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A review by babsellen
Reporter: A Memoir by Seymour M. Hersh
3.0
Titillating at times, long-winded at other times. A book for journalists more than the woman on the street. I like Hersh and wish we could clone him because we badly need top notch bulldog journalists like him. I just wish he hadn't needed to protect his some of his sources so strongly, though I respect him for that. He is principled but admits there is a lot he knows that he can't tell. Frustrating for the reader. There may be good reason. He had begun a book on Cheney but has delayed it, so it may or may not get written. Hersh is no spring chicken and Cheney has a fresh heart (only physically) and a taste for revenge.
There were some interesting details on My Lai and Watergate, information on JFK that is only hinted at, but enough on our government covered by Hersh over his lifetime (Johnson-Obama) to validate the fact that our leaders have been seriously corrupt for decades at least and have made many major decisions that have been disastrous - and for all the wrong reasons.
There were some interesting details on My Lai and Watergate, information on JFK that is only hinted at, but enough on our government covered by Hersh over his lifetime (Johnson-Obama) to validate the fact that our leaders have been seriously corrupt for decades at least and have made many major decisions that have been disastrous - and for all the wrong reasons.