The Pueblo Incident
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The Pueblo Incident
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Author : Mitchell B. Lerner
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2002-05-10
The Pueblo Incident written by Mitchell B. Lerner and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-10 with History categories.
"Remember, you are not going out there to start a war," Rear Admiral Frank Johnson reminded Commander Pete Bucher just prior to the maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Pueblo. And yet a war-one that might have gone nuclear-was what nearly happened when the Pueblo was attacked and captured by North Korean gunships in January 1968. Diplomacy prevailed in the end, but not without great cost to the lives of the imprisoned crew and to a nation already mired in an unwinnable war in Vietnam. The Pueblo was an aging cargo ship poorly refurbished as a signals intelligence collector for the top-secret Operation Clickbeetle. It was sent off with a first-time captain, an inexperienced crew, and no back-up, and was captured well before the completion of its first mission. Ignored for a quarter of a century, the Pueblo incident has been the subject of much polemic but no scholarly scrutiny. Mitchell Lerner now examines for the first time the details of this crisis and uses the incident as a window through which to better understand the limitations of American foreign policy during the Cold War. Drawing on thousands of pages of recently declassified documents from President Lyndon Johnson's administration, along with dozens of interviews with those involved, Lerner provides the most complete and accurate account of the Pueblo incident. He weaves on a grand scale a dramatic story of international relations, presidential politics, covert intelligence, capture on the high seas, and secret negotiations. At the same time, he highlights the very intimate struggles of the Pueblo's crew-through capture, imprisonment, indoctrination, torture, and release-and the still smoldering controversy over Commander Bucher's actions. In fact, Bucher emerges here for the first time as the truly steadfast hero his men have always considered him. More than an account of misadventure, The Pueblo Incident is an indictment of Cold War mentality that shows how the premises underlying the Pueblo's risky mission and the ensuing efforts to win the release of her crew were seriously flawed. Lerner argues that had U.S. policymakers regarded the North Koreans as people with a national agenda rather than one serving a global Communist conspiracy, they might have avoided the crisis or resolved it more effectively. He also addresses such unanswered questions as what the Pueblo's mission exactly was, why the ship had no military support, and how damaging the intelligence loss was to national security. With North Korea still seen as a rogue state by some policymakers, The Pueblo Incident provides key insights into the domestic imperatives behind that country's foreign relations. It astutely assesses the place of gunboat diplomacy in the modern world and is vital for understanding American foreign policy failures in the Cold War.
The Capture Of The Uss Pueblo
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Author : James Duermeyer
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-12-20
The Capture Of The Uss Pueblo written by James Duermeyer and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-20 with History categories.
For President Lyndon Johnson, 1968 was a year of calamity, including the hijacking of the USS Pueblo in international waters off North Korea. After a fierce attack by the North Korean Navy, the lightly armed spy ship was captured and its 83 crewmen taken hostage, imprisoned and tortured for nearly a year before being released. How and why did the Navy, the National Security Agency and the Johnson administration place the Pueblo in such an untenable situation? What drove Kim Il-sung, North Korea's autocrat, to gamble on hijacking a ship belonging to the world's most powerful nation? Drawing on extensive research, including summaries of White House meetings and conversations, the author answers these questions and reviews the events and flawed decisions that led to Pueblo's capture.
The Pueblo Incident
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Author : Daniel V. Gallery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Pueblo Incident written by Daniel V. Gallery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Pueblo Incident, 1968 categories.
Rear Admiral Dan Gallery, Retired, is the officer whose men boarded and captured the German submarine U505 - the only enemy warship taken in battle on the high seas since 1815. In this book he says what he thinks about the only US Navy ship boarded and captured since the days of sail.
The Pueblo Surrender
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Author : Robert A. Liston
language : en
Publisher: Robert Liston
Release Date : 2011-01-10
The Pueblo Surrender written by Robert A. Liston and has been published by Robert Liston this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-10 with History categories.
How the NSA manipulated the U.S. Navy, Pentagon, White House, Congress, tricked the North Koreans, Russians and Chinese, almost caused a war, and concealed the truth for over 40 years. On January 23, 1968, the North Koreans seized the U.S.S. Pueblo. The incident sent shock waves around the world-almost started a war-and has been the focus of controversy and contradiction ever since. Investigative reporter Robert Liston uncovered startling information to support a remarkable conclusion: The Pueblo was purposely surrendered in a covert mission conceived and carried out by the National Security Agency, a super-secret branch of U.S. intelligence. Liston produces documented evidence to show that the Pueblo, controlled by NSA operatives, was used as bait to draw the Soviet Union and Red Chinese into an NSA trap-an operation that enabled the NSA to break the Soviet system of codes, put the KGB on the defensive for years, and stop a possible war between the Soviets and Chinese. For the first time, author Liston brings to light a true story of international intrigue hidden from the American public, from Congress, even from the White House. He goes inside the U.S. intelligence apparatus and reveals how the Pueblo incident may have shaped and controlled American foreign policy and superpower politics for more than twenty years.
The Pueblo Incident
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Author : Raymond C. Spaulding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Pueblo Incident written by Raymond C. Spaulding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Prisoners of war categories.
The Pueblo Incident Whose Responsibility
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Author : James E. McNulla
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Pueblo Incident Whose Responsibility written by James E. McNulla and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Military intelligence categories.
The Pueblo Incident Why No Immediate Response
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Author : David B. Hannum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Pueblo Incident Why No Immediate Response written by David B. Hannum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
Act Of War
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Author : Jack Cheevers
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-12-03
Act Of War written by Jack Cheevers and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-03 with History categories.
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE “I devoured Act of War the way I did Flyboys, Flags of Our Fathers and Lost in Shangri-la.”—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author In 1968, the small, dilapidated American spy ship USS Pueblo set out to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Though packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, its crew, led by ex–submarine officer Pete Bucher, was made up mostly of untested young sailors. On a frigid January morning, the Pueblo was challenged by a North Korean gunboat. When Bucher tried to escape, his ship was quickly surrounded by more boats, shelled and machine-gunned, forced to surrender, and taken prisoner. Less than forty-eight hours before the Pueblo’s capture, North Korean commandos had nearly succeeded in assassinating South Korea’s president. The two explosive incidents pushed Cold War tensions toward a flashpoint. Based on extensive interviews and numerous government documents released through the Freedom of Information Act, Act of War tells the riveting saga of Bucher and his men as they struggled to survive merciless torture and horrendous living conditions set against the backdrop of an international powder keg.
The Pueblo Incident
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Author : Raymond C. Spaulding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Pueblo Incident written by Raymond C. Spaulding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Prisoners of war categories.
The Declassified Documents Catalog
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Declassified Documents Catalog written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Government publications categories.