Act of war : Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the capture of the spy ship Pueblo
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Top Floor
359.3432 C415
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359.3432 C415
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xiv, 431 pages : illustrations
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-419) and index.
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In 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission: to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, the USS Pueblo was poorly armed and lacked backup by air or sea. Its crew, led by a charismatic, hard-drinking ex-submarine officer named Pete Bucher, was made up mostly of untested sailors in their teens and twenties. On a frigid January morning while eavesdropping near the port of Wonsan, the Pueblo was challenged by a North Korean gunboat. When Bucher tried to escape, his ship was quickly surrounded by more patrol boats, shelled and machine-gunned, and forced to surrender. One American was killed and ten wounded, and Bucher and his young crew were taken prisoner by one of the world's most aggressive and erratic totalitarian regimes. President Lyndon Johnson rushed U.S. combat ships and aircraft to reinforce South Korea, while secretly trying to negotiate a peaceful solution to the crisis. Act of War tells the riveting saga of Bucher and his men as they struggled to survive merciless torture and horrendous living conditions in North Korean prisons.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cheevers, J. (2013). Act of war: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the capture of the spy ship Pueblo . NAL Caliber.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cheevers, Jack. 2013. Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo. NAL Caliber.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cheevers, Jack. Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo NAL Caliber, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cheevers, Jack. Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo NAL Caliber, 2013.
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