The posting today by the national security archive at george washington university, allows for a unique sidebyside comparison, showing readers exactly what the u. The report that would later become famous as the pentagon papers was the united statesvietnam relations, 19451967. The pentagon papers was the name given to a topsecret department of defense study of u. Download as xlsx, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. Eight lessons about the vietnam war, daniel ellsberg, the pentagon papers, and whistleblowing. However, the publications of the report that resulted from these leaks were incomplete and suffered from.
The defense departments secret history of the vietnam war kindle edition by. The first line r was located over the e in the second and d in the third line. Recovery of the pentagon papers, a top secret history of americas involvement in vietnam, involved the defense supply agency director marine. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The pentagon papers, officially titled report of the office of the secretary of defense vietnam. In june of 1971, small portions of the report were leaked to the press and widely distributed.
Forty years after the new york times published a leaked version of the secret government study of the vietnam war known as the pentagon papers, the national archives has released them in their entirety. Forty years after the new york times published the leaked pentagon papers, the national archives has released them in their entirety. Kentucky digital newspaper program at university of kentucky libraries, lexington, kentucky. Pdf this paper contributes to the development of a practicebased understanding of ethics. For the first time ever, all three major editions of the pentagon papers are being made available simultaneously online. The pentagon papers, officially titled report of the office of the secretary of defense vietnam task force, was commissioned by secretary of defense robert mcnamara in 1967.