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Ellsberg is too complex a man to fit neatly any mold, even that of the insulated academic, so shocked at his first sight of a combat-torn body that he denounces war. Ellsberg's conversion was much more gradual???although, as with nearly everything he has done, once he had a change of mind he threw all of his spirit and intelligence into it, moving from one extreme to another. When he first saw combat in Viet Nam as a civilian pacification specialist, in fact, Ellsberg seemed to enjoy the experience. A reporter recalls hearing loud shouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Ellsberg: The Battle Over the Right to Know | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

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