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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The definitive insider's account of American policy making in Vietnam.
"Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger,…
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I wonder whether the war in Ukraine will be remembered as a folly of Western hubris or a Churchillian stand against another European warmonger.
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Reading through Robert McNamara’s reflections on the Vietnam War offers a fascinating insight into the challenges of wartime…
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