Recent events between the United States and North Korea cast a long shadow over relations between these countries. The “supposed” computer hacking of Sony pictures by North Korea, the disagreement over North Korean attempts to develop nuclear weapons, and a host of other issues like North Korean... ...more

On January 23, 1968 the USS Pueblo, a lightly armed diminutive spy ship was boarded by heavily armed North Korean military near Wonsan and the American crewmen taken prisoner. Jack Cheevers, a former Los Angeles Times political reporter, painstakingly and dramatically describes the seizure of the... ...more

“ Act of War; Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and The Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo” by Jack Cheevers is a well-written account of the courage of 83 men whose capture was an embarrassment for the United States and particularly the U.S. Navy. The eighty-three brave members of the crew were ill-prepa... ...more

Cheevers brings to life a fascinating chapter in American history, one that was perhaps partially obscured by the panoply of events that happened in the same years. This book reads like a great spy novel, except it is better because it actually happened! ...more

Jack Cheevers focuses on a forgotten moment in the United States history focused on the USS Pueblo that was seized by North Korea while on a routine spy mission. In the lead up to the Vietnam War the Navy began outfitting fishing trawlers as spy ships and sending them to listen to the radio trans... ...more