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Jack Cheevers
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The brilliant and fearless journalists of the Boston Globe in the 1960
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Welcome home, sailor
As a captive of North Korea in 1968, USS Pueblo crewman Don McClarren often had dreams of gorging on a porterhouse steak smothered in chocolate ice cream.Like the other 81 sailors who’d survived an attack on the U.S. spy ship by North Korean gunboats on Jan. 23, 1968, McClarren was taken ashore and tossed into a communist prison. There he and the others survived for the next 11 months on a starva Read more of this blog post »
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Jack Cheevers
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Joseph Case’s review
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Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam
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“Nothing new”? You’re very much mistaken, Mr. Case.
I believe “Kennedy’s Coup” is the most complete, most detailed account of the anti-Diem coup of 196 ...more " |
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Jack Cheevers
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Philip Kuhn’s review
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Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam
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Jack Cheevers
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Sweetwilliam's review
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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo:
"Act of War was probably my favorite read of the year thus far. It was certainly my favorite audio book. From start to finish there was never a dull moment and I found myself taking the dog for extra walks just so I could listen to the next chapter of"
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Jack Cheevers
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Philip Kuhn's review
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Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America's Descent into Vietnam:
"A really great book. I would give it six stars. Cheevers tells the whole story of the Diehm coup. All of the players, twists and turns and how it turns out. He finished with a chapter on LBJ and how he handled the Vietnam war, and its government, aft"
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Jack Cheevers
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John D'Anna's review
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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo:
"Meticulously researched and superbly written. The author puts you on the deck of the Pueblo when the tiny ship, completely undefended, is accosted by the North Korean navy. He captures the chaos as the crew desperately tries to destroy secret documen"
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Jack Cheevers
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David Reaney's review
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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo:
"In-depth details of an event I heard about
The Pueblo was captured a little over a year before I joined the Army as a Army version of a Navy CT. I served in Korea several times and the capture and other events remained standard practice for North Kore" Read more of this review » |
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“It requires more courage to suffer than to die. —Napoleon Bonaparte”
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
“12 ball problem,” which involves a dozen balls of the same size and color. One is heavier or lighter than the others. The challenge is to put the balls on a scale and figure out, in only three weighings, which of them is different, and whether it’s heavier or lighter. It took Bucher 12 hours to crack the problem; a brainy CT named Charles Ayling solved it in 60 minutes.”
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
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“12 ball problem,” which involves a dozen balls of the same size and color. One is heavier or lighter than the others. The challenge is to put the balls on a scale and figure out, in only three weighings, which of them is different, and whether it’s heavier or lighter. It took Bucher 12 hours to crack the problem; a brainy CT named Charles Ayling solved it in 60 minutes.”
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
“It requires more courage to suffer than to die. —Napoleon Bonaparte”
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
― Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
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