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"The WikiLeaks of its day" (Time) is as relevant as ever to present-day American politics.
"The most significant leaks of classified material in American history." –The Washington Post
Not Fake News! The basis for the 2018 film The Post by Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, The Pentagon Papers are a series of articles, documents, and studies examining the Johnson Administration's...
"The most significant leaks of classified material in American history." –The Washington Post
Not Fake News! The basis for the 2018 film The Post by Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, The Pentagon Papers are a series of articles, documents, and studies examining the Johnson Administration's...
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When a newspaper acquires top secret papers from the Pentagon, they decide to publish them. As a result, the public is made aware of a shady study about U.S. participation in the Vietnam War. The First Amendment is tested when the public's right to know clashes with the government's urge for secrecy.
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The original version of LATW's groundbreaking docudrama about the Pentagon Papers, the infamous classified documents about US involvement in the Vietnam War, and how The Washington Post fought the government to publish them.
Includes a 1991 panel discussion with journalists Ben Bradlee, Peter Braestrup, Robert Maynard, Carla Robbins, Robert Scheer, and George Wilson.
Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica...
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One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Published by The New York Times in 1971, The Pentagon Papers divided an already deeply fractured nation with startling and disturbing revelations about the...
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"The Nixon Administration sought to stop the New York Times and Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers. This book examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision"--Provided by publisher.
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"The true story of The White House Plumbers, a secret unit inside Nixon's White House, and their ill-conceived plans stop the leaking of the Pentagon Papers, and how they led to Watergate and the President's demise. In a secluded office in President Nixon's White House in 1971, Egil "Bud" Krogh was summoned to a closed-door meeting by his mentor-and a key confidant of the president-John Ehrlichman. Expecting to discuss the most recent drug control...
12) The Post
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This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
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Contains a collection of articles published in the "New York Times" by various authors exploring freedom of the press in journalism, censorship, and bias. Also discusses press freedoms in the Trump era. Includes a glossary, black-and-white photographs, and text-dependent questions.
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Contentious issues such as abortion and the death penalty touch on people's deeply held personal and political beliefs. But these issues have also been tested many times in the courts. Often these court decisions reflect societal climate and offer a fascinating way to trace changing trends. This anthology series captures the passion and depth of these debates and provides an ideal resource for research on social issues. Each volume focuses...
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This film examines how Nixon sought to fulfill his mandate of getting America out of Vietnam with an honorable peace, bombing the North Vietnamese to achieve negotiating leverage even as he withdrew American troops. Public opinion constrained his use of force and made his threats less effective. Nixon had to make decisions as Commander in Chief with one eye on the war at home, the other on the war in Vietnam. The film presents Nixon as tragically...