Part 1. The Ships -- Destroyers and Liberty Ships -- USS Liberty -- Clickbeetle, the spy ships -- The Pueblo orders Rule of the Sea -- Part 2. Leadership and risk analysis -- Leadership -- Risk analysis -- Part 3. Reactions on the Pueblo -- Within the military chain of command -- Within the intelligence community -- In South Korea -- In the Situation Room, Washington -- At the White House -- Reaction of Congress -- Reaction of the public -- Part 4. Juche -- Why North Korea seized the Pueblo -- The Washington viewpoint -- The North Korean perspective -- Juche -- Elements of Juche -- The propaganda of North Korea -- The effect of Juche and Kim's propaganda on the treatment of the Pueblo prisoners -- Part 5. Negotiations for Freedom -- Part 6. The Navy Court of Inquiry
Summary
"For President Lyndon Johnson, 1968 was a year of calamity, including the hijacking of the USS Pueblo in international waters off North Korea. Drawing on extensive research, including summaries of White House meetings and conversations, the author answers these questions and reviews the events and flawed decisions that led to Pueblo's capture"-- Provided by publisher
