Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam
War is New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin's
award-winning nonfiction account of an ordinary man who wielded the most
dangerous weapon: the truth.
"Easily the best study of the Vietnam War available for teen
readers."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner
A National Book Award finalist
A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon book
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature finalist
Selected for the Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
List
In 1964, Daniel Ellsberg was a U.S. government analyst, helping to plan
a war in Vietnam. It was the height of the Cold War, and the government
would do anything to stop the spread of communism--with or without the
consent of the American people.
As the fighting in Vietnam escalated, Ellsberg turned against the war.
He had access a top-secret government report known as the Pentagon
Papers, and he knew it could blow the lid off of years of government
lies. But did he have the right to expose decades of presidential
secrets? And what would happen to him if he did it?
A lively book that interrogates the meanings of patriotism, freedom, and
integrity, the National Book Award finalist Most Dangerous further
establishes Steve Sheinkin--author of Newbery Honor book Bomb as a
leader in children's nonfiction.
This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into
multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
"Gripping."--*New York Times Book Review
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"A master of fast-paced histories...[this] is Sheinkin's most
compelling one yet. "--Washington Post
Also by Steve Sheinkin:
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous
Weapon
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism &
Treachery
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football
Team
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil
Rights
Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell
You About Westward Expansion
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks
Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
***Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You
About the Civil War
***Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America
