It has taken me nearly a week to reflect on how figures like Robert McNamara contributed to the erosion of the American people’s trust in so many of their institutions. It was his arrogance and self-confidence that so diminished whatever he had to say about Vietnam from the time the war began. McNamara was so [...]
A Postscript on McNamara’s Death
July 12th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Dean Rusk · Errol Morris · John F. Kennedy · Lyndon Johnson · Richard Nixon · Robert McNamara · vietnam
