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ILLUSTRATED PAPER WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. 104 PAGES. THERE IS A MAILING LABEL ON THE FRONT COVER. THIS ISSUE OF HARPER'S MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY, 1972 CONTAINS A STUDS TERKEL INTERVIEW ON PAGES 52 - 58 IN AN ARTICLE TITLED " SERVANTS OF THE STATE." THE INTERVIEW WAS WITH DANIEL ELLSBERG A GOVERNMENT MILITARY ANYLYST AND TONY RUSSO A FORMER COLLEAGUE AT THE "RAND" CORPORATION AND EQBAL AHMAN, A FORMER FELLOW OF THE ADLAI STEVENSON INSTITUTE WHO WAS JAILED FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY AGAINST ELLSBERG BEFORE A LOS ANGELES GRAND JURY. DANIEL ELLSBERG CONVEYED THE SO CALLED CLASSIFIED "PENTAGON PAPERS" TO THE PRESS THAT PORTRAYED THE TRUTHFUL FACTS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES' INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND HOW THE LEADERS IN POWER WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT HAD SUPPRESSED AND LIED ABOUT THE CIRCOMSTANCES OF THE UNITED STATES' INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR. THEIR INTERVIEW DEMONSTRATED THE HELPLESSNESS OF TRUTHFUL INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WITH ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT WAS CONCEALED BY POWERFUL LEADERSHIP INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. THE INTERVIEW IS A POWERFUL INDICTMENT AGAINST THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP AGAINST TRUTHFULNESS. Size: 8 1/4" X 11".