The day the presses stopped : a history of the Pentagon papers case

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The day the presses stopped : a history of the Pentagon papers case

David Rudenstine

University of California Press, c1996

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Bibliography: p.395-402

Includes index

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ISBN 9780520086722

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David Rudenstine effectively captures the day-by-day drama of the Nixon administration's efforts in 1971 to prohibit the "New York Times" and the "Washington Post" from publishing the 7,000-page, top-secret Pentagon Papers. Rudenstine originally shared the dominant historical view that the government's position fell far short of satisfying the "heavy burden" the law required if the courts were to permanently restrain publication. But after studying previously classified documents and interviewing key participants in the controversy, including Robert MacNamara, Clark Clifford, William Rehnquist, Katherine Graham, and Daniel Ellsberg, Rudenstine changed his mind. The result is a provocative and engrossing account of the eventful case. The Pentagon Papers did contain information potentially harmful to U.S. security, says Rudenstine, and the government was forced to sue in order to gain time to assess the degree of harm that publication might cause. Although he supports the newspapers' victory in the case, he argues that the question of the government's need to keep some information confidential and the public's interest in being informed was more difficult to resolve than has been generally recognised. He also places the Papers controversy in a political context that goes beyond America's involve-ment in Vietnam, maintaining that this crucial event led to Watergate and President Nixon's eventual resignation. Rudenstine sees this case as a crucible for testing many elements essential to democratic institutions. Ironically, he says, it reveals that much of a democracy's vitality can depend on two institutions that are not in any strict sense accountable from a political perspective: the press and the courts. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Pentagon Papers case,"The Day the Presses Stopped" raises important questions and challenges conventional views of a historic moment.
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: pbk ISBN 9780520213821

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This bold account provides an original perspective on one of the most significant legal struggles in American history: the Nixon administration's efforts to prohibit "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" from publishing the 7,000-page, top-secret Pentagon Papers, which traced U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In his gripping account of this highly charged case, Rudenstine examines new evidence, raises difficult questions, and challenges conventional views of a historic moment.

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Acknowledgments Introduction: A Reconsideration PART ONE THE PENTAGON PAPERS BECOME PUBLIC I. McNamara's Study 2. Daniel Ellsberg 3. The New York Times Publishes 4* Nixon's Turnabout 5. The Justice Department's Recommendation PART TWO THE NEW YORK TIMES CASE 6. The Times Is Restrained 7. On the Eve of the Times Trial 8. Inside the White House, Part I 9* The Washington Post Publishes 1O. The Friday Hearing: The Public Session 11. The Friday Hearing: The Closed Session 12. Gurfein's Decision PART THREE THE WASHINGTON POST CASE 13. The Post Is Restrained 14* On the Eve of the Post's Trial 15. Gesell's Decision PART FOUR THE COURTS OF APPEALS 16. The Second Circuit 17. The D.C. Circuit 18. Inside the White House, Part 2 PART FIVE THE SUPREME COURT 19. The Supreme Court Takes the Case 20. The Briefs 21. The Argument 22. The Decision PART SIX THE AFTERMATH 23. The Impact of the Disclosures 24. Criminal Investigations and Impeachable Offenses 25. The Supreme Court's Decision and Democracy Notes Selected Bibliography Interviews Index

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