A memoir knopf, pulitzer prizewinning investigative journalist seymour hersh describes the instincts and. Currently, the event is referred to as the my lai massacre in the united states and called. The target is destroyed by seymour hersh commentary. Seymour hersh dumped from award ceremony over discredited chemical weapons story. My lai 4 a report on the massacre and its aftermath.
The investigative reporter seymour hersh in his office in washington. Ap photohassan ammar seymour hersh casts doubt on reported syrian gas attack claims trump ignored u. A ceremony where american journalist seymour hersh was due to be presented with an. Seymour hershs memoir of a life making the mighty sweat. Army started its investigation, the media changed it to the massacre at songmy. Its gotten praise from many quarters, including from. 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.
He was especially noted for his investigations into the my lai massacre and the abu ghraib prison scandal. He is by his own admission egotistical, arrogant and not a team player. What was it like to go to the place that has defined so much of your life, 47 years after the massacre. Seymour hersh broke the story of the massacre that occurred there in 1968. Hersh has been a staff writer for the new yorker and the new. Seymour hersh breaks my lai massacre story history. Dubbed a dean of investigative reporting, he is the author of critical books on henry kissinger, the cia, and john f.
The my lai massacre in american history and memory. Seymour hersh skip to main search results amazon prime. 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. Reporter kindle edition by hersh, seymour m download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. Hersh who traveled more than 50,000 miles around the united states and interviewed nearly fifty members of charlie company to write this book. Discover book depositorys huge selection of seymour m hersh books online. 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. Hersh challenged the story of osama bin ladens death. He details that story and many others in his new book, reporter. Slaughter of innocents the target is destroyed by seymour m. His journalism and publishing awards include a pulitzer prize, five. Seymour hersh is not having a good couple of weeks.
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. If seymour hersh received a report card in kindergarten, id be willing to bet that he flunked plays well with other children. Hersh wrote his first piece for the new yorker in 1971 and has been a regular contributor to the. Intelligence new york times articles by seymour hersh 1. 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.
Seymour hershs bizarre new conspiracy theory about the us. Kendrick oliver argues that the massacre revelations left many americans untroubled. The killing of osama bin laden by seymour hersh details. 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. In his new memoir, he describes his pursuit of that story, as well as many others, including the. 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. Key threads in hershs account, if true, suggest enduring ties between saudi arabia and al qaeda, and paint alleged white house lies about bin ladens demise as yet another part of a. 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.
How reporter seymour hersh uncovered a massacre, and changed. Seymour hershs new memoir is a flabbergasting masterpiece. Seymour hersh, in full seymour myron hersh, born april 8, 1937, chicago, illinois, u. The book is excellent, containing details of how he arrived. 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. Documentary my lai inside 2018, directed and produced by german filmmaker christoph felder. The 1968 my lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the vietnam war. Us journalist seymour hersh recounts in fine detail the stories that made him, from the my lai massacre to abu ghraib. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is hershs warmth and humanity. Seymour hersh, osama bin laden and 28 secret pages on 911. 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.
He had been on contract for a book about dick cheney, the former vice president. 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. The reporter who exposed the my lai massacre and the cias illegal domestic. Hersh better known as sy is perhaps the most notable lone wolf of his generation. A memoir, occasionally notes the failure of the exposure of wrongdoing to result in accountability or policy reforms. This is the first book to examine the response of american society to the my lai massacre and its ambiguous place in american national memory. A report on the massacre and its aftermath by seymour m. Hersh, including the dark side of camelot, and reporter. The exception is the bit about hershs time working for eugene mccarthys presidential campaign. 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. Hersh, a former correspondent for the new york times, won the pulitzer prize for international reporting in 1970, for his revelation of the massacre at my lai, in south vietnam. Seymour myron sy hersh born april 8, 1937 is an american investigative journalist and political writer. Seymour hersh has long been recognized as one of americas top investigative journalists.
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. 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. Seymour hershs memoir is full of useful reporting secrets. A report on the massacre and its aftermath hersh, seymour m. 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. Osama bin laden was killed in this abbottabad, pakistan, compound. My lai 4 a report on the massacre and its aftermath jan 1, 1970. Seymour myron hersh is a distinguished journalist whose relentless coverage of defects in u. Seymour hersh recently released a book on his life as a reporter, called appropriately, reporter. Early on march 16, 1968, a company of soldiers in the united states armys americal division were dropped in by helicopter for an assault against a hamlet known as my lai 4, in the bitterly.
This book is essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over. Pulitzerprize winning journalist seymour hersh was the person responsible for making the world aware of the murder by u. Investigative journalist seymour hershs desk is revealing, as he shows correspondent david martin. Army slang name for the hamlets and subhamlets in that area was pinkville, and the carnage was initially referred to as the pinkville massacre. Against all enemies library of contemporary thought 1st edition by hersh, seymour m.
Veteran investigative reporter seymour hersh reports that president trump bombed a syrian military airfield in april despite warnings that u. How reporter seymour hersh uncovered a massacre, and. Cbs news he is, as the title of his memoir says, a reporter. Kissinger in the nixon white house, summit books, 1983 isbn 0671447602. 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. Seymour hersh dumped from award ceremony over discredited. Seymour hersh casts doubt on reported syrian gas attack. 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.