Josh Dean is a correspondent for Outside; a regular contributor to many national magazines, including GQ, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, and Popular Science; and the author of Show Dog and The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang.
Praise for THE TAKING OF K-129 "An absorbing, suspenseful chronicle
of a remarkable Cold War episode."
--The Wall Street Journal "It's a complicated affair, but Dean
relates it simply and completely. From undersea searches to
maritime architecture to spy agency intrigue, the author excels at
making complex operations understandable to the layman... The
Taking of K-129 is a worthwhile addition to the shelves of military
history buffs, nautical enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys a
well-told story."
--USA Today "One of the most astonishing covert operations in U.S.
history is detailed by author Josh Dean in his new book The Taking
of K-129... a spy story on steroids."
--New York Daily News "The incredible true story of how the
CIA--with help from Howard Hughes--stole a sunken Soviet nuclear
submarine during the Cold War."
--People "Josh Dean takes readers on a fascinating--and
optimistic--journey through this strange saga."
--VICE.com "The stellar research Dean uses to tell this captivating
tale includes declassified primary documents, personal journals,
and autobiographies... Recommended for fans of naval history,
marine engineering, ocean mining, and spy stories."
--Library Journal "Outside magazine correspondent Dean ably
resurrects the forgotten Cold War drama of Project Azorian... A
well-researched, mostly engrossing geopolitical narrative of
American ingenuity in the face of Russian threats."
--Kirkus Reviews "In a lively, you-are-there pace...Dean delivers
an engaging rendition of the high-profile espionage effort."
--Booklist "An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering
set at the height of the Cold War when the CIA, the US Navy, and
America's most eccentric spent six years and nearly a billion
dollars to steal the nuclear-armed Soviet submarine K-129..."
--The Intelligencer "Josh Dean has a gift for unearthing remarkable
stories lost to history, and in The Taking of K-129 he has
uncovered perhaps the most remarkable one of all--a story replete
with spies and engineering marvels and a secret drama unfolding
thousands of feet beneath the sea. Brilliantly researched and
beautifully written, this is a book you can't put down."
--David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the
Flower Moon
"From the depths of the Pacific and the depths of CIA covert
operations comes an absorbing tale of daring engineers and shadowy
espionage. A terrific read."
--David E. Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of The
Billion Dollar Spy
"An engrossing account of shadowy intrigue, precision engineering
and ultra-deception, The Taking of K-129 is a high-stakes espionage
drama of operational boldness married with technical
brilliance."
--Robert Wallace, author of Spycraft: The Secret History of the
CIA's Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda "A riveting account of
the American intelligence community. Told in fascinating detail,
The Taking of K-129 is nonfiction at its best because with every
page I had to remind myself this actually happened."
--Kevin Maurer, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller No
Easy Day
"As a former submariner and navy diver, I give Josh Dean an A+ for
The Taking of K-129. This non-fiction account of one of the most
dangerous and daring missions of the Cold War is well-researched
and reads like a Tom Clancy thriller."
--W. Craig Reed, New York Times bestselling author of Red
November
"If you've been hungry for a submarine tale in the league of The
Hunt For Red October, but subscribe to the belief that the truth is
stranger than fiction, you'll devour The Taking of K-129, an epic
befitting the top shelf of espionage and military reads. Prepare
for impact--you won't be able to put this one down."
--Eric Blehm, New York Times best-selling author of Fearless and
The Only Thing Worth Dying For
"A fast-moving account of Project Azorian, CIA's covert operation
to recover a sunken Soviet nuclear ballistic missile submarine from
over three miles under the Pacific Ocean that was conducted in
absolute secrecy - all under the watchful eyes of the Soviet Navy.
With the driving pace of a thriller, Dean's lively and detailed
narrative draws on eye witness accounts and the latest materials
released by the CIA itself. Fascinating."
--Peter Earnest, Founding Executive Director of the International
Spy Museum and former Senior CIA Officer
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