Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
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Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
By Steve Sheinkin
Edition
Hardcover edition
PublisherMacmillanImprintRoaring BrookISBN
9781596439528
Awards and HonorsALA-CBC Building a Home Library Booklist - 2018
National Book Award, 2015 Finalist, Young People’s Literature
Capitol Choices 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2015, Middle Grade The Washington Posts Best Children’s Books of 2015, Nonfiction SLJ’s Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
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2016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, Recommended Book
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education, 2016 Best Children’s Books of the Year, History
2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, Nonfiction
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
National Book Award, 2015 Finalist, Young People’s Literature
On June 13, 1971, the New York Times announced that a secret history of the Vietnam War existed. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the documents, was soon called “the most dangerous man in America.” List of works cited. Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs.
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