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Daniel Ellsberg

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

April 07, 1931

Died

June 16, 2023

Website

http://www.ellsberg.net/

Genre

Nonfiction, Politics

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Daniel Ellsberg was an American political activist 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.

In January 1973, he was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a maximum sentence of 115 years. Because of governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, and his defense all charges were dismissed against Ellsberg in May 1973.

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New Book by Daniel Ellsberg: Truth and Consequence

Bloomsbury Publishing (release date: March 3, 2026)

Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope is a collection of previously unpublished writings by the former government official, whistleblower, and activist Daniel Ellsberg, exploring his life, work, and most deeply held beliefs. Edited by his son, Michael Ellsberg, and his longtime assistant, Jan R. Thomas,

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Daniel Ellsberg’s books

Average rating: 4.23 · 5,184 ratings · 640 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner 4.22 avg rating — 3,230 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers 4.27 avg rating — 1,666 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Papers on the War 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Risk, Ambiguity and Decision 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Mass: Voices For A Nuclear Free Future by Daniel Ellsberg, Dalai Lama XIV (Preface), Greg Ruggiero (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	English Canadian Literature: Catalogue = Litterature Canadienne Anglaise: Catalogue 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Consciousness Sourcebook (Spiritual Community Guilde, No. 5) by Daniel Ellsberg (Introduction), Marilyn Ferguson (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The crude analysis of strategic choices (P-2183) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Yet what seems to me beyond question is that any social system (not only ours) that has created and maintained a Doomsday Machine and has put a trigger to it, including first use of nuclear weapons, in the hands of one human being—anyone, not just this man, still worse in the hands of an unknown number of persons—is in core aspects mad. Ours is such a system. We are in the grip of institutionalized madness.”
― Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

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“City burning, in other words, was becoming something of a science.”
― Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

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“Thus, virtually any threat of first use of a nuclear weapon is a terrorist threat. Any nation making such threats is a terrorist nation. That means the United States and all its allies, including Israel, along with Russia, Pakistan, and North Korea.”
― Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

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