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Cuban Missile Crisis Fog Of War Ford Motor Company History LBJ Lydon B. Johnson Lydon Baines Johnson McNamara Philip Glass Robert McNamara United States Secretary of Defense Vietnam Vietnam War World War II WWII
Eleven Lessons Learned From The Life Of Robert S. McNamara
Robert S. McNamara discusses his experiences and lessons learned during his tenure as Secretary of Defense under John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He talks about his work as a bombing statistician during World War II, his brief tenure as president of Ford Motor Company, and the Kennedy administration’s triumph during the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, the film focuses primarily on his failures in Vietnam. The theme of the film are his “eleven lessons” learned during this time. Some of these include improving military efficiency, understanding your enemy, and the frustrations of trying to deal with (and unsuccessfully trying to change) human nature.
The documentary will combine an interview with Mr. McNamara discussing some of the tragedies and glories of the 20th Century, archival footage, documents, and an original score by Philip Glass.
