Red Star Rogue
by Kenneth Sewell
"The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S."
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Red Star Rogue Book Details
War:
Cold War
Perspective:
Submarines
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
No
Region:
Pacific
Page Count:
337
Published Date:
2005
ISBN13:
9780743274654
Red Star Rogue Book Description
This riveting New York Times bestseller tells of the shocking true story of a rogue Soviet submarine poised for a nuclear strike on the United States, “reveal[ing] the explosive facts about one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War” (The Flint Journal). On March 7, 1968, several hundred miles northwest of Hawaii, the nuclear-armed K-129 surfaced and sunk, taking its crewmen and officers with it to perish at sea. Who was commanding the rogue Russian sub? What was its target? How did it infiltrate American waters undetected? Drawing from recently declassified documents and extensive confidential interviews, Navy veteran Kenneth Sewell exposes the stunning truth behind an operation calculated to provoke war between the United States and China. With full, authoritative detail and sixteen pages of exclusive photographs, Red Star Rogue illuminates this history-shaping event and rings with chilling relevance in light of today’s terrorist threats.