US History – 1945 to Present
The Pentagon Papers were a top-secret Department of Defense study that documented the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Their release in 1971 revealed that the government had misled the public about the Vietnam War, contributing significantly to the erosion of trust in government during a time of political turmoil, especially in connection with the Watergate scandal and the broader constitutional crisis.
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