It taxed the crud out of people, while instilling fear in them.
This made it wealthy and influential.
C. culture I think it may be all of the above
The Pentagon Papers<span>, officially titled </span>United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense<span>, is a </span>United States Department of Defense<span> history of the </span>United States<span>' </span>political-military involvement<span> in </span>Vietnam<span> from 1945 to 1967. The papers were released by </span>Daniel Ellsberg<span> who had worked on the study, and first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of </span>The New York Times<span> in 1971.</span>
