The Liberty Incident
Subtitle: The 1967 Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Potomac Books; Brassey's
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781574884142
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; c 1960 to c 1970; Military - Naval; Israel-Arab War, 1967; History; History - Military / War; History: American; Israel; Naval operations; Middle East - General; Liberty (Ship)
First sentence: Kursa Flight Leader glanced over his left shoulder to keep his eyes on the target as he rolled his Mirage IIICJ to a heading of 100.
Description: "On June 9, 1967, at the height of the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors, Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats attacked a naval vessel steaming in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula. After the fog of war had lifted, the Israelis realized, with horror, that they had nearly sunk a ship of their closest ally. Thirty-four Americans died and 171 were wounded.

Despite multiple official American and Israeli inquiries that determined the attack resulted from faulty communications and tragic error, conspiracy theorists have, for thirty-five years, tirelessly maintained vocal charges of conspiracy and cover-up.".

"Achieving unprecedented access to inside sources involved in the attack on the Liberty, federal judge and former naval aviator A. Jay Cristol draws on recently declassified documents, Israeli Air Force audiotapes of the attack, and interviews with such high-ranking officials as Robert McNamara and Yitzhak Rabin and a National Security Agency linguist who heard radio transmissions of the assault.

What results is the most comprehensive analysis of a tragedy that has been shrouded in suspicion for so many years. Meticulously researched and documented, The Liberty Incident effectively resolves the controversy that has persistently surrounded the question of Israel's motive in executing the deadly attack."--BOOK JACKET.