The Day the Presses Stopped
Subtitle: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 7, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780520213821
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Central government; Constitutional & administrative law; Freedom of information & freedom of speech; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; USA; Legal History; Legal System; Military - Vietnam War; Law / General; Criminal Law - General
First sentence: On a wintry February day in 1968 Washington officials packed the ceremonial East Room of the White House to bid farewell to Robert S. McNamara, who was resigning as secretary of defense after seven years.