The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War by Neil Sheehan and The New York Times is an amazing story. Just re-published in December 2017, Sheehan, was an established, respected reporter on Vietnam. This period was an extraordinary time of change in our country as President Nixon expanded the war in Vietnam. Sheehan obtained […]
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In the summer of 2011 the National Archives released the Pentagon Papers. The 47-volume report officially titled “United States-Vietnam Relations 1945-1967” was an amazing research effort led by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Somewhat fittingly today (Memorial Day 2013) I have finished the final volume. This has been a rather involved “process” to say the […]
The Pentagon Papers statistics and graphs of the war: Volume IV-c(10) “Statistical Survey of the War, North and South: 1965 – 1967” provides 23 pages of statistics and graphs on the war in the following areas:Clearly the splash of today’s information graphics are failed in comparison. I wonder what Edward Tufte would say about these graphs.
The Pentagon Papers Volume IV.c.9(b) is labeled “Direct Action: The Johnson Commitments, 1964-1968 and tells how difficult the relationship between Washington D.C. and Saigon was leading up to the Tet Offensive. After 40 years as a classified document, the only clarification in this volume was our investment in men and money didn’t mean a damn […]
Thats a pretty harsh analysis from Volume IV-7-c (page 56) of the Pentagon Papers. This volume may not have been previously declassified. This Volume displays a detailed analysis and background to the lack of effectiveness of Operation Rolling Thunder. This volume clearly shows critical errors in judgement by Curtis Lemay who in referring to our war […]