LEADER 00000nim a22004815a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125110526.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 160317s2007 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780061229282 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0061229288 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780061229282_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11586953 037 11586953|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 359.9/84|221 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Sontag, Sherry,|d1960- 245 10 Blind man's bluff :|bthe untold story of American submarine espionage|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cSherry Sontag and Christopher Drew. 250 Abridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2007. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 20 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Tony Roberts. 520 No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the Navy's own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, thirty years ago. It tells the complete story of the audacious attempt to steal a Soviet submarine with the help of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and how it was doomed from the start. And it reveals how the Navy used the comforting notion of deep sea rescue vehicles to hide operations that were more James Bond than Jacques Cousteau. Blind Man's Bluff contains an unforgettable array of characters, including the cowboy sub commander who brazenly outraced torpedoes and couldn't resist sneaking up to within feet of unaware enemy subs. It takes us inside clandestine Washington meetings where top submarine captains briefed presidents and where the espionage war was planned one sub and one dangerous encounter at a time. Stretching from the years immediately after World War II to the present-day operations of the Clinton Administration, it is an epic story of daring and deception. A magnificent achievement in investigative reporting, it feels like a spy thriller, but with one important difference'everything in it is true. Read by Tony Roberts. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 10 United States.|bNavy|xSubmarine forces. 650 0 Military intelligence|zUnited States. 650 0 Espionage, American. 700 1 Drew, Christopher,|d1956- 700 1 Roberts, Tony.|4nrt 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11586953?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780061229282_180.jpeg