<P>Forty years ago in May 1968 the submarine <I>USS Scorpion</I> 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. </P><P>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 <I>Scorpion</I>.</P><P>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. <I>All Hands Down</I> explains how the plan was executed and why the truth of the attack has been officially denied for 40 years.</P><P>A Blackstone Audio production.</P>