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The law regulating the conduct of military operations vii. The attack plans of world war twooriginally touted as scouts for surface fleets, submarines were used in far more effective ways as the war wore on. Sherry sontag is an investigative journalist who, before turning to blind man s bluff, was a staff writer for the national law journal. A history of american submarine espionage during the cold war. The opinions posted here do not represent those of any company, organization, or group and are those only of the author of the respective post. Diagrams, graphics, photographs, and a guided tour within a guided weapon, tom gives us his insiders view of life aboard a submarine. Blind man s bluff the untold story of american submarine espionage, by sherry sontag and christopher drew with annette lawrence drew read 15 jan 2020 this book, published in 1998, is essentially the story of the cold war so far as submarines were involved therein. Now, blind man s bluff shows for the first time how the navy sent submarines wired with selfdestruct charges into the heart of soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. The untold story of american submarine espionage pdf. See also the what is the directory structure for the texts.
The submarine boys and the spiesdodging the sharks. 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. Oct 03, 2000 for decades american submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and advantage in missions known only to a select few. The untold story of american submarine espionage, cowritten by new york journalists sherry sontag and christopher drew, tells true stories that submariners such as john bennett and u. It reveals how submarine operations during the cold war had a profound impact on strategic decisions made in the kremlin and washington. The uboat war in world war two kriegsmarine, 19391945 and world war one kaiserliche marine, 19141918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. Interdiction of enemy merchant shipping by submarines ix.
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That said, what happens when classified information is also availabl. A companion submarine text to blind mans bluff and a foundation for tom clancys red october. Blind mans bluff shows for the first time how the american navy sent submarines wired with selfdestruct charges into the heart of soviet seas to tap crucial. New footage of burning plane making emergency landing. Oct 19, 1998 blind man s bluff tells the stories of submarine warfare during the cold war. Navys spy submarines from the period of the end of world war ii to the end of the cold war in 1989, and the followup.
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