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Mutiny : the true events that inspired the hunt for Red October
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- ISBN: 9780765313508
- ISBN: 0765313502
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381 p. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : T. Doherty, 2008..
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Mutiny -- Soviet Union Storozhevoĭ (Ship) Soviet Union -- History, Naval Soviet Union -- History -- 1953-1985 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Houston Public Library | 1080 HAG (Text) | 35150001590555 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2008 May #1
The granddaddy of the techno-thriller, Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October (1984), was based on a real mutiny of a Soviet warship in 1975. The definitive account of that event is The Last Sentry (2005), by Gregory D. Young and Nate Braden; here novelist Hagberg grafts the memories of a Soviet naval officer who was aboard the warship onto the thriller format. Then in his early twenties, Boris Gindin was the engineering officer of the Storozhevoi, an antisubmarine vessel whose name means "sentry." Gindin was not disaffected with the Soviet system, opposed the mutiny, and was locked up with other loyalty-minded officers for the revolt's brief duration. Its leader intended to sail into the Baltic Sea and broadcast an anti-Soviet manifesto, pirate-radio style. Readers not privy to the history will be surprised by the leader's identity, and once those cards are on the table, Hagberg switches over to the thriller framework of admirals ordering pilots to sink the Storozhevoi. Although it is evident that creative license has been taken, the underlying truth of Gindin's story comes through in Hagberg's dramatized rendition. Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2008 March #2
Nonfiction thriller about the Soviet naval mutiny that inspired The Hunt for Red October.Veteran novelist Hagberg (Allah's Scorpion, 2007, etc.) teams with Gindin, one of the officers aboard the ship, who is now a U.S. citizen. FFG Storozhevoy was an antisubmarine frigate, a long, narrow, fast ship designed to hunt and destroy U.S. nuclear subs. In November 1975, the ship was in harbor at Riga, Latvia, being made ready for two weeks of repairs after a six-month cruise. Senior Lieutenant Gindin, at 24 a proud member of the Soviet navy, was in charge of the engine room. Hagberg conveys the barriers Gindin had to overcome as a Jew in the Soviet system while laying groundwork for the plot by Captain Valery Sablin, the ship's third in command. The abundant details about running the ship and daily life in the Soviet navy are sure to please military buffs and techno-thriller fans alike. But at the narrative's center stands the enigmatic Sablin, a true believer in the ideals of Marxism/Leninism who was appalled by the corruption of the Brezhnev-era Soviet Union. Believing that a majority of his fellow Russians shared his vision of a free Rodina (motherland), he planned to sail the ship near Leningrad and broadcast a tape pleading for the bureaucrats' overthrow. At first, his scheme succeeded. He tricked Captain Anatoly Potulniy, the ship's commander, into a locked room and armed enough crewmen to imprison those officers who did not support him. Then Sablin's luck began to run out. His tape, rather than being broadcast, was sent out on an encrypted military channel. One officer escaped to spread the alarm. Whatever chance the mutiny had of succeeding was gone as soon as the Kremlin learned of it. Hagberg manages to build and maintain the suspense even though readers know that the plot's failure is preordained.A little-known slice of Cold War history, as experienced by an insider and vividly retold by an old pro. Copyright Kirkus 2008 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2008 June #1
In fall 1975, on the Baltic Sea, Cold War tensions culminated in a mutiny aboard the FFGStorozhevoy . The Soviet antisubmarine warship's political officer (zampolit ) believed that Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's government had strayed from the Marxist-Leninist party line and that he could commandeer this ship, sail into Leningrad's (today's St. Petersburg) harbor, and broadcast a speech that would move the population to action. But when the route to Leningrad came suspiciously close to the Swedish coast, indicating a possible intent to defect, Brezhnev himself ordered the rogue ship to be sunk with all hands on board. Gindin, the FFG Storozhevoy 's chief engineer and senior lieutenant, joins with National Book Award winner Hagberg (The Kremlin Conspiracy ), to tell the story of these real-life events, which in part inspired Tom Clancy's novel, The Hunt for Red October . The narrative is fast-paced, even gripping in portions. Though the background history in various chapters is rudimentary and incomplete, the story withstands its brief recounting, and the embellishments are worth reading. Highly recommended for all public libraries.âHarry Willems, Park City P.L., KS
[Page 107]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2008 March #3
Prolific thriller writer Hagberg (Dance with the Dragon ) and former Soviet naval officer Gindin recount the 1975 mutiny aboard the FFG Storozhevoy , a Russian antisubmarine warfare ship, which inspired Tom Clancy's international bestseller. Gindin was a senior lieutenant and chief engineer on the Storozhevoy when it was seized by Capt. Third Rank Valery Sablin. An idealist who "actually believes the Party line," Sablin intended to sail the ship into the Baltic Sea and broadcast an appeal to the Russian people to overthrow the corrupt Kremlin leadership. He secured the crew's support by promising them "an early out from the navy," and arrested the captain and the ship's officers, including Gindin, who refused to cooperate. Upon hearing the news, Kremlin leader Leonid Brezhnev ordered his navy to "find that ship and sink it." Under attack, the mutiny fizzled and the ship and crew were spared, but the personal repercussions were severe. Another nonfiction account of the Storozhevoy mutiny, The Last Sentry , was published in 2005, but the eyewitness testimony of coauthor Gindin justifies a retelling. Unfortunately, tutorials on subjects as diverse as historical mutinies and Soviet executions slow the narrative, and the documentation is bare bones. (May)
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