EPISODE · Dec 18, 2019 · 29 MIN
Ellsberg, Daniel: The Pentagon Papers
from Radio Curious · host LeGov
Click here to begin listening Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority,’ a rupture particularly connected to the still-escalating Vietnam War. The release to the public of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 focused […]
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Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/[email protected]/1197-1-ELLSBERG_DANIEL_12-17-19_IA.mp3) Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority,’ a rupture particularly connected to the still-escalating Vietnam War. The release to the public of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 focused national attention on US foreign policy and on our right as individual citizens to freedom of the press. Daniel Ellsberg recommends “Our War,” by David Harris. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 1997
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