{"product_id":"the-liberty-cipher-patrick-pacalo-9798878677301","title":"The Liberty Cipher: Cold Warfare IV","description":"On June 8 in 1967, the \u003ci\u003eUSS Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e, a lightly armed American Navy listening ship on duty for the National Security Agency (NSA) was flying the U.S. flag in international waters on a clear and breezy day in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship was attacked and nearly sunk by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) air and naval units for no apparent reason. The U.S. Navy and the administration of then U.S. President Johnson covered up the fact that the attack was deliberate. Now, over 50 years later, the truth has been discerned. From the analysis of formerly classified, now made public accounts and old policy truths, we can see that it was the Israeli intention to communicate to the U.S. that it should not cooperate with the Soviets in forcing the Israelis to settle the raging 1967 war with a number of the Arab oil states. The U.S. then had and now has oil interests in the Middle East that led the U.S. to behave with sympathy towards that Arab armies, though Israel was a staunch U.S. ally. The Israelis did not approve of U.S. actions watching Israel and sought to telegraph that feeling to President Johnson by picking off one of his strategic picket ships, the \u003ci\u003eUSS Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Liberty Cipher\u003c\/i\u003e, reveals that the U.S. Navy's after action report on the near sinking of the \u003ci\u003eUSS Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e was rushed under pressure from the Johnson White House and concluded the attack had been an accident done in the fog of war. In reality, the attack on the \u003ci\u003eUSS Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e by the IDF had been highly coordinated and violated International Law because the IDF had machine-gunned the \u003ci\u003eUSS Liberty's\u003c\/i\u003e life rafts which she had deployed into the sea during the attack by the IDF. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExperienced researcher-writer Patrick Pacalo peeled back the layers of the formerly classified onion revealing the only possible truth about the action. The \u003ci\u003eUSS Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e was nearly sunk to send a message. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick Pacalo is the author of the \u003ci\u003eCold Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e series which was first published in 2004. Now it is updated with edition two of \u003ci\u003eThe Liberty Cipher\u003c\/i\u003e. Pacalo holds degrees in Political Science and History, interned at the Strategic Studies Institute of the Army War College in 1983, and completed a Graduate Certificate in National Security Studies from the American Military University. He has published over 450 news and feature articles and a dozen books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Pacalo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798878677301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Patrick Pacalo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47002083590399,"sku":"9798878677301","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a888e3d-398d-4b44-8ed4-dfcb7813befb.jpg?v=1751603034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-liberty-cipher-patrick-pacalo-9798878677301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}