Seymour Hersh

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Prologue: Chasing Sy Hersh xi Acknowledgments xvii 1. The Story No One Wanted 1 2. The Scoop Heard ’Round the World 14 3. Hersh Becomes a Target 28 4.“Front Page” Lessons in Chicago 45 5. Selling, Publishing, Failing 55 6. From the “Front Page” to the Pentagon 61 7. At War with the Pentagon 67 8. Fighting His Editors 76 9. Finding America’s Hidden Arsenal 88 10. Speaking for Gene McCarthy 98 11. Stunning Triumph over Germs 116 12. Scoop Artist Meets the Viet Cong 125 13. The Times Calls 132 14. Digging into Watergate 144 15. Cambodia, Bombs, and Impeachment 157 16. Hunting the Coup Plotters 169 17. Skeletons Tumble from the CIA Closet 185 18. The Submarine Caper 197 19. Going after “The Godfather” 211 20. The Big Apple Turns Sour 224 21. Scoop Artist versus Dr. Kissinger 234 22. The Summer’s Literary Furor 247 23. Who Shot Down the Korean Airliner? 258 24. Reporting the Worst-Kept Secret in the World 271 25. Sex, Lies, and Fraud 284 26. Going after Sy Hersh 298 27. The New Yorker Years 306 28. An Alternative View of the Mideast 317 29. Back on Top 328 Epilogue: A Muckraker’s Unfinished Business 339 Selected Works of Seymour Hersh 345 Seymour Hersh Timeline 351 Notes 353 Index 403 ...