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Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo

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WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE

“I devoured Act of War the way I did Flyboys, Flags of Our Fathers and Lost in Shangri-la.”—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

In 1968, the small, dilapidated American spy ship USS Pueblo got down to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Regardless that packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, its crew, led by ex–submarine officer Pete Bucher, used to be made up most commonly of untested young sailors.

On a frigid January morning, the Pueblo used to be challenged by a North Korean gunboat. When Bucher tried to escape, his ship used to be quickly surrounded by more boats, shelled and machine-gunned, forced to give up, and taken prisoner. Lower than forty-eight hours before the Pueblo’s capture, North Korean commandos had nearly succeeded in assassinating South Korea’s president. The two explosive incidents pushed Cold War tensions toward a flashpoint.

According to extensive interviews and a lot of government documents released during the Freedom of Information Act, Act of War tells the riveting saga of Bucher and his men as they struggled to live to tell the tale merciless torture and horrendous living conditions set against the backdrop of an international powder keg.

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