About The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Files (Full Documentary)
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes that the war is based on decades of lies and leaks 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, hoping to help stop the war he helped plan. The Most Dangerous Man in America is the riveting story of how one man’s profound change of heart creates a landmark struggle involving America’s newspapers, president and Supreme Court-- a political thriller whose events led directly to Watergate, Nixon’s resignation and the end of the Vietnam War. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 02:17 - The beginning of the Vietnam War ▷ 07:09 - Ellsberg's role the most disproportionate systematic campaign of bombing in the world ▷ 13:10 - Daniel Ellsberg goes to Vietnam and becomes infantry commander ▷ 19:27 - The creation of the Pentagon paper study ▷ 23:58 - Ellsberg begins to have a change of heart and leaks information to the New York Times ▷ 27:10 - Richard Nixon becomes president after convincing the public he had a plan to end the
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- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Files (Full Documentary)
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- Society
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- 92 minutes
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- English
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