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All Hands Down

The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion

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All Hands Down

By: Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
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 Forty years ago, in May 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank in mysterious circumstances with a loss of 99 lives. The tragedy occurred during the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Now, drawing on hours of exclusive interviews as well as recently declassified United States and Soviet intelligence files, Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler explain what really happened to Scorpion.

When a Soviet sub mysteriously sank near Hawaii, hundreds of miles from its normal station, Soviet naval leaders mistakenly believed that a U.S. submarine was to blame. Using a cryptographic unit acquired from the North Koreans to decipher classified Navy communications, they set a trap for revenge. All Hands Down explains how the plan was executed and why the truth of the attack has been officially denied for 40 years.

©2008 Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Priesler (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Armed Forces Military Military Science Naval Forces Russia Soviet Union Submarine Imperial Japan Cold War

Critic Reviews

"[A] convincing argument....few will be able to resist the juicy details offered about this half-forgotten disaster and its aftermath....A satisfying historical whodunit, redolent with Cold War paranoia and tragedy." ( Kirkus Reviews)
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Narrator made this interesting as his voice and delivery took me back to the propaganda days of the 60's and 70's. The story is enhanced by the personal vignettes , spies and cover ups explanations and flows well .

Do you love conspiracy?

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Found the story interesting and plausible. Would be good to know more about the findings of the deep water dives on the wreck, if and when that is allowed to become public knowledge.

Interesting story

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