Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of
the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to
the breakup the Soviet Union in 1991, from both sides, East and West.
Unlike other accounts, which focus on submarine confrontations and
accidents, the authors cover all types of naval intelligence, human
collection (racing with the Soviets to capture Nazi subs, successful and
losing spies and defectors), signal intelligence (surface, air,
satellite and navy commando teams in balaclavas launched by speed boats
from subs), acoustic (passive underwater arrays and tapping phone
lines), and the aerial and space reconnaissance. The authors give
details of operations in all these areas, some of which were witnessed
first hand.
""A new light is shed on the spy ships incidents of the 1960s and on
submarine intrusions in Swedish waters. Excerpts of the Soviet Navy
instructions on UFOs and accounts of Soviet naval encounters with
unexplained objects are also published for the first time outside of
Russia; and much more.""