Red November by W Craig Reed
Few know how close the world has come to annihilation better than the warriors who served America during the tense, forty-five-year struggle known as the Cold War. Yet for decades, their work has remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, in this riveting history, W. Craig Reed, a former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, provides an eye-opening, pulse-pounding narrative of the underwater struggles and espionage operations between the US and the USR that brought us to the brink of nuclear war more than once. Red November is filled with hair-raising, behind-the-scenes stories that take you deep beneath the surface and into the action during the entire Cold War period from 1946 through 1992. Reed served aboard submarines involved in espionage operations, and his father was a top military intelligence specialist intimately involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reed is one of the first authors to obtain so many in-depth interviews with dozens of navy divers, espionage operatives, submariners, and government officials on both sides (including several Soviet submarine captains) about the most daring and decorated missions of the conflict, including top-secret Ivy Bells, Boresight, Bulls Eye, and Holystone operations. Transcending traditional submarine, espionage, and Cold War accounts, Red November is an up-close examination of one of the most dangerous times in world history and an intimate look at the men and women who participated in our country's longest and most expensive underwater war.
Reed, W. Craig: - William Craig Reed served as a U.S. Navy diver, submarine fire control weapons technician and photographer for special operations on nuclear fast-attack submarines. Reed earned commendations for completing secret missions during the Cold War, and is an alumnus or member of several military, veteran, and technology associations. When not writing, Reed is a partner in Aventi Group--a technology marketing consulting firm. Reed holds an MBA in Marketing and was a former vice president and board director for the Silicon Valley American Marketing Association. He founded two software companies and co-authored the book Tarzan, My Father with the late Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. Reed is the author of the thriller DNA and the non-fiction memoir Crazy Ivan: A True Story of Submarine Espionage. Reed's latest non-fiction thriller, published by HarperCollins, is RED NOVEMBER: Inside the U.S. - Soviet Submarine War. Born into a Navy family on the island of Guam, Reed lives in San Diego, CA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780061806766 |
| ISBN 10 | 0061806765 |
| Title | Red November |
| Author | W Craig Reed |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2010-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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