Seymour M. Hersh – författare

A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist examines how America''s war on terror led from the September 11th attacks to a war in Iraq.Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers—and outraged the Bush Administration—with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings together what he has learned, along with new reporting, to answer the critical question of the last four years: How did America get from the clear morning when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center to a divisive and dirty war in Iraq?In Chain of Command, Hersh takes an unflinching look behind the public story of the war on terror and into the lies and obsessions that led America into Iraq. Hersh draws on sources at the highest levels of the American government and intelligence community, in foreign capitals, and on the battlefield for an unparalleled view of a critical chapter in America''s recent history. In a new afterword, he critiques the government''s failure to adequately investigate prisoner abuse—at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere—and punish those responsible. With an introduction by The New Yorker''s editor, David Remnick, Chain of Command is a devastating portrait of an administration blinded by ideology and of a president whose decisions have made the world a more dangerous place for America.

'Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hersh's warmth and humanity. Essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over' John le CarréIn the early 1950s, teenage Seymour Hersh was finishing high school and university - while running the family's struggling dry cleaning store in a Southside Chicago ghetto. Today, he is one of America's premier investigative journalists, whose fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in virtually every newspaper in the world, a staggering collection of awards, and no small amount of controversy.Reporter is the story of how he did it. It is a story of slog, ingenuity and defiance, following Hersh from his first job as a crime reporter for the Chicago City News Bureau, through his Pulitzer Prize-winning freelance investigative exposes, to the heights of his reporting for The New York Times and the New Yorker. It is a tale of night-time encounters with great Civil Rights leaders, unauthorised meetings with Pentagon officials, raucous dinners with Canadian soldiers in Hanoi, tense phone calls with Secretaries of State, desperate to save face; of exposing myriad military and political wrongdoing, from My Lai to Watergate to Abu Ghraib, and the cynical cover-ups that followed in Washington and New York. Here too are unforgettable encounters with some of the most formidable figures from recent decades, from Saul Bellow to Martin Luther King Jr., from Henry Kissinger to Bashar al-Assad.Ultimately, in unfurling Seymour Hersh's life and career, Reporter tells a story of twentieth-century America, in all its excitement and darkness.

'Reporter is just wonderful. Truly a great life, and what shines out of the book, amid the low cunning and tireless legwork, is Hersh's warmth and humanity. Essential reading for every journalist and aspiring journalist the world over' John le CarréIn the early 1950s, teenage Seymour Hersh was finishing high school and university - while running the family's struggling dry cleaning store in a Southside Chicago ghetto. Today, he is one of America's premier investigative journalists, whose fearless reporting has earned him fame, front-page bylines in virtually every newspaper in the world, a staggering collection of awards, and no small amount of controversy.Reporter is the story of how he did it. It is a story of slog, ingenuity and defiance, following Hersh from his first job as a crime reporter for the Chicago City News Bureau, through his Pulitzer Prize-winning freelance investigative exposes, to the heights of his reporting for The New York Times and the New Yorker. It is a tale of night-time encounters with great Civil Rights leaders, unauthorised meetings with Pentagon officials, raucous dinners with Canadian soldiers in Hanoi, tense phone calls with Secretaries of State, desperate to save face; of exposing myriad military and political wrongdoing, from My Lai to Watergate to Abu Ghraib, and the cynical cover-ups that followed in Washington and New York. Here too are unforgettable encounters with some of the most formidable figures from recent decades, from Saul Bellow to Martin Luther King Jr., from Henry Kissinger to Bashar al-Assad.Ultimately, in unfurling Seymour Hersh's life and career, Reporter tells a story of twentieth-century America, in all its excitement and darkness.

An investigation into Israel''s nuclear capabilities discloses information about the country''s rush toward nuclear status, its collaboration with South Africa and Iran, and its espionage activities.

The Pulitzer Prize winner who first disclosed the massacre at My Lai 4 uncovers the full story of how those involved - from private to general - kept it secret. What he reveals is shocking - from the amorphous but very real "West Point Protective Association" to the fact that an extensive but closed investigation by the Army itself covered up another massacre by the same unit on the same morning.

In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama''s first term and played a major part in his reelection victory of the following year. But much of the story of that night, as presented to the world, was incomplete, or a lie. The evidence of what actually went on remains hidden.At the same time, the full story of the United States'' involvement in the Syrian civil war has been kept behind a diplomatic curtain, concealed by doublespeak. It is a policy of obfuscation that has compelled the White House to turn a blind eye to Turkey''s involvement in supporting ISIS and its predecessors in Syria.This investigation, which began as a series of essays in the London Review of Books, has ignited a firestorm of controversy in the world media. In his introduction, Hersh asks what will be the legacy of Obama''s time in office. Was it an era of "change we can believe in" or a season of lies and compromises that continued George W. Bush''s misconceived War on Terror? How did he lose the confidence of the general in charge of America''s forces who acted in direct contradiction to the White House? What else do we not know?

In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama's first term and played a major part in his re-election victory of the following year. But much of the story of that night, as presented to the world, was incomplete or a lie.This investigation, which began as a series of essays in the London Review of Books, has ignited a firestorm of controversy in the world media and still leaves many difficult questions unanswered concerning Barack Obama's presidency as well as the success of the international diplomacy conducted by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Der Aufdecker der US-Nation ruft zum UngehorsamSind die goldenen Zeiten des Journalismus vorüber? Zeitungsreporter konkurrieren mit den Rund-um-die-Uhr-Nachrichten der Kabelsender, Berichte werden nur oberflächlich recherchiert und vorschnell veröffentlicht, weil die Zeit fehlt, an einer sich entwickelnden Story zu arbeiten. Niemand will sich mit investigativem Journalismus die Finger verbrennen: zu teuer, zu zeitintensiv, zu unsicher die Ergebnisse – und zu anfällig für Klagen. »Ich war immer der Ansicht, einer Zeitung ginge es darum, die Wahrheit herauszufinden, und nicht lediglich über die Diskussionen darüber zu berichten.«Seymour M. Hersh gilt als DER Enthüllungsjournalist in den USA. Nun erscheint eine Sammlung seiner wichtigsten Reportagen – aus heutiger Sicht von ihm selbst kommentiert. Ein Credo für unbestechlichen, mutigen Journalismus und ein Aufruf an die junge Generation von Reportern, sich in der heutigen Zeitungswelt zu behaupten. Qualitäts-Journalismus im Kampf gegen Fake News und Populismus Schwierige Stories, unangenehme Wahrheiten und kritische Fragen sind das Spezialgebiet von Seymour M. Hersh. Wie kein anderer Journalist verkörpert er den Inbegriff der »Vierten Macht im Staate«.In seinem Buch »Reporter« erzählt er, wie er arbeitet und gibt tiefe Einblicke in seine großen Reportagen: über Kissinger, die Mafia-Connections der Kennedys bis zu den Hintergründen der Massaker von Vietnam.- Persönliche Einblicke in Leben und Arbeit des berühmten Investigativ-Journalisten- Spannende Hintergrundinformationen und pointierte Anekdoten- Glühendes Bekenntnis zur Pressefreiheit- Pflichtlektüre für alle Journalismus-Studenten und angehende Reporter»Es gab noch nie einen Präsidenten, der mich leiden konnte. Ich nehme das als Kompliment.« Seymour M. Hersh blickt zurück auf eine bewegte Karriere und nimmt die heutige chaotische und unstrukturierte Welt des Journalismus kritisch in den Blick.Unbestechlich, wachsam und unbequem – ein Appell an die Medienwelt und alle, die sie gestalten.