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Rising tide the untold story of the Russian submarines that fought the Cold War

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Main Author:	Weir, Gary E.
Other Authors:	Boyne, Walter J., 1929-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, Ã2003.
Subjects:	Cold War.
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Review:	"Throughout the Cold War, Soviet submariners patrolled the world's oceans, playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with their American counterparts in a silent struggle hundreds of feet below the surface. Rising Tide tells the Soviet side of these secretive operations. Drawing on newly available archives, as well as interviews with a dozen former Soviet commanders - access never before granted to Western researchers - this narrative shows that confrontations between nuclear-armed subs were far more dangerous than we ever thought." "With sixteen pages of never-before-seen photos, Rising Tide recounts successful Soviet operations, including top secret exercises off the American coast, and espionage coups, such as the spy-ship that monitored American missile tests off the Florida coast and collected the debris in full view of the US Navy. All too common were the near-misses, heroic rescues, and deadly catastrophes that plagued Soviet submarines over the years, including the horrific nuclear accident on board the ill-fated K-19, later nicknamed the "Hiroshima"; the internal fire that sank the K-8 in 1970 with twenty-two sailors on board, and the dramatic escape of crewmembers from the Komsomolets in 1989, as narrated by a survivor."--Jacket.
Physical Description:	xiii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338) and index.
ISBN:	0465091121 9780465091126
Author Notes:	Dr. Gary Weir, a leading expert on submarines, is Historian of Science and Technology at the U.S. Naval Historical Center, and Adjunct Professor of History, University of Maryland. He is author of several books including Building America's Submarines 1914-1940, a Naval Institute Notable Book of 1991. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Walter Boyne, former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, enlisted as a private in the United States Air Force in 1951 and retired in 1974 as a Colonel. His non-fiction books include The Smithsonian Book of Flight, The Leading Edge, Weapons of Desert Storm, and Boeing B-52: A Documentary History; his fiction includes The Wild Blue (with Steven Thompson), Trophy for Eagles, Eagles at War, and Air Force Eagles. He lives in Ashburn, Virginia. Dr. Gary Weir, a leading expert on submarines, is Historian of Science and Technology at the U.S. Naval Historical Center, and Adjunct Professor of History, University of Maryland. He is author of several books including Building America's Submarines 1914-1940, a Naval Institute Notable Book of 1991. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Walter Boyne, former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, enlisted as a private in the United States Air Force in 1951 and retired in 1974 as a Colonel. His non-fiction books include The Smithsonian Book of Flight, The Leading Edge, Weapons of Desert Storm, and Boeing B-52: A Documentary History; his fiction includes The Wild Blue (with Steven Thompson), Trophy for Eagles, Eagles at War, and Air Force Eagles. He lives in Ashburn, Virginia.