Most Dangerous

Description

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War is a 2015 non-fiction book, aimed for young adolescent readers, written by Steve Sheinkin and published through Roaring Brook Press. The multi-award-winning book tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg's role in the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers.

Description

In 1964, Daniel Ellsberg was one of the Pentagon insiders helping to plan a war in Vietnam. The mountainous Asian country had long been a clandestine front in America's Cold War with the Soviet Union. The U.S. Government would do anything to stop the spread of communism--with or without the consent of the American people. But as the fighting in Vietnam escalated. Ellsberg turned against the war. He had access to a top-secret government report known as the Pentagon Papers and knew it could blow the lid off of years of government lies. But did he have the right to expose decades of presidential secrets? And could one man, alone, face the wrath of the government? This is the story of the seven bloody years that transformed Daniel Ellsberg from a government insider into "the most dangerous man in America," and of the storm that would follow when the secrets of the Vietnam War were finally known. --front flap

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Other Editions

• Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam WarHardcoverRoaring Brook Press2015-01-01
• Most DangerousAudiobookListening Library2015-09-22
• Most DangerousAudio CDListening Library (Audio)2015-09-22
• Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam WarSquare Fish2019-01-01