THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Venona Papers
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Pentagon Papers
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Treaty of Versailles
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Congressional Papers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most damaging revelations in the papers revealed that four administrations (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson) had misled the public regarding their intentions. For example, the Eisenhower administration actively worked against the Geneva Accords.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The New York Times published the first installment of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret history of the Vietnam War, on June 13, 1971.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1971, Ellsberg gave the New York Times copies of a secret government report on American involvement in the Vietnam War. After the newspaper began publishing the so-called “Pentagon Papers, ” the Nixon administration obtained a restraining order to stop them.