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- Edition:
- Abridged (HighBridge Company)
- Length:
- 10 hours
- File Size:
- 275 MB (8 files)
- Published:
- October 2002
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Summary
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.
Quotes from the Critics
"A well-crafted, windmill-tilting autobiography...." - Kirkus
"Ellsberg creates page-turning human drama and suspense...." (Starred review) - Publishers Weekly
"SECRETS is not the hasty memoir of somebody in the news who is aware of how fast his star is fading. It's long and meticulous; every scene is thoroughly researched and carefully paced, and fitted to its place in Ellsberg's over-all political progression." - New Yorker
"[A] dramatic, fast-paced and powerful tale...and its publication at this time is important...." - Nation
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