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by Sherry Sontag (Author), Christopher Drew (Author), Annette Lawrence Drew (With)
Discover the secret history of America's submarine warfare in this fast-paced and deeply researched chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War that reads like a spy thriller.
Blind Man's Bluff is an exciting, epic story of adventure, ingenuity, courage, and disaster beneath the sea. This New York Times bestseller reveals previously unknown dramas, such as:- The mission to send submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables.
- How the Navy's own negligence may have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, in 1968.
- The bitter war between the CIA and the Navy and how it threatened to sabotage one of America's most important undersea missions.
- The audacious attempt to steal a Soviet submarine with the help of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and how it was doomed from the start.
Author Biography
Sherry Sontag is a former staff writer for the National Law Journal and has written for the New York Times.
Christopher Drew is a special projects editor at the New York Times and has won numerous awards for his investigative reporting. Annette Lawrence Drew, the book's researcher, has a PhD from Princeton.
Number of Pages: 448
Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 05, 2016
