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Review title: Disappointing - not as advertised
Product review: I carefully read all the Amazon reviews of this book before finally breaking down and buying it. I guess I don't regret reading it, but it's going into the trade-in stack and not on a bookshelf. Just as many of the reviewers here have stated, the book is short on "espionage" but long on breathless recounting of accidents and incidents. The authors' non-historical background is clearly on display. In their defense, I'm sure they made every effort to check all the stories, and much of the information is still tightly held. This book should be written again in twenty years. Finally, the self-congratulatory afterword could have been left off. I'm sure this book has provided a catharsis for many submarine sailors, but there are hundreds of thousands of us who also served (essentially thanklessly) in the cold war who will never have books written about us.
