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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a list of American war criminals who were quietly dismissed from the military
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the truth behind what really happened in the Gulf of Tonkin incident
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Daniel Ellsberg’s anti-government views
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a study of the war that revealed the government knew it was unwinnable
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. had secretly enlarged the scope of its actions in the Vietnam War with coastal raids on North Vietnam and Marine Corps attacks-none of which were reported in the mainstream media.
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: -Often referred to as the “Pentagon Papers” case, the landmark Supreme Court decision in New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government.