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 Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vietnam Task Force of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
commissionedBy Office of the Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
confidentialityStatusAtCreation Top Secret
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdByOrganization Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force

Department of Defense
surface form: 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 McNamara
surface form: Robert S. McNamara

United States Secretary of Defense
surface form: 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 Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vietnam Task Force of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force createdByOrganization Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force