Secrets
A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

I saw Daniel Ellsberg at a 2008 Great Conversations event at the University of Minnesota. He impressed me with his astonishing grasp of past and present events (he's either 76 or 78, depending on which source I'm relying on is correct), and his clear philosophy of right v. wrong. (Sounds simple I kn......more

Daniel Ellsberg’s decision to expose the Pentagon Papers was brave beyond explanation. His memoir proves that the resistance against the draft and the Vietnam war was justified, because the public and the media were being misled. Worse, all five presidents that served during the war knew, without a......more

Awesome memoir! Read like a thriller, a page turner. And it really happened!! All your favorite characters are there: Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, John Paul Vann, Neil Sheehan, and of course, Ellsberg himself. All the despots too, Mitchel, Erlichman, Kissinger, Hunt, Colson, Halderman, that psychopat......more

I all ready considered Ellsberg’s leaking of the Pentagon Papers an heroic act, but something about his telling of the story was a bit off-putting at times. A little bit like as if Rosa Parks had written a book detailing how awesome her act of civil disobedience was. But, who else could tell the sto......more

A great book that reads like an Oliver Stone movie: one part Vietnam war, one part political thriller. Not only does Ellsberg a fantastic story to tell, but he tells it well to boot. Granted, there are a few points that go on slowly, where he discusses internal politics, and also the final part (the......more