Hersh, including the dark side of camelot, and reporter. He is by his own admission egotistical, arrogant and not a team player. Seymour hershs bizarre new conspiracy theory about the us and syria, explained the investigative journalist says pentagon leaders conducted a secret alliance with assad and putin to undermine obama. Kissinger in the nixon white house, summit books, 1983 isbn 0671447602. He was especially noted for his investigations into the my lai massacre and the abu ghraib prison scandal.
A memoir, occasionally notes the failure of the exposure of wrongdoing to result in accountability or policy reforms. Ap photohassan ammar seymour hersh casts doubt on reported syrian gas attack claims trump ignored u. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is hershs warmth and humanity. Seymour hershs memoir is full of useful reporting secrets. Seymour hersh, the famous investigative reporter, clearly means to convince his readers to stop thinking so harshly about the soviet union for shooting down a civilian passenger plane on september 1, 1983, killing 269 innoment men, women, and children. Seymour hersh has long been recognized as one of americas top investigative journalists. A report on the massacre and its aftermath by seymour m. Seymour hersh breaks my lai massacre story history. At the beginning of seymour hershs new memoir, reporter, he tells a story from his first job in journalism, at the city news bureau of chicago city news stationed a reporter at chicago.
Documentary my lai inside 2018, directed and produced by german filmmaker christoph felder. Investigative journalist seymour hershs desk is revealing, as he shows correspondent david martin. Hersh who traveled more than 50,000 miles around the united states and interviewed nearly fifty members of charlie company to write this book. Seymour hersh, in full seymour myron hersh, born april 8, 1937, chicago, illinois, u. On 16 march 1968, two us infantry companies entered a vietnamese village and in the course of a single morning killed over 400 of its unarmed, unresisting inhabitants. Skip them and miss the story of the cia bigwig who blamed investigative reporter seymour hersh for blowing his cover and causing his divorce, or the one about how hersh chatted with a british. Thats the closest the book generally comes to touching on any motivation behind hershs work related to ending war or torture or any other evil. Hersh challenged the story of osama bin ladens death. Seymour hershs new memoir is a flabbergasting masterpiece. The my lai massacre in american history and memory. My lai 4 a report on the massacre and its aftermath. Seymour hersh skip to main search results amazon prime. Army slang name for the hamlets and subhamlets in that area was pinkville, and the carnage was initially referred to as the pinkville massacre.
Seymour hersh is not having a good couple of weeks. The killing of osama bin laden by seymour hersh details. How reporter seymour hersh uncovered a massacre, and changed. Earlier this month, investigative journalist seymour hersh challenged nearly every essential aspect of the united states governments account of how it tracked, killed and disposed of osama bin laden. Against all enemies library of contemporary thought 1st edition by hersh, seymour m. Hersh has been a staff writer for the new yorker and the new. He is the recipient, as the jacket of this book tells us, of more than a dozen major journalism prizes, including the pulitzer prize, and was responsible for breaking the story of the my lai massacre. The investigative reporter seymour hersh in his office in washington. Currently, the event is referred to as the my lai massacre in the united states and called. Seymour hershs bizarre new conspiracy theory about the us. Currently, the event is referred to as the my lai massacre in the united states and called the son m.
Hersh wrote his first piece for the new yorker in 1971 and has been a regular contributor to the magazine since 1993. The reporter who exposed the my lai massacre and the cias illegal domestic. Its gotten praise from many quarters, including from. Cbs news he is, as the title of his memoir says, a reporter. I am not in general a fan of the memoir genre but when i heard that legendary investigative reporter seymour hersh had written one, i rushed out to buy a copy the day it was released because i knew it would be good.
Seymour myron hersh is a distinguished journalist whose relentless coverage of defects in u. Seymour hersh dumped from award ceremony over discredited chemical weapons story. A memoir knopf, pulitzer prizewinning investigative journalist seymour hersh describes the instincts and. Reporter kindle edition by hersh, seymour m download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He was especially noted for his investigations into the my lai massacre and the abu ghraib prison scandal hersh was the son of polish and lithuanian immigrants whose deep belief in american democracy. Pulitzerprize winning journalist seymour hersh was the person responsible for making the world aware of the murder by u. Us journalist seymour hersh recounts in fine detail the stories that made him, from the my lai massacre to abu ghraib. Seymour hershs first big scoopbefore the revelations about an american massacre in the vietnamese village of my lai started his great awardwinning streakwas about the us governments secret programme to develop chemical and biological weapons. The target is destroyed by seymour hersh commentary. Hersh better known as sy is perhaps the most notable lone wolf of his generation. If seymour hersh received a report card in kindergarten, id be willing to bet that he flunked plays well with other children. Seymour hershs memoir of a life making the mighty sweat. Seymour hersh broke the story of the massacre that occurred there in 1968.
This book is essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over. Seymour hersh recently released a book on his life as a reporter, called appropriately, reporter. He had been on contract for a book about dick cheney, the former vice president. The exception is the bit about hershs time working for eugene mccarthys presidential campaign. The qualities that make seymour hersh a firstrate reporter his hustle, his wonkiness, his nighthawk drive to unearth a radioactive fact and then top that fact make him a secondrate. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading reporter. Slaughter of innocents the target is destroyed by seymour m. In his new memoir, he describes his pursuit of that story, as well as many others, including the.
Seymour myron sy hersh born april 8, 1937 is an american investigative journalist and political writer. Seymour hersh, osama bin laden and 28 secret pages on 911. Army started its investigation, the media changed it to the massacre at songmy. He details that story and many others in his new book, reporter. A report on the massacre and its aftermath hersh, seymour m.
Seymour hersh, an independent investigative journalist, in a cable filed through dispatch news service and picked up by more than 30 newspapers, reveals the extent of the u. His journalism and publishing awards include a pulitzer prize, five. How reporter seymour hersh uncovered a massacre, and. Osama bin laden was killed in this abbottabad, pakistan, compound. What was it like to go to the place that has defined so much of your life, 47 years after the massacre. Intelligence new york times articles by seymour hersh 1. Seymour hersh on covert operations in iran in the upcoming issue of the new yorker, seymour hersh writes that the united states may be closer to. Kendrick oliver argues that the massacre revelations left many americans untroubled. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist seymour hersh discusses the reporting he did for his new book, the killing of osama bin laden, in part 2 of an extended interview. Hersh wrote his first piece for the new yorker in 1971 and has been a regular contributor to the. The book is excellent, containing details of how he arrived.
Dubbed a dean of investigative reporting, he is the author of critical books on henry kissinger, the cia, and john f. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless. Seymour hersh recounts breaking my lai massacre and getting duped by forged documents. Veteran investigative reporter seymour hersh reports that president trump bombed a syrian military airfield in april despite warnings that u. Seymour hersh says that after bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote the book all the presidents men about how they broke the watergate scandal, part. Since his latest article was published in welt, he has come under criticism from various parties, not least bellingcat, for his thinlysourced piece on the april 4th, 2017 khan sheikhoun chemical attack that offers a narrative totally unlike those presented by not only the united. The 1968 my lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the vietnam war.