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Jan 19, 2018 · In 1971, Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press in the hope that they would help end the Vietnam War. His story is portrayed in the new film The Post. Originally broadcast Dec. 4, 2017.
Jun 6, 2022 · The Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force was a 7,000-page, 47-volume Top-Secret Vietnam War study commissioned by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense for the Johnson administration. Later known as the Pentagon Papers, the report documented the United States' involvement in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1967.
Jun 9, 2021 · The Pentagon Papers decision, hailed as a flat-out free-speech victory, in reality had a more complicated effect. ... censor publication of a secret history of the Vietnam War was just three ...
Jul 1, 2011 · On the 40th anniversary of the case, the U.S. National Archives has publicly released the complete “Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force,” as Pentagon Papers were officially called. More than a third of the text is available for the first time ever, and the entire report is entirely declassified, with no ...
Dec 12, 2017 · The basis for the 2018 film The Post by Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, The Pentagon Papers are a series of articles, documents, and studies examining the Johnson Administration’s lies to the public about the extent of US involvement in the Vietnam War, bringing to light shocking conclusions about America’s true role in the ...
Aug 4, 2023 · Officially titled “History of U.S. Decision-Making in Vietnam, 1945–68,” the Pentagon Papers are a study of the origins and development of the Vietnam War. They were commissioned in June 1967 by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara after he had developed doubts about the wisdom of that war. They became the subject of a major Supreme Court ...
Dec 31, 2014 · The Pentagon Papers, officially titled "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force", was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. In June of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were ...
