Seymour Hersh Knihy

Seymour Hersh's fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in virtually every major newspaper in the English-speaking world, honours galore, and no small amount of controversy. In this memoir he describes what drove him and how, even when working for some of the US's most prestigious publications, he worked as an independent outsider. Here, he tells the stories behind his own groundbreaking stories as he chases leads, cultivates sources, and grapples with the weight of what he uncovers, daring to challenge official narratives handed down from the powers that be. In telling these stories, Hersh divulges previously unreported information about some of his biggest scoops, including the My Lai massacre and the horrors at Abu Ghraib. This is essential reading on the power of the printed word at a time when good journalism is under fire as never before.

Examines Henry Kissinger's influence on the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

The shocking inside account that has outraged the Bush administration, 'Chain of Command' gives a revealing and terrifying picture of what really led to war in Iraq.

In This Astonishing And Controversial Memoir, One Of The Cia'S Top Field Officers Of The Past Quarter Century Recounts His Career Running Agents In The Back Alleys Of The Middle East. In The Process, Robert Baer Paints A Chilling Picture Of How Terrorism Works On The Inside And Provides Compelling Evidence About How Washington Politics Sabotaged The Cia'S Efforts To Root Out The World'S Deadliest Terrorists. Not Only Is This An Unprecedented Examination Of The Roots Of Modern Terrorism And The Cia'S Failure To Acknowledge And Neutralise The Growing Fundamentalist Threat, It Is An Engrossing Memoir Of Baer'S Education And Disillusionment As An Intelligence Operative. When Baer Left The Agency In 1997, He Received The Career Intelligence Medal With A Citation That Says: He Repeatedly Put Himself In Personal Danger, Working The Hardest Targets, In Service To His Country. See No Evil Is Baer'S Frank Assessment Of An Agency That Forgot That Service To Country Must Transcend Politics And Is A Forceful Plea For The Cia To Return To Its Original Mission - The Preservation Of American National Sovereignty And The American Way Of Life.

An investigative chronicle examines the dark side of the Kennedy family legacy from its earliest beginnings to the 1990s

Electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama’s first term and played a major part in his reelection victory of the following year. But much of the story of that night, as presented to the world, was incomplete, or a lie. The evidence of what actually went on remains hidden. At the same time, the full story of the United States’ involvement in the Syrian civil war has been kept behind a diplomatic curtain, concealed by doublespeak. It is a policy of obfuscation that has compelled the White House to turn a blind eye to Turkey’s involvement in supporting ISIS and its predecessors in Syria. This investigation, which began as a series of essays in the London Review of Books, has ignited a firestorm of controversy in the world media. In his introduction, Hersh asks what will be the legacy of Obama’s time in office. Was it an era of “change we can believe in” or a season of lies and compromises that continued George W. Bush’s misconceived War on Terror? How did he lose the confidence of the general in charge of America’s forces who acted in direct contradiction to the White House? What else do we not know?

The Soviet destruction in 9/1983 of 269 people aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was one of the most upsetting crises of the Cold War era. The USA & USSR immediately blamed one another for the disaster; but, as Hersh powerfully argues, responsibility went far beyond ordinary governmental decision making & into the murky sphere of superpower intelligence calculations & confusion. He asserts that the catastrophe followed more from Soviet ignorance than viciousness, & that the whole episode demonstrates how the superpowers are more interested in gaining political advantage than the truest understanding of events. Hersh cannot provide a final recounting of this complex crisis. But he does show how one critical thinker can provide a more believable reconstruction of events than can any self-interested governmental regime.-- Library Journal

Eine Untersuchung über Israels nukleare Fähigkeiten enthüllt Informationen über das Bestreben des Landes nach nuklearem Status, seine Zusammenarbeit mit Südafrika und Iran sowie seine Spionageaktivitäten.