The Pentagon Papers

By: Herring, George C.

A collection of documents which highlights the origins of US involvement in the Vietnam War. This brief book helps to explain why the US became embroiled. Students are given a glimpse of the workings... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007028380X
• ISBN13: 9780070283800
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"

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Robert McNamara's Gift to the World

Prepare to have your trust in government shattered. It illustrates the "credibility gap" during the Vietnam War, i.e., the gap between what Johnson and Kennedy were saying to the public and what was actually happening in Vietnam. The administrations constantly lie to the American public on our progress in the war. What's most interesting is reading these documents alongside speeches made to the public during this time by McNamara and Johnson. It's quite startling. Read this book.