Call Number:

CDG-A.Ellsberg, Daniel

Repository:

Swarthmore College Peace Collection

Extent:

0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Swarthmore College Peace Collection, CDG-A., Daniel Ellsberg collected papers..

Date:

1972- (bulk)

Creator:

Ellsberg, Daniel

Abstract:

The collection consists of one folder of printed material and pamphlets, including a research proprosal (1986): "U.S. First Use Threats and the Construction of Instability", and a transcript of a talk: "Daniel Ellsberg: The Construction of Instability" (1986).

Daniel Ellsberg; Daniel Ellsberg (born 1931) is a former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2006. He is also known for a fundamental contribution to decision theory, the Ellsberg paradox. (Source: Wikipedia).