HISTORY 319: The Vietnam Wars (Fall 2025) : Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States–Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, were a top-secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Commissioned by United States Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara in 1967, the study was completed in 1968. The papers first surfaced with the publishing of excerpts in a series of articles on the front page of The New York Times June 13, 1971.
Books
-
The Pentagon Papers byPublication Date: 1971-01-015 vols. "Senator Gravel Edition"; includes documents not included in government version.
-
The Secret Diplomacy of the Vietnam War. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1983. byPublication Date: 1983-07-01
-
