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. " 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.
The story of one man\'s exploration of conscience, Secrets is also a portrait of America at a perilous crossroad.
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.
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In this remarkable memoir, Ellsberg describes in dramatic detail the two years he spent in Vietnam as a U.
The document set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War. decision-making in Vietnam - to the New York Times and Washington Post.
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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
