Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage

One of the scariest books to chronicle the era of cat-and-mouse games between the Soviet and American intelligence communities during the Cold War. What went on between opposing submarines under the north Atlantic comes close to the apocalyptic moments that conclude Hollywood's The Bedford Incident. Too close for this reviewer's comfort, at least. Will you sleep more soundly after reading this book?

For 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.

Sherry Sontag is an investigative journalist who, before turning to Blind Man's Bluff, was a staff writer for the National Law Journal. While there, she wrote about the Soviet Union, international affairs, and domestic scandals in securities and banking. Prior to that, Sontag wrote for the New York Times. A lifelong resident of New York, she has degrees from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Barnard College.

Distributor: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 10-03-2000
Pages: 432
Measurements: 8in X 5.3125in X 0.972973in X 12.88oz