those highly restricted (need to know) operations of some of our sub fleet tactics in regards to spying and perhaps a few “dirty tricks” for future enemy encounters. Lots of documentation as can bee seen by the Appendixes “A” (Submarine Collision) “B” (From the Soviet Side) and “C” (Submarine Awards) that was very through researched—typical academic standards from "professionals". Their chronological sequence of events was dramatic described In Tom Clancy style prose in My opinion while describing the developments of sub technology from the ending of WW11 up until this book went to print was very elucidating and educational. Their descriptive characterizations of the men by who manned these undersea spy subs gives reader a greater depth and understanding---in other words it put a FACE on these men----their fears and ambitions! The astute observations and opinions by these authors enhanced the entertainment and enjoyment of this book. I especially liked the manner they told the story of one of the first spy subs (USS Cochino) and the men who manned it. Its disastrous patrol and the tragedy that be-fail it when a fire broke in the aft battery compartment and the gear (OBA—Oxygen Breathing Apparatus, needed to fight it malfunctioned. This fire destroyed the sub and six crew members and one civilian specialist lives. The Captain had to get all the men out of the noxious fumes all except the XO who was badly burned fighting the fire in the aft battery comportment was left below. Lives were lost but there was heroism and drama when a Chief Morgan jumped into the icy frigid waters to save a man sweep overboard in very turbulent and heavy seas---with sixteen foot waves that make a sub bobble like a cork in rushing water Now imagine a swimmer trying to rescue someone in those conditions---that heroism in the finest traditions of Naval service.. Also, The navy Corpsman who traversed the slippery sub deck and stayed with the XO to render aid was very courageous as well considering he could have been sweep overboard by the slippery sub deck as well as blown up from the HIGHLY explosive hydrogen gases escaping within the sub. There are a vast multitude of sea stories based on the events within the Silent Service over the last three decades these authors that could be told but they (authors0 have only sought to expose but a few. These stories as well as others contained within this book may be based on half-truths and conjecture by the authors but they do portray the men who man our subs as a special breed apart—a courageous lot indeed! I especially like the dedication they made---”To the men who lived these tales and especially to those who shared them with us”,
The military clearances/ratings have always operated on a “NEED TO KNOW”---basis in what ever operation one may be involved in and it was a masterpiece of journalism for them to get theses men to talk about such events and operations knowing the potential for violations of the oaths military men take when engaged in such covert operations as described herein. The stories related in this book showed the trials and tribulations the men had to undergo as well as their loved ones who where left in the dark when these men were deployed and not knowing when or IF ever their love ones will return form their deployment. I liked the research and documentation they presented through out this book ---- it was varied and resourceful enough for a skeptic to accept as factual------ like Naval History, Navy War College to name a few they utilized to add substance to this book and to insure these stories were as unbiased as possible—although one can not write and be unbiased in my opinion!
I would recommend reading of this book to others who enjoy covert sea stories or ex Navy veterans with the exception--”DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ” until verified many times over by reliable sources.
Men who plow the sea know only too well that the sea can be the greatess FOE besides the enemy that they may encounter while out on patrol as well as accidents like fires or undersea collisions with other subs or undersea obstacles like mountains they were not charted, etc.
More than anything this book portrayed the spirit and soul of submarine sailors in my opinion and a little bit about espionage from the sub mariner viewpoint but as one ex sub-mariner expressed in his review titled ---”ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG" is a vast understatement!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Tom Clancy's Source for Submarine Strategy & Tactics
By Craig Iskowitz
As a big fan of Tom Clancy's submarine-related war-related fiction, The Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising, I thought it would be interesting to read some fact-based stories. I found this book to be the perfect companion and it reads like a war-thriller.
While flipping the virtual pages on my Kindle for ipad, I found myself making a silent 'Oh, that's where it came from', every time I read the details behind something that Clancy has embedded into his stories.
For example, in the movie, Hunt for Red October, there is a scene where the veteran sonar operator explains to a new guy that the Soviet sub they are trailing is doing a maneuver they call 'Crazy Ivan'. I never knew if this was a real term used by US submariners or just something the script writer invented. Thanks to this book, I now know it was the actual term used to describe when a Soviet sub suddenly turns 180 degrees and heads back the way it came to check if they are being followed.
Also, in Red Storm Rising, before the war starts, the Soviets send all of their 'boomers', subs armed with nuclear-tipped ICBM's, into the White Sea and block the entrance with a mine field. This book explains that this was an actual change in Soviet strategy based on information they received from a well-placed spy about how we are able to trail their subs as well as the increases in range of their missiles to over 4,000 km, which is far enough to reach the continental US without having to stray to far from their port.
My only regret is not reading this book sooner. I would recommend it for anyone who is a fan of war-action-thriller stories or the history of the Cold War.
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