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The acclaimed new book charts the incredible rise of WikiLeaks, and its political and media impact, from April 2010 to February 2011, written by award-winning author Greg Mitchell, whose daily WikiLeaks blog at The Nation has gained a vast worldwide audience. He has also written the first book about accused leaker Bradley Manning.It includes gripping, revelatory chapters on every major WikiLeaks release of the past year, from Iraq and Afghanistan "war logs" to the secret diplomatic cables that have sparked outrage and debate -- and rebellions -- all over the world. Plus: current controversies, media failures, legal moves against Julian Assange, the role of "Anonymous" and other hackers, and what lies ahead in the brave new world of leaking. Published by Sinclair Books. Mitchell's "Bradley Manning: Truth and Consequences" here at Amazon as e-book. Mitchell's classic Random House book "The Campaign of the Century" won the Goldsmith Book Prize and has just been published for the first time as an e-book. It explores Upton Sinclair's remarkable, and nearly successful, race for governor of California in 1934, leading one of the greatest mass movements in U.S. history. Mitchell's most recent e-book, on the Occupy Wall Street movement, is titled "40 Days That Shook the World."His other recent books and e-books are "Atomic Cover-Up: Two U.S. Soldiers, Hiroshima & Nagasaki and The Greatest Movie Never Mad." and "Dead Reckoning" (on the death penalty in America). He also wrote "Hiroshima in America" with Robert Jay Lifton. "From the moment I discovered Greg Mitchell's amazing WikiLeaks blog it has become indispensable. 'The Age of WikiLeaks' follows in the footsteps of his brilliant books on nuclear threat, the Iraq war, the media and American politics." ----- DANIEL ELLSBERG"One of the nation's most insightful journalists, Greg Mitchell, tackles in this book one of the most fascinating and important political controversies of the last decade: WikiLeaks. Few commentators know more about this vital topic. Mitchell's daily blog has been a must-read for anyone following the WikiLeaks saga." ----- GLENN GREENWALD, Salon.com Mitchell i is the former editor of Editor & Publisher magazine.