The Pentagon Papers (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
At a glance:
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Nonfiction
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Subjects: Politics, Vietnam War, Political science, Politicians, Corruption, Government, Geopolitics
The Work
The Pentagon Papers case is one of the most important cases involving freedom of the press. When Robert McNamara was secretary of defense during in the 1960’s, he became disenchanted with U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Before he left office in 1968, he ordered a secret study of all Defense Department documents relating to how the United States had gotten involved in the war. The completed study contained three thousand pages of text and four thousand pages of documents—which collectively became known as the “Pentagon Papers.”
The study and...
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