First published 2015
In 1964, Daniel Ellsberg was a Pentagon insider helping plan the Vietnam War. But as the fighting escalated, he turned against the government's deceptions. Ellsberg had access to top-secret documents—the Pentagon Papers—that could blow the lid off decades of presidential lies. Could one man stand up to the wrath of the most powerful nation on Earth?
Genres: biography, history, 20th-century, political-science, non-fiction, american-history
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: david-vs-goliath, moral-dilemma
Setting: California, The Pentagon, United States, Vietnam, Watergate Hotel
Period: 1961-1975, 1969-1974, 20th century
384 pages · Hardcover · Roaring Brook Press