HC - Blind Mans Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage (2001)

They were the most secret espionage missions ever. Until now, only a handful of people knew the truth about the Western and Soviet submarines that for decades silently roamed the depths in a deadly battle for information and advantage over the enemy. Even the families of the men on board had no idea what their husbands, sons and brothers were doing, and anyone who went looking for the truth behind these mysterious missions found only a veil of silence.
Now Blind Man's Bluff finally reveals the exciting, epic, true story of ingenuity, courage and disaster beneath the sea, including the vital role played by British nuclear submarines.
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.