num_pages: 13
description: One of the great secrets of the Cold War, hidden for decades, is revealed at last. Early in 1968, a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine sank in the waters off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been. Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile. We now know that the Soviets had lost track of the sub; it had become a rogue. The Nixon administration launched a clandestine, half-billion-dollar project to recover the sunken K-129. The successful recovery effort helped forge new relations between the US and the Soviets, even as it revealed a treacherous plan to provoke war between the US and China--a plan that, had it succeeded, would have had devastating consequences.
language: English
title: Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the US
titlecomplete: Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the US
genres: Military Fiction, History, Espionage, American History, Military History, Russia, War, Naval History, Nonfiction, Terrorism
ratings_count: 858
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks