Cry from the Deep : The Submarine Disaster That Riveted the World and Put the New Russia to the Ultimate Test

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Summary: How Big Organizations Work.
Review: Submarine disasters usually happen like the rest of the things about subs, alone, silent and deadly. Of the 52 boats lost during WWII, some are still unaccounted for, just not yet returned from patrol. With the Kursk, we know what happened. Experimental hydrogen peroxide powered torpedoes exploded inside the boat. (Strangely enough it appears that the American submarine Scorpion sank in 1968 because of a fire in their torpedos.)

The main part of this book, however, is not on what happened to the Kursk. It is on what happened afterward. The coverups by the Russian military and Government. The less than stellar performance of the American and British navies in delaying the offer of help.

This part of the book is extensively researched. It's tragic, but unfortunately the way of the world. People don't want to tell their managers bad news.

I've got to add that at least one wit has come up with another answer, it was Microsoft Windows XP. See: peter-marina.com/kursk.html