The Liberty Incident Revealed: the Definitive Account Of The 1967 Israeli Attack On The U.S. Navy Spy Ship

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Table of Contents; List of Illustrations ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Acknowledgments; 1. Roll In On Target; 2. The Two-Month Crisis ; 3. Why Was the Liberty in Harm's Way? ; 4. The Liberty Targeted; 5. The Air and Sea Attacks; 6. In the Aftermath ; 7. Friendly Fire Kills ; 8. Survivor's Perceptions ; 9. Conspiracy Theories; 10. Tall Tales vs. Reality ; 11. Did Dayan Order It? ; 12. America Investigates; 13. Israel Investigates; 14. Television's Perspective; 15. Red Herrings and Myths; 16. Confirmation: National Security Agency Intercepts; 17. Confirmation: The Mythical Submarine.;Cutting through all of the controversy and conspiracy theories about Israel's deadly attack on the USS Liberty in June 1967 at the height of the Six Day War, Cristol revises his well-regarded book about the event with a complete, in-depth analysis of all of the sources, including recently released tapes from National Security Agency. When the first edition of The Liberty Incident was published in 2002 there remained many unanswered questions about Israeli Air Force audio tapes intercepted by the NSA. Some alleged they would prove that the Israeli attack was premeditated. Cristol's successful Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Security Agency, while resulting in the release of those tapes, has been greeted by anti-Israel sources insisting that the NSA tapes are fraudulent and are part of a larger conspiracy to deceive the American public! After a quarter of a century of intensive research in Israel and the U.S., researching all relevant archives from NSA, CIA and the State Department, reviewing both formerly classified and open source documents, and interviewing all then-living individuals directly involved in the incident, the factual and documentary record is clear. Cristol maintains that despite the fact that all of the official records and transcripts are now available for review, the truth has proven to be of no interest to those individuals and organizations who are motivated by hidden agendas, wish to keep conspiracy theories alive, or are trying to feed sensational stories to the media. Documenting his findings in six new chapters, Cristol establishes in THE LIBERTY INCIDENT REVEALED that the Israeli attack was a tragic mistake and presents a convincing argument that will be regarded as the final story about this incident.