Word: hersch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Said Martha Moore about her election, "I am pleasantly surprised. But I don't think its anything I'm going to go talking about." Morre's roommate happens to live with Hersch, and neither had told the other of their nomination, "We are very happy for each other...
...Kirkland House; Macrene K. Alexiades, Biology, Dudley House; Renuka Bhan, Biology, Winthrop House; Julia B. Cohen, Economics, Winthrop House; Chalon M. Emmons, American Literature, Mather House; Jill M. Goodstein, Anthropology, Mather House; Lisa H. Harris, American Literature, Quincy House; Ellen J. Harvey, History and Literature, Adams House; Jennifer R. Hersch, Economics, Lowell House; Julia C. Hilden, Philosophy Combination, Lowell House; Melissa S. Lane, Social Studies, Dunster House...
...THESE INNOCENT conclusions, Hersch constructs a harsh criticism of the way politicians manipulated the crisis by blatantly misusing the American intelligence network for their own advantage. Despite the expert opinion of a team of Air Force intelligence officers that the KAL Boeing jet and a U.S. RC-135 spy plane would be virtually indistinguishable at night, Defense Secretary Weinberger decided himself that the Soviet pilots knew it was a commercial flight...
This book is best, though, in the detail with which Hersch describes operations of the U.S. intelligence network. All over the Far East, men in super-secret listening posts are eavesdropping on Soviet fighter communications, radar signals, and even the radio chatter of Russian soldiers...
...intelligence provided a fairly accurate view of what happened over Siberia, but the U.S. leaders ignored or distorted the facts in their enthusiasm to condemn the Soviet Union and promote themselves. Hersch describes the horrified intelligence experts watching Reagan on television make absurd claims based on their reports...