Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope
Autor Daniel Ellsberg Michael Ellsberg, Jan R. Thomasen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 iun 2026
În peisajul studiilor politice și al eticii guvernării, figura lui Daniel Ellsberg rămâne un reper fundamental pentru înțelegerea tensiunii dintre secretul de stat și dreptul cetățenilor la adevăr. Volumul de față, Truth and Consequence, reprezintă o sinteză postumă esențială, oferind acces la scrieri care nu au mai fost publicate până acum, de la eseuri autobiografice la manifeste politice. Notăm cu interes modul în care această colecție, îngrijită de fiul său, Michael Ellsberg, și de asistenta sa de cursă lungă, Jan R. Thomas, reușește să recalibreze moștenirea unui om care a marcat profund istoria Războiului din Vietnam și a politicilor nucleare americane.
Credem că relevanța acestui text depășește simpla istoriografie, adresându-se direct crizelor democratice contemporane. Dacă în Secrets autorul oferea o cronică detaliată a evenimentelor din 1971, Truth and Consequence extinde cadrul propus anterior cu date noi despre evoluția gândirii sale din ultimele decenii, punând accent pe empatia față de „inamici” și pe pericolele obedienței necondiționate. Lucrarea completează viziunea tehnică din The Doomsday Machine, trecând de la analiza politicilor nucleare la o introspecție morală profundă despre responsabilitatea individuală în fața catastrofei.
Structura volumului este una eterogenă, dar coerentă prin tonul său acerb și lucid. Ne-a atras atenția în mod deosebit modul în care autorul își aplică rigoarea de fost analist la Rand Corporation asupra propriilor convingeri, transformând experiența personală într-o pledoarie universală pentru integritate. Este o lectură care nu evită întrebările dificile despre natura răului și necesitatea rezistenței civile, rămânând fidelă principiilor care l-au ghidat pe Ellsberg timp de peste jumătate de secol.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1639735518
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 156 x 238 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Publishing
Locul publicării:New York, United States
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Recomandăm această carte oricărui cititor interesat de politică, etică socială și istoria activismului. Truth and Consequence oferă o perspectivă rară asupra minții unuia dintre cei mai influenți avertizori de integritate din istorie. Este un volum necesar pentru a înțelege cum curajul individual poate influența politicile globale și de ce adevărul rămâne cea mai puternică formă de rezistență în fața autoritarismului și a amenințării nucleare.
Despre autor
Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023) a fost un absolvent de Harvard, fost pușcaș marin și analist la Rand Corporation, devenit celebru la nivel mondial în 1971 după ce a oferit presei „Pentagon Papers”. Acest gest a declanșat o criză constituțională majoră în SUA și a grăbit sfârșitul Războiului din Vietnam. De-a lungul carierei sale, Ellsberg a fost un cercetător influent, publicând lucrări de referință precum Risk, Ambiguity and Decision, unde a contestat teoriile dominante ale deciziei raționale. Până la sfârșitul vieții, a rămas un activist neobosit pentru pace și transparență guvernamentală.
Descriere
When Daniel Ellsberg passed away in 2023 at the age of ninety-two, his lifelong commitment to nuclear disarmament and truth-telling at the highest levels of government enshrined him as one of the most courageous patriots America has ever seen. From his role in leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, for which he was charged with multiple felonies under the Espionage Act, to his anti-war activism and writings in the decades that followed, his effects on American nuclear policy, peacemaking efforts, and information politics cannot be overstated.
Yet the principles he stood on remain more urgent than ever, as catastrophic wars break out and political unrest throws into question the authority of democracy and governments across the world. Truth and Consequence-edited by his son, Michael Ellsberg, and his longtime assistant Jan R. Thomas-captures Ellsberg's lifelong preoccupations with the problem of evil, the massacre of civilians, the threat of nuclear annihilation, the dangers of unquestioned obedience, and the necessity to cultivate empathy for those whom we have been taught to see as enemies.
In this posthumous collection of previously unpublished writing, including autobiographical and personal essays, manifestos, and reportage, Ellsberg's ideas burst from the page with acerbic critique and powerful introspection, cementing him as one of the most heroic champions of truth in American history. Truth and Consequence does not equivocate about the bedrock convictions we must continue to uphold in his wake: freedom, integrity, and, above all, truth.
Recenzii
A wonderful window into the mind and heart of a great American hero, a compassionate human being, and finally a wise and thoughtful teacher.
A strikingly personal collection, one that shows how Ellsberg's courage, commitment, and even his moral clarity derived from traumatic events in his past. Truth and Consequence is loaded with such insights, bearing witness to Ellsberg's deep compassion wrought from tragedy. His sagacity, determination, and example will long endure.
Truly accomplished. a magnificently edited book that offers a window into Dan's innermost thoughts over a 50-year period. Dan was a gifted prose writer.. [he] lived his life governed by a passionate love of the world that asked everything of himself, a passion which has helped inspire many others. This year, amazingly, we have seen millions in the streets protesting for truth and justice. This book captures Dan's passion for that truth movement, more clearly than anything he ever published in his lifetime.
[A] poignant, prescient, and clarifying posthumous collection of unpublished musings. Three heart-seizing essays about Ellsberg's anguished childhood set the template for his ardent and risky life as a marine, national security analyst, whistleblower, and antinuclear, peace, and environmental activist. Here readers can immerse themselves in the depth and wisdom of his profound concerns about evil, conscience, compassion, and complicity. Knowledgeable and bracing perceptions and truths abound in this treasury of galvanizing insights, convictions, and conundrums.
A fascinating window into the inner life of a whistleblower and the psychological turmoil behind a sweeping societal shift.
A resonant volume that affirms Ellsberg's rare moral conviction and his unwavering belief in truth as a force for change . . . Personal essays, handwritten notes, and ruminations reveal Ellsberg's moral clarity, intellectual rigor, and prescient warnings about the dangers of unchecked power and collective denial.
In this extraordinary book, Daniel Ellsberg reveals what others in the know dare not say: we are on the precipice of apocalyptic danger. Like no one else I have known, he candidly reflects on his own life and on the wider human predicament-and fearlessly calls out the 'reckless, evil gamble' that America and other nuclear powers take every day. We encounter here a fascinating story, but more to the point, an inspiring quest to live life with meaning and utter honesty.
You will never read a more profound book about obedience and conscience. Ellsberg writes with intimate candor about the deadening-and often deadly-results of undue trust in authority. This book draws you close, sharing the innermost thoughts and visionary wisdom of America's greatest whistleblower.
While Daniel Ellsberg is best known for a single, transformative act of civic courage-making public the Pentagon Papers-he also committed his life to anti-nuclear and anti-war activism. In this gripping collection, Ellsberg and the world he so deeply engaged come into sharp focus, highlighting the fascinating human dimension of his life and work.
Henry Kissinger called Daniel Ellsberg 'The Most Dangerous Man in America.' Dangerous because of Ellsberg's courageous integrity and principled moral power, which in today's world is desperately needed and frighteningly absent. In this book we see into Ellsberg's mind and soul, his strengths, his fears and doubts. Through Ellsberg's own words one can begin to understand the forces that forged him into one of the 20th centuries most honorable, intriguing, and all-too human figures.