THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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These documents showed that several Presidents before Nixon had lied to the American people about Vietnam.
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Pentagon Papers
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Time Magazine
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Venona Papers
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Federalist Papers
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Explanation:
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: -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.
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.
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