Daniel EllsbergNon-Fiction · Politics & Society·1931–2023
Secrets
Synopsis
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg made headlines by leaking the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. This memoir details his two years as a State Department observer in Vietnam and his decision to expose the deceptions that shaped American foreign policy. It's a story about one man's moral awakening and a look at America during a critical period.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10