Reading Bliss for Observers of Submarines and China
Raymond Pritchett [“Galrahn”], “Reading Bliss for Observers of Submarines and China,” Information Dissemination, 3 January 2008.
… Inside Winter 2008 you will find reading bliss for submarine observers like us. If you want to get a head start, check it out, because we intend to spend extra time blogging about the essay “Chinese Evaluations of the US Navy Submarine Force” from the Winter 2008 review, and will be surprised if other bloggers, particularly submarine centric bloggers, don’t have a few thoughts and opinions as well. How good is the article? In our opinion:
It is the best open source professional publication on the topics of China and Submarines you are going to find anywhere. A must read.
For people like us keenly observing all things related to submarine warfare and China, or for those who love to read Chinese materials directly, this essay has sent us into near bliss with excellent citations and outstanding content. …
http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2008/01/reading-bliss-for-observers-of.html
Observations of an Armchair Admiral
Thursday, January 3, 2008
This year I got what I consider a pretty awesome gift for Christmas. The gift was two books, one in Russian and the other in Chinese, two languages I continue to attempt to teach myself, albeit at a slow pace. Both books are actually the same book.
Yes, my wife is the bomb. Smart, hot, and thoughtful. I have no idea how she got the books either, but with women I go by the philosophy that when it comes to asking questions, less is usually more. It will take me awhile to get through both books, or to determine if they are indeed the same book as advertised.
What am I talking about? The rough translation of the book is “The Secrets of Submarine Espionage.” Basically, for those who have ever read or enjoyed Blind Man’s Bluff, this is the inside story except from the perspective of the Soviet Union. That link above to the book, I’ve never bought from them, but I noticed they are selling the book. Are they legit? I have no clue.
Why bring this up at all? Because sometimes timing is everything.
In reading some of the materials written by Chinese naval analysts recently, we keep noting the book is cited every once and awhile as a point of reference in describing the behavior of US submarines during the cold war. I haven’t read the book yet, but it must go into some detail regarding the Soviet perspective of SOSUS and how the US systematically cataloged acoustic signatures of Soviet ships and submarines, because the Chinese openly discuss these subjects when they cite the book.
Today, in reading through the Winter 2008 Review at the Navy War College, I noticed in one of the essays the book was cited. I haven’t read through the entire Winter 2008 review yet, but for those who check it out don’t get confused by the “alt” listing for the reviews, the webmaster screwed it up, that top left that says “Summer 2007” is actually the “Winter 2008” edition. We posted the cover picture above, look for it, it is the correct one.
Inside Winter 2008 you will find reading bliss for submarine observers like us. If you want to get a head start, check it out, because we intend to spend extra time blogging about the essay “Chinese Evaluations of the US Navy Submarine Force” from the Winter 2008 review, and will be surprised if other bloggers, particularly submarine centric bloggers, don’t have a few thoughts and opinions as well. How good is the article? In our opinion:
It is the best open source professional publication on the topics of China and Submarines you are going to find anywhere. A must read.
For people like us keenly observing all things related to submarine warfare and China, or for those who love to read Chinese materials directly, this essay has sent us into near bliss with excellent citations and outstanding content.
Gabriel Collins, Andrew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, and William Murray of the Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute deserve high praise for this publication, perhaps the best of its type on the China and Submarine centric topic in the open source anywhere. As self described scavengers of open source publications on these specific topics this blog would like to thank these authors for the excellent insight and analysis. As far as our expanded thoughts on the essay itself, give us a few days…
