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Synopsis
Covering the decade between his entry into the Pentagon and Nixon's resignation, Secrets is Ellsberg's meticulously detailed insider's account of the secrets and lies that shaped American foreign policy during the Vietnam era. Ellsberg provides a vivid eyewitness account of the two years he spent behind the lines in Vietnam as a State Department observer--an experience that convinced him of the hopelessness of Johnson's policies and profoundly altered his own political thinking. As Ellsberg recounts with drama and insight, the release of the Pentagon Papers, first "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post," set in motion a train of events that ultimately toppled a president and helped to end an unjust war.

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.

Condition: Good, Some folds on the binding. otherwise in excellent condition
ISBN-10 0142003425
ISBN-13 9780142003428
Number Of Pages 512 pages
Format Paperback
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Copyright Date 2002
Illustrated Yes

Target Audience
Grade From Twelfth Grade
Age Range 18 - UP