Rising Tide: The untold story of the Russian submarines that fought the cold war by Gary E. Weir and Walter J. Boyne, Basic Books, £19.99/$26, ISBN 0465091121 Reviewed by Jonathan Beard
FROM the very beginning of the cold war, the Soviet Union, the UK and the US were determined to use their submarines both as missile launchers and espionage platforms. Since the end of the war, some of the veil of secrecy concealing this undersea battle ground has been ripped away – notably by the American bestseller Blind Man’s Bluff. But the Soviet side has gone unsung. Two US experts…
