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A review by geve_
A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy by Robert Moore
5.0
The story of the Kursk disaster, the accidental sinking of one of Russia's greatest nuclear subs. The story goes into GREAT detail about the history of the sub, as well as Russia's navy at the time, the crew on the sub and the theories about what actually happened. I found these details quite interesting, and they really help to set the stage for how this tragedy occurred.
It was, of course, a series of multiple failures that led to the sinking, as well as the event going unacknowledged for quite a while after, which of course likely led to the deaths of all the survivors of the original explosions.
This also happened during Putin's first 3 months as president, and he was a major fucking bitch about it all. He didn't do shit about it, until long after the crew was dead, but it really showed his skill as a politician in how he finally did handle it.
If I have a complaint about the book, it is in the formatting. Although it's a common technique, the book starts with an exciting chapter of the event, then backtracks to all the history, then near the end, it calls back to some of the things that were introduced in the beginning. It wasn't terrible, but had it taken me longer to read this, I may not have been as fresh on the details.
Overall, this is a great read, highly recommend.
It was, of course, a series of multiple failures that led to the sinking, as well as the event going unacknowledged for quite a while after, which of course likely led to the deaths of all the survivors of the original explosions.
This also happened during Putin's first 3 months as president, and he was a major fucking bitch about it all. He didn't do shit about it, until long after the crew was dead, but it really showed his skill as a politician in how he finally did handle it.
If I have a complaint about the book, it is in the formatting. Although it's a common technique, the book starts with an exciting chapter of the event, then backtracks to all the history, then near the end, it calls back to some of the things that were introduced in the beginning. It wasn't terrible, but had it taken me longer to read this, I may not have been as fresh on the details.
Overall, this is a great read, highly recommend.