THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Freedom of religion
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The right to a jury trial
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Freedom of the press
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The right to peaceful assembly
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Detailed explanation-1: -The publication of the Pentagon Papers helped fuel the debate over the wisdom of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; however, most observers agree that the publication of the papers did not do injury to the national security of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -They became the subject of a major Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States (1971), regarding censorship and freedom of the press.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -The Pentagon Papers was the name given to a top-secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.