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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Pentagon Papers
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War Powers Act
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pentagon Papers revealed that the Harry S. Truman administration gave military aid to France in its colonial war against the communist-led Viet Minh, thus directly involving the United States in Vietnam; that in 1954 Pres.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Times published the first installment of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret history of the Vietnam War, on June 13, 1971.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled that the Times had the right to publish the material. The publication of the “Pentagon Papers, ” along with previous suspected disclosures of classified information to the press, led to the creation of a White House unit to plug information leaks to journalists.