From the Pulitzer
Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative
journalist of our time—a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a
decades-long career breaking some of the most impactful stories of
the last half-century, from Washington to Vietnam to the Middle East.
Seymour Hersh's
fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in
virtually every major newspaper in the free world, honors galore, and
no small amount of controversy. Now in this memoir he describes what
drove him and how he worked as an independent outsider, even at the
nation's most prestigious publications. He tells the stories behind
the stories—riveting in their own right—as he chases leads,
cultivates sources, and grapples with the weight of what he uncovers,
daring to challenge official narratives handed down from the powers
that be. In telling these stories, Hersh divulges previously
unreported information about some of his biggest scoops, including
the My Lai massacre and the horrors at Abu Ghraib. There are also
illuminating recollections of some of the giants of American politics
and journalism: Ben Bradlee, A. M. Rosenthal, David Remnick, and
Henry Kissinger among them. This is essential reading on the power of
the printed word at a time when good journalism is under fire as
never before.