Crises of the Republic : Lying in politics ; Civil disobedience ; On violence ; Thoughts on politics and revolution

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A collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early 1970s as challenges to the American form of government. Index. THE PENTAGON PAPERS-as the forty-seven-volume "History of U.S. Decision-Making Process on Vietnam Policy" (commissioned by Secretary of Defense Roberts S. McNamara in June 1967 and completed a year and a half later) has become known ever since the New York Times published, in June 1971, this top-secret, richly documented record of the American role in Indochina from World War II to May 1968-tell different stories, teach different lessons to different readers