The Silent War

An enthralling insider's account of the submarine operations that helped keep the peace during the Cold War is written by one of the most prominent figures in the bestselling "Blind Man's Bluff" and the man whose real-life adventures inspired "The Hunt For Red October."

Contents

PROLOGUE

1. In Peril Under the Sea

2. Design for Deterrence

3. A Calculus of Terror

4. An Oracle in Washington

5. Out of the Deep to Target, Perfect

6. War and Peace: Some Like It Hot

7. Fail-Safe

8. Triumph to Tragedy

9. The Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle

10. Spooked

11. Humans As Marine Mammals

12. The Fisherman's Friend

13. The Tide of Destiny

14. Two-and-Twenty -- The Aquatic Circus

15. The Hunt for Red September: A Tale of Two Submarines

16. Pensate Profundus

17. MIT Days

18. A Sea Lawyer in Hawaii

19. The Man Who Was Not There

INDEX