Neil Sheehan
Born 27 Oct 1936
From Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes nonfiction
Cornelius Mahoney "Neil" Sheehan (born October 27, 1936) is an American journalist. As a reporter for The New York Times in 1971, Sheehan obtained the classified Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg. His series of articles revealed a secret United States Department of Defense history of the Vietnam War and led to a US Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), when the United States government failed to halt publication.
He received a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his 1988 book A Bright Shining Lie, about the life of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann and the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Source: Neil Sheehan on Wikipedia.
Books by Neil Sheehan in order
Books by Neil Sheehan in the order they were published, from The Pentagon Papers (1971) to A Fiery Peace in a Cold War (2009).
- 1The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers1971 - 2The Pentagon Papers as Published by the New York Times
The Pentagon Papers as Published by the New York Times1971 - 3The Arnheiter Affair
The Arnheiter Affair1972 - 4A Bright Shining Lie
A Bright Shining Lie1988 - 5After the War Was Over
After the War Was Over1992 - 6Two Cities
Two Cities1992 - 7A Fiery Peace in a Cold War
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War2009