The fog of war : : Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. Mcnamara

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Call Number: DVD 973.92 Fo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as a motion picture documentary in 2003.
Includes 24 additional scenes; Robert S. McNamara's 10 lessons from his life in politics; TV spots.
Interviews with Robert McNamara.
The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now, he offers a candid and intimate journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers new and often surprising insights into the 1945 bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War.
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby 5.1.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

fascinating submitted by airgood on August 5, 2014, 1:12pm This was a super interesting documentary, examining the Vietnam War from McNamara's perspective. It provided some some fascinating insight and is definitely worth a watch.

Insight comes later submitted by ccrose on August 27, 2019, 10:30pm McNamara was recruited By President Kennedy to serve on his cabinet. The irony was his background. He was a numbers guy for Ford, trimming and shaping labor, looking at efficiency charts, making formulas. Why did Kennedy think McNamara was material for Secretary of Defense? The final moments of the film, McNamara is asked about decisions he made, sending troops over, extending the war into Cambodia. Would he do the same again. The man who sent young men and women to their deaths said, in the midst of the fog of war, decisions were made.