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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Petition to cut paper into pentagons instead of rectangles.
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Plan to expand the Pentagon in Virginia.
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held the secret plans of the United States government and Nixon tried to keep it from American people.
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None of the above
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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: -Officially titled “History of U.S. Decision-Making in Vietnam, 1945–68, ” the Pentagon Papers are a study of the origins and development of the Vietnam War. They were commissioned in June 1967 by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara after he had developed doubts about the wisdom of that war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Monday, June 13, 2022, marks the 51st anniversary of the New York Times publication of the Pentagon Papers. The release affected the legacies of four presidential administrations and became the catalyst for the Watergate break-in and subsequent scandal.