The Chess Players, a Novel of the Cold War at Sea (Paperback) by Francis J Partel

Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 388. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 388 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Both a naval story and a love story, "The Chess Players" opens with an audacious espionage mission--a Soviet submarine penetration of Stavanger, Norway--and closes with a thrilling, bizarre episode between a missile-equipped Russian nuclear submarine and a U.S. Navy destroyer escort in the Mediterranean Sea.