Discover the secret history of America s submarine warfare in this fast-paced and deeply researched chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War that reads like a spy thriller. Blind Man s Bluff is an exciting epic story of adventure ingenuity courage and disaster beneath the sea. This New York Times bestseller reveals previously unknown dramas such as: The mission to send submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. How the Navy s own negligence may have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion a submarine that disappeared all hands lost in 1968. The bitter war between the CIA and the Navy and how it threatened to sabotage one of America s most important undersea missions. The audacious attempt to steal a Soviet submarine with the help of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes and how it was doomed from the start. A magnificent achievement in investigative reporting Blind Man s Bluff reads like a spy thriller but with one important difference -- everything in it is true.