Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force

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Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force is the formal name of the top-secret U.S. Department of Defense study on American political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967, later widely known as the Pentagon Papers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Department of Defense document ⓘ
classified document ⓘ
government report ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
top-secret study ⓘ
aim to provide an internal history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pentagon Papers ⓘ
analyzes U.S. foreign policy toward Vietnam ⓘ
U.S. military strategy in Vietnam ⓘ
internal decision-making of the U.S. government regarding Vietnam ⓘ
author Vietnam Task Force of the Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
commissionedBy Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
confidentialityStatusAtCreation Top Secret ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdByOrganization Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
documentType classified historical report ⓘ
endTimeOfEventsDescribed 1967 ⓘ
fieldOfWork international relations ⓘ
military history ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
genre historical analysis ⓘ
policy analysis ⓘ
hasPart analytical summaries of policy decisions ⓘ
chronological narrative of U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
documentary annexes and primary source documents ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed First Indochina War ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
escalation phase of the Vietnam War ⓘ
intendedAudience senior officials of the U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
intendedUse internal policy review ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterKnownAs Pentagon Papers ⓘ
leakedAs Pentagon Papers ⓘ
mainFocus decision-making process of U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
escalation of U.S. military presence in Vietnam ⓘ
preparedFor Robert S. McNamara ⓘ
linked to: Robert McNamara

Secretary of Defense of the United States ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. presidential administrations from Harry S. Truman to Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
scope multi-volume study ⓘ
thousands of pages ⓘ
startTimeOfEventsDescribed 1945 ⓘ
subject American military involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
American political involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
temporalCoverage 1945–1967 ⓘ

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Pentagon Papers → title → Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force ⓘ
Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force → author → Vietnam Task Force of the Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
linked to: Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force
Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force → createdByOrganization → Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force ⓘ
linked to: Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force