Mitchell Lerner's guest appearances

Mitchell Lerner

The Korea Now Podcast

George Lopez

John Sweeney

Michael Kim

Sam Wells

Janet Lee

Ross King

Steven Lee

Tim Shorrock

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Laurel Kendall

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John Bocskay

Emma Campbell

Meredith Shaw

Michael Kirby

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This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Mitchell Lerner. They speak about the 1968 capture of the USS Pueblo, an American spy ship, in international waters by North Korea. Walking through the details of the attack, the North Korean motivations, the failures of planning by the US Navy, as well as the broader historical and political significance of the incident, a fascinating story of both farce and tragedy develops Mitchell Lerner is an Associate Professor at the Department of History and the director of the Institute for Korean Studies at Ohio State University. He won the John Lyman Award for the best work in US Naval History for his book, ‘The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy’, and is the editor of ‘A Companion to the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson’, and ‘Looking Back at LBJ’ *** Due to internet challenges, this interview was conducted via a telephone. Any issues with sound quality are a result of this.   Donate at Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry Website – http://www.jedleahenry.org Libsyn – http://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA Twitter – https://twitter.com/jedleahenry Academia.edu – http://university.academia.edu/JedLeaHenry Research Gate – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jed_Lea-Henry

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Mitchell Lerner. They speak about the 1968 capture of the USS Pueblo, an American spy ship, in international waters by North Korea. Walking through the details of the attack, the North Korean motivations, the failures of planning by the US Navy, as well as the broader historical and political significance of the incident, a fascinating story of both farce and tragedy develops Mitchell Lerner is an Associate Professor at the Department of History and the director of the Institute for Korean Studies at Ohio State University. He won the John Lyman Award for the best work in US Naval History for his book, ‘The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy’, and is the editor of ‘A Companion to the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson’, and ‘Looking Back at LBJ’ *** Due to internet challenges, this interview was conducted via a telephone. Any issues with sound quality are a result of this. Donate at Patreon – <a href="https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry</a> Website – <a href="http://www.jedleahenry.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jedleahenry.org</a> Libsyn – <a href="http://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com</a> Youtube – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA</a> Twitter – <a href="https://twitter.com/jedleahenry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jedleahenry</a> <a href="http://Academia.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Academia.edu</a> – <a href="http://university.academia.edu/JedLeaHenry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://university.academia.edu/JedLeaHenry</a> Research Gate – <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jed_Lea-Henry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jed_Lea-Henry</a>

The Korea Now Podcast #4 – Mitchell Lerner – ‘Capturing the Pueblo’