THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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the Watergate scandal
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the Cambodian invasion
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the Pentagon Papers
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the Massacre at My Lai
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Detailed explanation-1: -What confirmed that the government had not been honest with Americans about the Vietnam War? Soon after the American troops left, the North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam and united Vietnam under communist rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-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.