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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of Cold War Submarine Espionage
Release Date	:	19 January, 2001
Author	:	Sherry Sontag Christopher Drew
Publisher	:	Arrow
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Quite a unique book

Whilst owning a large library of books covering the Cold War period, I cannot recall another volume that covers the espionage role of submarines in such interesting, fascinating detail.

This book uncovers new tales and fleshes out details of other previously encountered stories. The research behind the stories is impressive, as is the level of access the authors seem to have obtained.

This book conveys an objective view of both countries activities during the period and doesn't suffer from the propaganda trap many other works suffer. However, it focuses more on the American escapades, probably due to Soviet secrecy hangovers.

The only slight disappointment is that this book covers a relatively small number of tales. However, this is balanced by the superb detail of each piece.

I can certainly recommend this book.

Better than an adventure novel.

This book begins post WWII and continues up until the present day detailing the submarine spy missions that shaped the defence strategies of the respective countries involved.

Most will not be aware of the importance the role submarines played during the cold war, or indeed the constant risks that submariners took in a quest to give their country the edge over the enemy. This book chronicles it brilliantly, giving not only excellent detail on specific missions but also more background into the characters that made spy missions such a success. A racy storyline, intrigue and quirky anecdotes make this book what it is - excellent.

Enjoyable ond thought provoking

Whilst not as thourough and detailed as it might be, this is non the less an excellent first review of the cold war espionage ops conducted by the american submarine forces. much of the information needed to give this subject the treatment it trully deserves is still classified and likely to remain so for the forseeable future. The book is well writted and eminantly readable and any of its chapters could be expanded into a book in its owm right. An good value read