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This July 1965 U.S. army report from Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara outlines defense spending, activities around the world, and troop increases in South Vietnam.

Robert McNamara, former Defense Secretary in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations (1961-68) discussed lessons he learned from his involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam W…

Robert McNamara and James Blight discussed their book Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy, published by Public Affairs. The book offers new studies by McNamara,…

Author and Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara discussed his book, “In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam", published by Times Books. The book deals with his life and caree…

Walter Mead interviewed former Secretary McNamara before an audience. They talked about his book, Vietnam: Above and Beyond, and analyzed the history of the Vietnam War and its relation to …

Robert McNamara talked about his new book, In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, published by Times Books. The book deals with his life and career as a public servant, focusing…

Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara talked about his book In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam. He spoke about his life as a public servant, specifically focusing on hi…

At the home of Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham, scenes were shown of a book party for the authors of Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy, published b…