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The Pentagon Papers Explained

In June 1967, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara created a working group he designated as the Vietnam Study Task Force. McNamara was a hawk regarding the United States' involvement in the War…

By Larry Holzwarth · 33 min

Cold War

Today in History: The Pentagon Papers Criticize Cold War Policy (1971)

The Vietnam War became very unpopular very quickly, and there were a lot of reasons for that. The protests for the…

Matthew Weber · 3 min