Assault on the Liberty: The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship
by James M. Ennes, Jr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394505123
- ISBN 13
- 9780394505121
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1979 Random House, New York. 1979. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good +; bumping to lower tips; light shelfwear to board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($14.95); bumping to head, tail, and tips; closed tear on top of front panel; light rubbing to panels. Gray paper over boards with cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 299 pp 8vo. In June, 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Thirty-four men died and 172 were wounded. The author was an officer on the bridge when the attack started and subsequently spent many years researching and documenting this meticulous account of the attack and the cover-up that followed. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016628
- Title
- Assault on the Liberty: The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship
- Author
- James M. Ennes, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394505123
- ISBN 13
- 9780394505121
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- U.S. Navy, Six-Day War, Israeli Air Force, U.S.S. Liberty, Intelligence gathering ship, deliberate attack by Israel, cover up, LBJ, Sixth US Naval Fleet, Israeli attack on a U.S. ship,
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