Secrets

A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg

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Penguin
30 September 2003

Biography: historical, political & military; History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

The true story of the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, the event which inspired Steven Spielberg's feature film The Post

In 1971 former Cold War hard-liner Daniel Ellsberg made history by releasing the Pentagon Papers - a 7,000-page top-secret study of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam - to the New York Times and Washington Post. The document set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War. In this remarkable memoir, Ellsberg describes in dramatic detail the two years he spent in Vietnam as a U.S. State Department observer, and how he came to risk his career and freedom to expose the deceptions and delusions that shaped three decades of American foreign policy. The story of one man's exploration of conscience, Secrets is also a portrait of America at a perilous crossroad.

"" Ellsberg's

well-told memoir sticks in the mind and will be a powerful testament for future students of a war that the United States should never have fought."" -The Washington Post

""Ellsberg's deft critique of secrecy in government is an invaluable contribution to understanding one of our nation's darkest hours."" -Theodore Roszak,San Francisco Chronicle

By: Daniel Ellsberg
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 488g
ISBN: 9780142003428
ISBN 10: 0142003425
Publication Date: 30 September 2003
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

[Ellsberg's] well-told memoir sticks in the mind and will be a powerful testament for future students of a war that the United States should never have fought. (The Washington Post) Ellsberg's deft critique of secrecy in government is an invaluable contribution to understanding one of our nation's darkest hours. (Theodore Roszak, San Francisco Chronicle)