Red November, a new book by Naval Submariner Veteran, W. Craig Reed
In the tradition of the bestselling Blind Man’s Bluff, a former seaman on nuclear fast-attack submarines provides a riveting history of the Cold War’s secret underwater struggle between the US and the USSR—and reveals previously undisclosed details of highly classified missions and technology.
In 1991, after more than 40 years of tensions bordering on nuclear combat, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States came to an end. But one aspect—perhaps the most important—of the Cold War remains shrouded in mystery, its details long-protected by top secret classifications and the reluctance of those involved to speak: submarine warfare.
W. Craig Reed throws back the curtain on the underwater conflict that brought the world to the brink of nuclear warfare and back again numerous times over the course of 40 years. Through interviews with people who were there, in-depth research, and first-hand experience—he served on two submarines from 1975-1981 and his father was one of the chief designers of Soviet sub-detecting technologies—Reed sheds new light on a side of the Cold War many at the time did not even know existed.
From the espionage missions of the Holystone program to underwater collisions between U.S. and Soviet subs, from stolen communication devices to the untold story of the Boresight project—a radical top-secret technology devised to detect the Soviet’s advanced use of burst radio transmissions—this book goes where no other has gone in exploring one of the most thrilling and frightening arenas of US military history.
