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Ellsberg is famous today as a dissident, but much of his new book concerns his life as a young analyst operating inside a government bureaucracy, a classified realm where knowledge is currency and. Snowden is the quintessential american whistleblower, and a personal hero of mine, leaks are the lifeblood of the republic and, for the first time, the american public has been given the chance to debate democratically the nsas mass surveillance. Unwrap a complete list of books by daniel ellsberg and find books available for swap. Confessions of a nuclear war planner kindle edition by ellsberg, daniel. When former presidential advisor daniel ellsberg famously took the. Yes, he leaked the pentagon papers in 1971, but his new book is called the doomsday machine. Sep 30, 2019 daniel ellsberg strengthened public opposition to the vietnam war in 1971 when he leaked the pentagon papers to the new york times. The true story of the leaking of the pentagon papers, the event which inspired steven spielbergs feature film the post in 1971 former cold war hardliner daniel ellsberg made history by releasing the pentagon papers a 7,000page topsecret study of u. The book opens with ellsbergs reaction to seeing for the first time the casualty graphs in americas topsecret nuclear war plan.
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