The Target is Destroyed Author:Seymour M. Hersh "No substantial retraction or correction has been offered by the Reagan Administration. [Hersh] tells us more, more persuasively, than anyone else has been able or willing to do." - Tom Wicker, The New York Times — "Finally...a carefully researched, reasonable, readable explanation of how Korean Airlines Flight 007 came to be shot down over Sovie... more »t waters...A fascinating account of how the superpowers behave toward each other and of how intelligence is collected and abused as well as used." - Douglas R. Feaver, Washington Post Book World
"What American government officials, from President Reagan on down, did with the 007 case...is a sordid, nasty story...[Here is] the best, most persuasive explanation that has come down the pike to date." - William Hines, Chicago Sun-Times
"A classic of its kind...and terrifying too...an almost minute-by-minute account of the operations inside several listening posts of the supersecret National Security Agency." - Boston Globe« less