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Overview

The world came close to annihilation during the Cold War—a sobering fact known to few besides the warriors engaged in the forty-six-year conflict. In this riveting new history, former U.S. Navy diver and fast-attack submariner W. Craig Reed provides a thrilling narrative of the tense underwater dramas and covert espionage operations that brought the United States and the former U.S.S.R. to the brink of nuclear war on several occasions.

Riveting and eye-opening, Red November offers an intimate look at the lives of those who participated in our country's longest, most expensive underwater war during one of the most dangerous eras in world history. Reed provides never-before-revealed details about some of the most dramatic episodes of the secret conflict—from the harrowing underwater cat-and-mouse chase in October 1962 that almost kicked off World War III to the desperate hours when the USS Seawolf sat grounded by engine failure at the bottom of the sea during an espionage mission in Soviet waters.

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Reed's personal experience as a navy recon diver, submarine weapons technician, and special ops photographer informs every page of this exhaustive and fascinating account of submarine technology and warfare from the end of WWII through the cold war. The author's father, William J. Reed, a navy communications specialist, helped develop the hardware that made possible long distance frequency direction finding that allowed listening stations to pinpoint the far away locations of ships or submarines. These HFDF stations, called "Huff Duffs," were instrumental in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Reed presents a vast cast of interesting characters and a daunting array of scientific technology, but manages to keep the material understandable, fresh, and exciting as befits a book devoted to the underwater world of high stakes submarine warfare. Decades-long gag orders keep participants from revealing really up-to-date secrets, though it's chilling to learn that from 1995 to 2005 the Chinese navy has launched 31 nuclear submarines.
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“This history of the cold war beneath the sea reads very much like a thriller.... For serious submarine buffs, a feast.”

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061806773
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 8/9/2011
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 416
  • Sales rank: 204,496
  • Product dimensions: 5.31 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.95 (d)

Meet the Author

Born into a Navy family on the island of Guam, W. Craig Reed served as a U.S. Navy diver, submarine weapons technician, and special operations photographer deployed on nuclear fast-attack submarines. He lives in Silicon Valley, California.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 2, 2012

    DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!

    To be honest, this was a terrible book. If I could give it negative stars, I would. The innacuracies present in this book are glaring and they are in every part of this book. For example, the author writes that China has developed 30 nuclear submarines in the last ten years. China has only made about a dozen nuclear submarines since the '70s. This is only one error of the hundreds, if not thousands of inaccuracies. This book seems to have more erronious facts that true ones! The people who have written positive reviews of this book probably don't know enough about subs to review this book well. If you are looking for a good submarine book, I highly recommend any book by Norman Polmar, who writes interesting, informative and accurate books about submarines.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    Re-Visiting the Cold War Era

    RED NOVEMBER has garnered both praise and criticism - praise as a source book to learn more about how the military managed the Cold War between the USSR and the USA from 1945 to 1992 and how much of what was happening was secret and withheld from the public, and criticism of the phrasing of the 'facts' presented in this thorough and well-documented volume. For this reader, having been part of the military action (Vietnam) that surfaced as a parcel of the 'threat of Communism', this novel, written by W. Craig Reed who likewise served in the military as a submarine weapons technician and special ops photographer from a first person account, reads more like a finely tuned thriller about espionage and the secrets that none of us knew as to how close we all came to nuclear annihilation.

    Reed writes well, his approach to the information shared in this book is mixed with just the right amount of soldier life and tales that provide respite form the intrigue that fills nearly every page. Another aspect of his writing that is positive is the choice to separate paragraphs by enough space to suggest the duplicity of action taking place: for example, while describing in detail what was happening in the naval maneuvers during the Cuban missile crisis he adds what Kennedy et al were thinking and saying at each stage of that terrifying threat. It works very well - very much like a screenplay written so that the viewer can get both sides of the incidents as they happen.

    Reed includes a good number of photographs, in both black and white and in color, of submarines inside and out, and some of the heroes behind the scenes - including his own father William J. Reed who was a central figure in decoding and designing submarine signals. The information reported in this book includes conversations Reed has discovered, or heard, or took part in, and this first hand account of incidents raises the terror level of discovering just how close we have come to nuclear war. Perhaps not all the data is 100% accurate: it is doubtful that any historical data is perfect. That is not to say that Reed does not captures the tenor and the terror of working in the submarine units, below water, out of sight, that gives this book the flavor of a fine novel or motion picture. We are fortunate to have this information to keep the future possibilities of the missteps of war always in the front of our minds. Grady Harp

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  • Posted May 19, 2010

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    If you Like Submarines.....

    Ever since the Charlton Heston film "Grey Lady Down" I have always been intrigued by tales of submarines. Whether fact or fiction, I am immediately hooked. "Red November" just fueled that particular fire.

    It is a history of the submarines role during the Cold War Era. The most fascinating aspect is to see the progression of the technology employed during this time. How the subs went from diesel power to nuclear power and the advantages gained from such progression.

    You are also given insight on the progressionb of the technology used to capture radio signals from the Soviet Navy, and the cat and mouse game that was played when the Soviets figured a way to hide the signals.

    This book is as thrilling as anything written in fiction. What makes it better is that the events are real!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2012

    Interesting, but very technically detailed

    If you're a history buff and are interested in the Cold War, I recommend this book. The author gets really technical at times but overall it's worth the effort.

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