The Untold Story of Israel's Deadly 1967 Assault on a U S Spy Ship

✍ Scribed by Scott, James C

• Book ID: 110493676
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 712 KB
• Series: The Attack on the Liberty
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781439166055

✦ Synopsis

The definitive account of the infamous 1967 attack on the USS Liberty by Israeli forces and the continuing controversy over what really happened.

• Notorious incident: In 1967, Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats attacked the spy ship uSS Liberty in international waters during the Six-Day War. Thirty-four sailors were killed and more than 170 wounded, many critically injured. Israel claimed mistaken identity, which a U.S. naval court of inquiry confirmed, but that explanation is contradicted by the facts of the case.

  • Based on new revelations: James Scott has interviewed Liberty survivors, senior u.S. political and intelligence officials, and examined newly declassified documents in Israel and the united States to write this comprehensive, dramatic account. He reveals that officers in Israel's chain of command were aware of the Liberty's identity and shows how events in Vietnam prompted the American government to deemphasize the attack despite widespread disbelief of...