Blind Man's Bluff: Summary and book reviews of Blind Man's Bluff by Sherry Sontag, plus links to an excerpt from Blind Man's Bluff and a biography of Sherry Sontag.

Two investigative reporters and a researcher have joined forces to produce an excellent history of U.S. submarine espionage operations that reads like a Tom Clancy novel. They take the story from the early days of the cold war, when we lost, by accident, the diesel submarine Cochino on a spy mission and nearly lost the Gudgeon to Soviet antisubmarine forces. They continue through the shift to nuclear submarines, the loss of the Scorpion (destroyed by defective torpedoes after completing a spy mission), the role of the Halibut in finding the Soviet missile boat later salvaged by the CIA's Glomar Explorer, and the cable-tapping operations in which the Parche won more presidential unit citations than any other submarine in American history. They also cover open-sea efforts to shadow Soviet submarines, which occasionally led to dangerous collisions, and add to our knowledge of the horrendous safety record of the Soviet nuclear navy and the vices and virtues of Hyman G. Rickover, father of its American counterpart. Roland Green. Copyright© 1998, American Library Association. All rights reserved

Media Reviews

The Wall Street Journal Judging from the citations and the inferred sources, the veterans of the silent service are silent no more. The book is full of hair-raising stories of men in peril under the sea.   The New York Times Book Review [A]n evocative and important look at the Cold War. Blind Man's Bluff The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage is also satisfying to read, at times hurtling forward with the speed of a Polaris submarine. John Weisman, Author of the Rogue Warrior series This is the kind of non-fiction that drives people like me crazy, why? Because it's almost impossible to make up stuff this good Seymour M Hersh, Author of The Dark Side of Camelot A compelling account of one of the great secrets of the Cold War - the undersea spying that put so many American, and Soviet lives at risk. Blind Man's Bluff reads like an adventure novel, but it's all too real.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by David Squires
A must read!!! Excellent book on covert sub activity during the cold war.

Rated of 5 by B-RET
G- Reat book!!!!!! yea
um.... i hate book reports that i am doing for this book but i love this book really good!!!!!:)

Rated of 5 by R.Kaufmann
Great reading, truth really is stranger than fiction.

Rated of 5 by Charles F. Musser
As Cold War Veteran member of the Nava Security Group I can only say BRAVO ZULU to the Author!

Rated of 5 by Turd Ferguson
It rocked

Rated of 5 by Jon
As a person who has a close contact with the US submarine force, I found this book very interesting, though dry at points. A lot of technical data and shop-talk through some parts of the book, but that provides an excellent background for the more...   Read More

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