THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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many more Americans had died in Vietnam than had been reported
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American soldiers had massacred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai
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American prisoners of war were being tortured in North Vietnamese prisons
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the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pentagon Papers revealed that the United States had expanded its war with the bombing of Cambodia and Laos, coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which had been reported by the American media.
Detailed explanation-2: -These new documents and tapes reveal what historians could not prove: There was not a second attack on U.S. Navy ships in the Tonkin Gulf in early August 1964. Furthermore, the evidence suggests a disturbing and deliberate attempt by Secretary of Defense McNamara to distort the evidence and mislead Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -The documents, which came to be known as the Pentagon Papers, revealed that the government had enlarged the scope of military actions in Vietnam without public and congressional knowledge and continued operations even as it concluded American military victory was unlikely.