Secrets by Daniel Ellsberg, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Vg/VG Condition. Ellsberg's account of his own role in the Pentagon Papers release. Signed by Ellsberg on bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

SIGNED! Inscribed, personalized! BOX packed with padding. Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free. Dust Jacket: bumping to edges, light rubbing to corner tips and bottom spine edge. See Photos. Same or next day shipping! Ships from California. ABOUT: Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers ? Summary Daniel Ellsberg's memoir is both an insider's account of U.S. decision?making during the Vietnam War and a deeply personal story about how a dedicated Cold War strategist became one of the most consequential whistleblowers in American history. 1. Ellsberg's Early Career and Beliefs Ellsberg begins by tracing his path from Harvard economist to Marine officer to high?level Pentagon analyst. He believed strongly in U.S. foreign policy and saw himself as a patriot working to contain communism. His early assignments in Vietnam gave him firsthand exposure to the war's realities?far removed from the optimistic reports circulating in Washington. 2. Inside the Vietnam War Machine Working at the Pentagon and later at the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg had access to classified documents and internal discussions. He describes a pattern of deception across multiple administrations?Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon?each escalating the conflict while publicly insisting victory was near. The memoir details: inflated body counts misleading progress reports political calculations overriding military reality the widening gap between what leaders knew and what they told the public 3. The Pentagon Papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. 2nd Printing, (2002.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 498 pages. Signed on the title page," 6-10-06 To Muisa - For peace and truth! Dan Ellsberg." The book and DJ are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. "This is a brilliant book. During the time Ellsberg relates, he was constantly called upon to write lengthy and detailed reports for officials already over burdened with endless reports they had to consume. He had to be clear, precise, cogent, and articulate. This highly developed skill is amply demonstrated in this book." Blue/Silver-White text. #033453 Size: 8vo. Signed by Author / Photographer. U. S. History / Politics / War.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed First Edition, First Printing of this memoir by Daniel Ellsberg about his association with a secret government history of the Vietnam War and his consequential decision to leak the classified project to the New York Times and Washington Post. The release of what were dubbed "The Pentagon Papers" amplified public protest of the war in Vietnam, heightened mistrust in government, and launched a milestone freedom of the press case. In the aftermath, President Richard Nixon's "Plumbers" went to work on Ellsberg, resulting later in infamous revelations during the Watergate hearings. Signed by Daniel Ellsberg on the title page. 498 pages, illustrated. The book has light bumps on the bottom corners, a bit of rubbing on the back cover, and a small ink dot on the bottom page edge. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First. Three decades after making history by releasing the Pentagon Papers, the former U.S. Marine and Pentagon insider reveals why he did it and discusses the consequences to his life. Daniel Ellsberg (1931 2023) was an American political activist, economist, and United States military analyst. While employed by the RAND Corporation, he precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other newspapers. This copy is fine with dark gray cloth spine on light gray paper-covered boards and silver titles on the spine. No marks or damage at all. The unclipped DJ is also pristine. Inscribed by Ellsberg in the year of publication on the title page.

Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication to environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill, including a clause from the book "Carting your whole vote.your whole influence" (see pg 263). Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. First edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", two-tone boards, 498pp with index, extremities bumped, top edge of covers sunned else a nice, clean copy in an edge-bumped dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DANIEL ELLSBERG, ON THE TITLE PAGE. SCARCE signed copy.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, "Feb 2, 2003. To Tom Hughes - With the greatest respect for your wisdom and foresight in this tragedy - if only your views had prevailed! Dan Ellsberg". Ellsberg's memoir recounts his role in the 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers, which revealed that the United States had secretly expanded the Vietnam War. The recipient, Thomas Hughes, served as Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research from 1963 to 1969, where he was a powerful voice warning against escalation in Vietnam. In 1968, Hughes commissioned his own internal intelligence study into the war, which Time Magazine dubbed "the State Department's version of the Pentagon Papers" (Smith, p. 4). The report, which found similar conclusions to the Pentagon Papers, remained classified until 2004. Upon its final publication, Hughes wrote that its authors "have the ironic satisfaction of knowing that most of our forecasts have been vindicated by history. We can only lament that, while we were heeded, we were unable to persuade, sway, or prevail when it came to the ultimate decisions" (ibid.). Hughes's ownership signature is on the front free endpaper, and he has profusely underlined and annotated the text in red and black ink. Bruce L. R. Smith, The Last Gentleman: Thomas Hughes and the End of the American Century, 2021. Octavo. Original grey boards, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Very light rubbing at extremities; a few nicks to unclipped jacket. A very good copy in very good jacket.