Most Dangerous
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From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 and Bomb comes a tense, exciting exploration of what the Times deemed "the greatest story of the century": how Daniel Ellsberg transformed from obscure government analyst into "the most dangerous man in America," and risked everything to expose the government's deceit. On June 13, 1971, the front page of the New York Times announced the existence of a 7,000-page collection of documents containing a secret history of the Vietnam War. Known as The Pentagon Papers, these documents had been comissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Chronicling every action the government had taken in the Vietnam War, they revealed a pattern of deception spanning over twenty years and four presidencies, and forever changed the relationship between American citizens and the politicans claiming to represent their interests. A provocative audiobook that interrogates the meanings of patriotism, freedom, and integrity, Most Dangerous further establishes Steve Sheinkin as a leader in children's nonfiction.
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New favorite Sheinkin. I learned so much and the pace never let up. He pulls off the magic of a but-then-what-happens thriller despite the reader knowing the historical ending. It's also one of the most thoroughly researched YA books I've seen, even compared to his other works. His researching and publishing pace is clearly superhuman. This book will definitely net him more medals in January!
I COULD NOT PUT THIS DOWN, I read it all in one day. I feel like the entire contents of this book were like, one paragraph in my AP US History book and I didn't know ANY of the rest of the story and the rest of the story is CRAZY.
I am not sure how to pitch this to teens because it is a really interesting story but it honestly sounds like it might be boring. But it's like a bananas spy thriller. Like. IDK IDK IDK but I definitely recommend this to adults who, like me, have heard of “the Pentagon Papers” but did not really understand what was in them.
