Book cover for Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War by W. Craig Reed

Red November

Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War

2010 Released
9-10 Hours
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William MorrowISBN 9780061992544

“Red November delivers the real life feel and fears of submariners who risked their lives to keep the peace.”


 —Steve Berry, author of The Paris Vendetta

W. Craig Reed, a former navy diver and fast-attack submariner, provides a riveting portrayal of the secret underwater struggle between the US and the USSR in Red November. A spellbinding  true-life adventure in the bestselling tradition of Blind Man’s Bluff, it reveals previously undisclosed details about the most dangerous, daring, and decorated missions of the Cold War, earning raves from New York Times bestselling authors David Morrell, who calls it, “palpably gripping,” and James Rollins, who says, “If Tom Clancy had turned The Hunt for Red October into a nonfiction thriller, Red November might be the result.”


  • A Submariner’s True Story: Written by a former U.S. Navy diver and fast-attack submariner, this is a firsthand account of the harrowing underwater conflict that defined an era.
  • Declassified Cold War Operations: Go inside four of the most secret submarine projects for the first time, including the top-secret Holystone, Ivy Bells, Boresight, and Bulls Eye programs.
  • The Brink of Nuclear War: Experience the tension of the Cuban Missile Crisis from below the waves, where a single order could have triggered global annihilation.
  • The Underwater Tech Race: From the first diesel “smoke boats” to the dawn of the nuclear age, witness the covert technological battle for supremacy beneath the world’s oceans.

W. Craig Reed

Born into a Navy family on the island of Guam, W. Craig Reed served as a U.S. Navy diver, submarine weapons technician, and special operations photographer deployed on nuclear fast-attack submarines. He lives in Silicon Valley, California.

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