Conspiracy theories are interesting, and this book is no different. It's the authors belief, and he makes an impressive case in supporting this belief, that the loss of the USN Scorpion in 1968 was a result of a torpedo attack by a Soviet submarine. The "official" Government position is that the loss of the sub was a result of an unknown accident, and as might be expected, many if not most of the official records remain classified. While lack of government candor isn't anything new (think about the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, Nixon's Watergate coverup, the Iran-Contra scandal during the Reagan years, and a likelihood of yet to be released Bush era disclosures) it's still difficult to believe that the U.S. would knowingly tolerate the loss of a nuclear submarine, along with the 99 officers and sailors, due to an unprovoked attack by another naval force, and not react. And if it did truly occur as the author states, it's hard to believe that no leak from U.S. or Soviet individuals or documents have ever surfaced. Nonetheless, the author makes many interesting points, although he does wander off course on occasion with additional and seemingly unrelated information.
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