Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine EspionageFor decades American submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage in missions known only to a select few. Now, after six years of research, those missions are told in Blind Man's Bluff, a magnificent achievement in investigative reporting. It reads like a spy thriller -- except everything in it is true. This is an epic of adventure, ingenuity, courage, and disaster beneath the sea, a story filled with unforgettable characters who engineered daring missions to tap the enemy's underwater communications cables and to shadow Soviet submarines. It is a story of heroes and spies, of bravery and tragedy. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 27 | |
Turn to the Deep | 50 |
Velvet Fist | 71 |
Death of a Submarine | 96 |
The Ballad of Whitey Mack | 132 |
Here She Comes | 152 |
Oshkosh BGosh | 171 |
The 500 Million Sand Castle | 199 |
Triumph and Crisis | 227 |
The Crown Jewels | 252 |
Trust but Verify | 283 |
Notes | 343 |
Acknowledgments | 383 |
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