{"product_id":"when-dolphins-play-krayevskiy-1958-краевский-лиманов-когда-играют-дельфины-бвп","title":"Kraevsky, B., Limanov, Yu. When Dolphins Play (Kogda igrayut delfiny), 1958. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКраевский Б., Лиманов Ю. Когда играют дельфины. \/ 2-е издание. Художник П. Чернышев. Серия: Библиотечка военных приключений.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Воениздат, 1958.\u003cbr\u003e168 с. : ил. Твердый издательский переплет, уменьшенный формат.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKraevsky, B., Limanov, Yu. When Dolphins Play (Kogda igrayut delfiny). \/ 2nd edition. Illustrated by P. Chernyshev. Series: Library of Military Adventures (Bibliotechka voennykh priklyucheniy).\u003cbr\u003eMoscow: Voenizdat, 1958.\u003cbr\u003e168 pp.: ill. Hardcover, reduced format. In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1958 adventure novel, published by Voenizdat (the Military Publishing House of the USSR), is a classic example of early Cold War \"spy fiction\" and marine adventure. Issued as part of the popular \"Library of Military Adventures\" series, the book reached a wide audience of Soviet youth and soldiers, blending naval suspense with the technological anxieties of the mid-20th century.\u003cbr\u003eThe plot follows a group of Soviet counterintelligence officers who discover a bizarre and terrifying plot orchestrated by foreign intelligence agencies. The \"enemy\" plans to weaponize the ocean itself by training and equipping dolphins to carry torpedoes against Soviet naval vessels. This premise, while fictional in the context of this 1950s story, actually pre-dated real-world military experiments with marine mammals that both the US and USSR would conduct in later decades.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is enriched by the dynamic illustrations of P. Chernyshev, whose artwork captures the tension of the underwater \"invisible front.\" The 1958 second edition features a compact, durable hardcover design typical of the series, intended to be carried in a soldier's pocket or a student's satchel.\u003cbr\u003eFor collectors of Soviet pulp fiction, historians of the Cold War, and bibliophiles of maritime adventure, When Dolphins Play is a fascinating relic. It highlights the creative ways Soviet popular culture addressed national security threats and the enduring fascination with the military potential of the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963173240874,"sku":"EB-306350666263","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_d4ddc1a1-a4f9-45b5-8485-33403bc6f6d9.jpg?v=1768162291","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/when-dolphins-play-krayevskiy-1958-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b5%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b3%d0%b4%d0%b0-%d0%b8%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%8e%d1%82-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%84%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%b1%d0%b2%d0%bf","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}