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The Soviet destruction in 9/1983 of 269 people aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was one of the most upsetting crises of the Cold War era. The USA & USSR immediately blamed one another for the disaster; but, as Hersh powerfully argues, responsibility went far beyond ordinary governmental decision making & into the murky sphere of superpower intelligence calculations & confusion. He asserts that the catastrophe followed more from Soviet ignorance than viciousness, & that the whole episode demonstrates how the superpowers are more interested in gaining political advantage than the truest understanding of events. Hersh cannot provide a final recounting of this complex crisis. But he does show how one critical thinker can provide a more believable reconstruction of events than can any self-interested governmental regime.-- Library Journal
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The Target Is Destroyed, Seymour M. Hersh
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1986
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- Titolo
- The Target Is Destroyed
- Sottotitolo
- What Really Happened to Flight 007 and What America Knew About It
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Seymour M. Hersh
- Editore
- Random House (NY)
- Pubblicato
- 1986
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 282
- ISBN10
- 0394542614
- ISBN13
- 9780394542614
- Serie
- Descrizione
- The Soviet destruction in 9/1983 of 269 people aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was one of the most upsetting crises of the Cold War era. The USA & USSR immediately blamed one another for the disaster; but, as Hersh powerfully argues, responsibility went far beyond ordinary governmental decision making & into the murky sphere of superpower intelligence calculations & confusion. He asserts that the catastrophe followed more from Soviet ignorance than viciousness, & that the whole episode demonstrates how the superpowers are more interested in gaining political advantage than the truest understanding of events. Hersh cannot provide a final recounting of this complex crisis. But he does show how one critical thinker can provide a more believable reconstruction of events than can any self-interested governmental regime.-- Library Journal