Red November

With over eight trillion taxpayer dollars spent and the loss of more than 100,000 American lives, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States stands as one of the longest and costliest military conflicts in U.S. history. Many incidents from that period, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, are frightening reminders of just how close the two superpowers came to nuclear combat. But one aspect of the Cold War remains shrouded in mystery, its details long-protected by top secret classifications: submarine warfare.

In Red November, W. Craig Reed sheds new light on a side of the Cold War many at the time did not even know existed. From the espionage missions of the Holystone program to underwater collisions between U.S. and Soviet submarines, from stolen communication devices to the untold story of the Boresight project, this book explores one of the most thrilling, frightening, and clandestine sectors of U.S. military history.

W. Craig Reed served for six years as a fire control technician first class, a U.S. Navy recon diver and a special operations photographer on nuclear fast-attack submarines. He accompanied Navy SEAL teams on reconnaissance missions, and gained several commendations for completing top-secret missions during the Cold War. He was a former VP and Board Director for the Silicon Valley American Marketing Association and founded two software companies. Born into a Navy family on the island of Guam, Reed now resides in Silicon Valley, CA.

“This is an astonishing and important book.” — George Friedman, author of America’s Secret War and The Next 100 Years