The Liberty Incident: 1967 Israeli Atack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship - Couverture rigide

Cristol, A.Jay

 
9781574884142: The Liberty Incident: 1967 Israeli Atack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship
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ISBN 10 : 157488414X ISBN 13 : 9781574884142
Editeur : Brassey's US, 2002

Synopsis

On June 8th 1967, at the height of the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbours, Israeli air and naval forces attacked the USS Liberty, an intelligence-collection ship in the service of Israel's closest ally, while that vessel steamed in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula. The Israelis killed 34 Americans, wounded 171 and nearly sank the ship. Dozens of theories exist about what happened that day. Official inquiries conducted in both the United States and Israel attributed the event to faulty communications and tragic error, but survivors remain outspoken and not alone in their belief that the Israelis acted deliberately. Federal judge and former naval aviator A. Jay Cristol places the incident in context. The Israeli strike, he argues, can only be understood in the light of the Cold War, the outbreak of war in the Middle East, inter-service rivalry within the Israeli defence forces and the chaos of an operational environment. That both the United States and Israel kept much of the data concerning the incident classified for more than 10 years served only to fuel the fires of intrigue and charges of conspiracy to cover up the truth, but since the incident significant portions of most of the official inquiries have now been declassified. Cristol draws on these documents recently obtained by him through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as on extensive oral history interviews, to deliver a comprehensive treatment of the episode that threatened to ruin Israel's relations with the US and has been a nagging source of suspicion for so many years.

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À propos de l?auteur

A. JAY CRISTOL, J.D., PH.D., is a federal judge serving the southern district of Florida. An aviation enthusiast, he spent eighteen years as a naval aviator and twenty in the Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps. He retired as a captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve

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Éditeur
Brassey's US
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
157488414X
ISBN 13 
9781574884142
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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