Secrets
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975VietnamkriegPentagon PapersNonfiction
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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.
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Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975VietnamkriegPentagon PapersNonfictionBiography & Autobiography
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United States
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Daniel Ellsberg
7 Apr 1931 – 16 June 2023
Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American economist, activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the *Pentagon Papers*, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to *The New York Times*, the *Washington Post* and other newspapers. On January 3, 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Due to governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, and the defense by Leonard Boudin and Harv…
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