Reddit reviews Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War

WWIII was dangerously close during the Cuban Missile Crisis thanks to nuclear torpedos:

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/25/you-and-almost-everyone-you-know-owe-your-life-to-this-man/

https://www.amazon.com/Red-November-Inside-U-S-Soviet-Submarine/dp/0061806773

http://www.amazon.com/Red-November-Inside-U-S--Soviet-Submarine/dp/0061806773/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1344085323&sr=8-3&keywords=red+november

Fascinating book that talks about this in detail, as well as some of the other Soviet submarines that were patrolling around Cuba.

There is a history of data systems technician online, which explains how the Navy changed it's way of operations in tracking enemy ships and planes up to the modern aegis system. Gives you an idea of how the Navy transformed from guns to missiles.

http://ethw.org/First-Hand:No_Damned_Computer_is_Going_to_Tell_Me_What_to_DO_-_The_Story_of_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System,_NTDS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Man%27s_Bluff:_The_Untold_Story_of_American_Submarine_Espionage

Hunt for Red October
https://www.amazon.com/Hunt-October-Jack-Ryan-Novel/dp/0425240339/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1475178085&sr=8-3&keywords=hunt+for+red+october

Red Storm Rising
A book about a hypothetical war between the US and USSR, a lot of Navy stuff in this book.

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Storm-Rising-Tom-Clancy/dp/042510107X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475178124&sr=8-1&keywords=red+storm+rising

Red November

• Gives you an idea of what the CT's and Intel is all about. He could never have released this book in the 90's as a lot of the stuff was classified top secret.
  
  https://www.amazon.com/Red-November-Inside-U-S--Soviet-Submarine/dp/0061806773/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1475178190&sr=8-2&keywords=Red+November
  
  

While not specifically oriented around WW2, I would recommend "Blind Man's Bluff" - which is the a great read with respect to the ridiculous situations the (primarily US) Navy found itself in in the post-WW2 world. It deals a great deal with the Cold War, and the US/USSR espionage efforts of NSA/CIA, and in the case of some situations, it becomes clear why Tom Clancy was questioned about his research for his novels.

Also - "Red November" - which is very similar in many respects, it's also a fair bit more up to date, and covers at least a little bit of the very quiet deployment of 30+ Chinese nuclear submarines over the last 10 years. What is a little clear here is that while the authors of Blind Man's Bluff were very thorough with their research and accreditation, this book is less thorough and oftentimes cites Wikipedia rather than Janes or the USN or NSA/CIA something more credible in matters of submarine war and espionage (or so we're told).