Ben Bradlee Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Ben Bradlee, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

3 records1971–19722 events1 places

Chronological biography

1971

Pentagon Papers18 June 1971

Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

On June 18, 1971, The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers; Ellsberg gave portions to editor Ben Bradlee

1972

Election1972

Government / Republican Party Government · Editor of Washington Post · Watergate

Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection

Election1972

Politics / Watergate · Editor of Washington Post · Watergate

Woodward & Bernsteins work, under editor Ben Bradlee, leads to the uncovering of a number of political "dirty tricks" used by the Nixon re-election committee during his campaign for reelection

Titles and roles

Editor of Washington Post

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.