{"product_id":"spy-ships-one-hundred-years-of-intelligence-collection-by-ships-and-submarines-hardback-9781640124752","title":"Spy Ships; One Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines (Hardback) 9781640124752","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpy Ships\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOne Hundred Years of Intelligence Collection by Ships and Submarines\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorman Polmar (Author), Lee J. Mathers (Author), Rear Admiral Thomas A Brooks (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640124752\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 July 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 41 photographs, 4 illustrations, 7 tables, 3 appendixes, 2 indexes\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.696 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"The release of this book creates high expectations. It is subject matter with a clear gap in the historical record and now a distinguished naval expert attempts to fill the void. . . . Readers will discover that the high expectations are well met.\"-D. Colt Denfeld, \u003ci\u003eJournal of America's Military Past\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers's new book is the first comprehensive history of spy ships, and the authors should be lauded not only for closing a relevant desideratum in naval and maritime history, but also for collecting a trove of sources that allowed them to reconstruct the operational history of spy ships on both sides of the major conflicts of the 20th century-and, most important, during the Cold War.\"-Ingo Heidbrink, \u003ci\u003eProceedings\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"An interesting and valuable addition to the intelligence officer's bookshelf.\"-Admiral Tom Brooks, \u003ci\u003eReadBook\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSpy Ships\u003c\/i\u003e by Norman Polmar and Lee Mathers is another authoritative, comprehensive, and professional narrative that one expects from these authors. . . . \u003ci\u003eSpy Ships\u003c\/i\u003e fills a gap in our understanding of the importance of intelligence collection in naval operations. This book is a welcome edition in my reference library. BZ!”-Capt. John A. Rodgaard, U.S. Navy (Ret.), author of \u003ci\u003eTailships: Hunting Soviets with a Microphone\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlmost from the first days of seafaring, men have used ships for “spying” and intelligence collection. Since early in the twentieth century, with the technological advancements of radio and radar, the U.S. Navy and other government agencies and many other navies have used increasingly specialized ships and submarines to ferret out the secrets of other nations. The United States and the Soviet Union\/Russia have been the leaders in those efforts, especially during the forty-five years of the Cold War. But, as Norman Polmar and Lee J. Mathers reveal, so has China, which has become a major maritime power in the twenty-first century, with special interests in the South China Sea and with increasing hostility toward the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through extensive, meticulous research and through the lens of such notorious spy ship events as the Israeli attack on the USS \u003ci\u003eLiberty\u003c\/i\u003e, the North Korean capture of the USS \u003ci\u003ePueblo\u003c\/i\u003e, and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s success in clandestinely salvaging part of a Soviet submarine with the \u003ci\u003eHughes Glomar Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpy Ships\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating and valuable resource for understanding maritime intelligence collection and what we have learned from it.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, U.S. Navy (Ret.)\u003cbr\u003e Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e U.S. Navy Ship and Submarine Designations\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Dawn of Spy Ships\u003cbr\u003e 2. Western Spy Submarines\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Cold War: The Red Side\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Cold War: Red Submarines\u003cbr\u003e 5. American Spy Ships: Part 1\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Attack on the USS Liberty\u003cbr\u003e 7. American Spy Ships: Part 2\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Seizure of the USS Pueblo\u003cbr\u003e 9. Unusual Spy Ships\u003cbr\u003e 10. Some Bottom Lines\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Soviet\/Russian Spy Ships\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. U.S. Spy Ships\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Other Spy Ships\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e General Index\u003cbr\u003e Ship and Submarine Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656106537240,"sku":"9781640124752","price":22.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spy-ships-one-hundred-years-of-intelligence-collection-by-ships-and-submarines-hardback-9781640124752","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}