Mutiny: the True Events That Inspired the Hunt for Red October
“The transmissions to and from the Storozhevoy have been patched to the telephone circuit. The Fleet Admiral has heard everything.
“It’s definitely mutiny,” Kosov says. “The man must be insane.”
“Da,” Gorshkov replies dourly. This is not like the old days, when his officers obeyed their commands without hesitation. He’s heard that the Soviet navy is trying to learn a lesson from the Americans and British. The Soviet navy is supposed to become the “thinking man’s” navy, whatever that means. It’s ...a mystery to him, where the time has gone, and he has to wonder if the incident now unfolding aboard the Storozhevoy is a portent of the end of the Soviet regime, just as the mutiny aboard the Potemkin signaled the beginning of the end for the tsars.
“What are your orders, sir?” Kosov wants to know.
Gorshkov thinks that this will be a big responsibility for a mere chief of staff. But in this incident at this moment in time the responsibility will be given to any officer willing to take it.MoreLess
“It’s definitely mutiny,” Kosov says. “The man must be insane.”
“Da,” Gorshkov replies dourly. This is not like the old days, when his officers obeyed their commands without hesitation. He’s heard that the Soviet navy is trying to learn a lesson from the Americans and British. The Soviet navy is supposed to become the “thinking man’s” navy, whatever that means. It’s ...a mystery to him, where the time has gone, and he has to wonder if the incident now unfolding aboard the Storozhevoy is a portent of the end of the Soviet regime, just as the mutiny aboard the Potemkin signaled the beginning of the end for the tsars.
“What are your orders, sir?” Kosov wants to know.
Gorshkov thinks that this will be a big responsibility for a mere chief of staff. But in this incident at this moment in time the responsibility will be given to any officer willing to take it.MoreLess
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