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All Hands Down
- The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Mounty
- 19-05-22
Cold war stories
Excellent story but shocking, the truth about the cold war, in an environment that isn’t seen, below the waves away from eyes.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-09-21
Story of the Scorpion.
Absolutely amazing. Well constructed and a great depth of understanding, and development of the main characters. Would recommend it!
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- R. Ellis
- 29-11-21
Fascinating and scary real life story
This is an excellent and somewhat scary real life story. It is very well researched and written, and superbly related.
It gives a deep and unappreciated insight into the dangers service personnel face even in peace time, and confirms how political expediency keeps secret many things from the average person in the street.
Until listening to this book and concurrent personal reading elsewhere I had absolutely no idea that nine nuclear submarines have been lost since 1963 with the loss of over 400 sailors. Sobering thoughts.
I highly recommend this book to anyone with the slightest interest in the subject.
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- Craig
- 25-08-22
A sobering story from the Cold War.
Extremely well narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner. Another chapter in the US Naval history that still has unanswered questions. This book takes the story on the Scorpion to a more plausible if not scary conclusion.
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- James Rawlinson
- 13-02-23
Kept me coming back
This is not a book I would usually listen to but the narrative kept me coming back to it. Whether the actual conclusions are accurate or not the audiobook did give a deep insight into the life and duties within the submarine . It also illustrated the strain placed on the crews family members left in the dark by officials
I am glad I chose the title
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- Aleksi
- 04-01-22
Well written fiction dressed as facts 😬
It's well written alrigth, a pleasure to listen to perdormance-wise. But it appears the authors took some broad liberties when cooking up this story. So I did feel a bit betrayed when it came apparent that the events of the book are pretty much founded on hearsay and a sprikle of imagination from the author's part.
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- Toby
- 16-10-21
Not my Favourite.
Personally not my favourite. Wasn't really the content I was hoping for really but educational non the less.
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- Nick Gilbert
- 18-08-22
fascinating
a fascinating story that is delivered in a clear and concise. Well worth reading
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- Ex Bill's Blazer
- 06-12-22
Good listen
A simply told narrative of this interesting phase in international history of underwater warfare and defence.
Well written and captivating, and eye-opening if you didn't know anything about this form of the military, seen from both sides.
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- Zenza B
- 08-12-20
A saggy bag of a listen. Lacking in substance.
Built upon a speculative preconceived conclusion and lacking any evidence with which to convince the reader of the argument.
Quite disappointing. It will appeal to those who love a conspiracy but don't expect it to bear the fruits of a well balanced investigative read.
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