Papers on the War

Foreign relationsPolitics and governmentVietnamese ConflictVietnam WarRelations extérieures

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About this book

This book is the second contribution Daniel Ellsberg made towards an understanding of the U. S. intervention in the Viet Nam war. Ellsberg believed that the war needed both to be resisted and understood. His papers helped to define both U. S. policies and strategies.

Themes & subjects

Foreign relationsPolitics and governmentVietnamese ConflictVietnam WarRelations extérieuresGuerre du Viêt-nam

Setting

VietnamUnited StatesViêt-namÉtats-Unis1961-1975

About the author

Daniel Ellsberg

7 Apr 1931 – 16 June 2023

Daniel Ellsberg (born April 7, 1931) is an American economist, activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the *Pentagon Papers*, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to *The New York Times*, the *Washington Post* and other newspapers. On January 3, 1973, Ellsberg was charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 along with other charges of theft and conspiracy, carrying a total maximum sentence of 115 years. Due to governmental misconduct and illegal evidence-gathering, and the defense by Leonard Boudin and Harv…