Book · 1948 · Popular literature
Blind Man's Bluff
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There's a book called Blind Man's Bluff that's about like all the stuff that he used to do. And all of his like stories are cuz what US and Soviet subs were doing in this period of time was like basically one would try to like playing chicken trying to force the other to surface.
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There's a book I was um uh recommended to read called Blind Man's Bluff and uh it's a book about uh deeply classified projects uh connected to the Navy, right?
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2025 If he ever read blind man's bluff about submarine espionage it was conducted during world the Cold War and using atomic submarines.
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Blind Man's Bluff by Baynard Hardwick Kendrick is an investigative account of deeply classified United States Navy submarine operations and espionage during the Cold War. Robert Evans referenced the book on Behind the Bastards to illustrate the dangerous operations conducted by American and Soviet atomic submarines, noting that crews would routinely play deadly games of chicken trying to force opposing vessels to surface. Joe Rogan brought up the same work on The Joe Rogan Experience, observing that it explores highly classified projects connected to the Navy that managed to remain hidden for long periods without leaking. Rogan pointed out that the book sheds light on the massive financial investments involved in these black-budget military programs, revealing that hundreds of millions of dollars were funneled into them. Additionally, Ivan Linscott mentioned the title on the a16z Podcast while discussing the Cold War origins of submarine espionage and the technological surveillance methods utilized during that era. Across multiple podcast appearances, speakers turned to this book to understand the intersection of extreme military secrecy, massive defense budgets, and high-stakes underwater maneuvering between global superpowers during the twentieth century.
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Robert Evans There's a book called Blind Man's Bluff that's about like all the stuff that he used to do. And all of his… 1
“There's a book called Blind Man's Bluff that's about like all the stuff that he used to do. And all of his like stories are cuz what US and Soviet subs were doing in this period of time was like basically one would try to like playing chicken trying to force the other to surface”
Joe Rogan There's a book I was um uh recommended to read called Blind Man's Bluff and uh it's a book about uh deeply… 2
“There's a book I was um uh recommended to read called Blind Man's Bluff and uh it's a book about uh deeply classified projects uh connected to the Navy, right?”
“That goes back to that book I was telling you about, Blind Man's Bluff, because it talks about the amount of money that went into that program. That was hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Ivan Linscott if he ever read blind man's bluff about submarine espionage it was conducted during world the Cold War and… 1
“if he ever read blind man's bluff about submarine espionage it was conducted during world the Cold War and using atomic submarines”