| Edition |
[Reprint edition]. |
| Description |
x, 416 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) and index. |
| Contents |
McNamara's study -- Daniel Ellsberg -- The New York Times publishes -- Nixon's turnabout -- The Justice Department's recommendation -- The Times is restrained -- On the eve of the Times trial -- Inside the White House, part 1 -- The Washington Post publishes -- The Friday hearing: the public session -- The Friday hearing: the closed session -- Gurfein's decision -- The Post is restrained -- On the eve of the Post's trial -- Gesell's decision -- The Second Circuit -- The D.C. Circuit -- Inside the White House, part 2 -- The Supreme Court takes the case -- The briefs -- The argument -- The decision -- The impact of the disclosures -- Criminal investigations and impeachable offenses -- The Supreme Court's decision and democracy. |
| Summary |
Commissioned by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and classified as "Top Secret - Sensitive," the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers traced the U.S. involvement in Vietnam from the 1940s through the late 1960s. In 1971 Daniel Ellsberg made the study available to the New York Times, which struggled for three months over whether and how to publish the report. On June 13, 1971, the Times finally went to press with the government's secret history of its land war in Southeast Asia. |
| Subject |
New York Times Company -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Washington Post Company -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Pentagon Papers.
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| Subject(S) |
Prior restraint -- United States.
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National security -- United States.
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| Added Title |
History of the Pentagon papers case |
| ISBN |
9780520213821 (paperback) |
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