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Neil Sheehan

(1936–2021) War Correspondent United States

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Neil Sheehan was a war correspondent from the United States, best known for A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.

Quick Facts About Neil Sheehan

Born
October 27, 1936
Died
January 7, 2021
Nationality
United States
Profession
War Correspondent
Notable works
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

About Neil Sheehan

Cornelius Mahoney Sheehan was 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 U.S. Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), which invalidated the United States government's use of a restraining order to halt publication.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Guggenheim Fellowship National Book Award for Nonfiction The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism

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