Operation Cyanide
Subtitle: How the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III
Contributors: John Simpson (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Vision
Published: September 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781904132196
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; War & defence operations; Middle East - General; History: American; History - General History; Middle East; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Military - United States; Current Events / General; History / Military / United States; Foreign relations; History; Israel-Arab War, 1967; Liberty (Ship); United States
First sentence: The crew of the USS Liberty had no inkling of the catastrophe that awaited them as they sailed slowly at five knots along the Egyptian coast in the early afternoon of 8 June 1967.