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THE PENTAGON PAPERS

The Secret History of the Vietnam War
Book • 1971
This book is a compilation of parts of the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page secret history of the Vietnam War compiled by the Defense Department.

It includes articles published by the New York Times and supporting documents, providing insight into the conversations and decision-making processes within the White House and the Pentagon from 1950 to 1968.

The papers expose the government's lies to the American public about the war and highlight the faulty assumptions and hunches that guided U.S.

policy.

The book offers a detailed look at the Johnson administration's handling of the war and the broader context of the Cold War and U.S.

foreign policy.

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