Seymour M. Hersh
Author of The Dark Side of Camelot
About the Author
Works by Seymour M. Hersh
The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy (1991) 241 copies, 2 reviews
"The Target Is Destroyed": What Really Happened to Flight 007 and What America Knew About It (1986) 124 copies, 1 review
Against All Enemies: Gulf War Syndrome: the War Between America's Ailing Veterans and Their Government (1998) 25 copies
Inconvenient Evidence: Iraqi Prison Photographs from Abu Ghraib (Exhibition Catalogue) (2004) 1 copy
The Iran Plans (Article) 1 copy
Associated Works
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism (2002) — Foreword, some editions — 1,170 copies, 20 reviews
Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1969-1975, Volume 2 (1998) — Contributor — 274 copies, 2 reviews
An Inconvenient Truth [2006 documentary film] (2006) — Contributor, some editions — 246 copies, 8 reviews
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 137 copies, 1 review
Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein (2002) — Foreword — 119 copies
Shaking the Foundations: 200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America (Nation Books) (2003) — Contributor — 44 copies
The Chronology: The Documented Day-By-Day Account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras (1987) — Foreword — 26 copies
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- Canonical name
- Hersh, Seymour M.
- Legal name
- Hersh, Seymour Myron
- Birthdate
- 1937-04-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- South Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- South Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA
Pierre, South Dakota, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA - Education
- Navy Pier
University of Chicago (English)
University of Chicago Law School (expelled)
Los Angeles, California, USA - Occupations
- journalist
cleaning store proprietor
whiskey salesman
soldier, US Army - Organizations
- United Press International
Associated Press
The New York Times
The New Yorker - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (International Reporting ∙ 1970)
Ridenhour Courage Prize (2005)
Sam Adams Award (2017)
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 3,210
- Popularity
- #7,972
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 36
- ISBNs
- 93
- Languages
- 9
- Favorited
- 6
He writes about his major stories over the past several decades. He also writes about the competitive nature between newspapers and newspaper reporters, and the necessary tension between editors, publishers and “lone wolf” writers like himself. His book is full of names and dates and places, so it demands attentive reading. His book features a superb index in case I had to remind myself of a particular person or place. He closes his book by saying he’s still working, and he’s got at least one more book more coming. I’ll be looking out for it!… (more)