David Fairhall

David Fairhall was the Guardian's Defence Correspondent throughout much of the Cold War and has written extensively on maritime subjects. His previous books include "Russia Looks to the Sea" (1971), "Black Tide Rising: the Wreck of the Amoco Cadiz" (with Philip Jordan, 1980) and "Common Ground: the Story of Greenham" (I.B.Tauris, 2006).