Around the Tri-State Area this weekend Nov 14, 2009
Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara will be shown by Seeds of Peace at 4 p.m. at the Keokuk Public Library. Chili or soup and dessert will be served. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Paul B. Fay Jr., confidant of President Kennedy; at 91 Oct 2, 2009
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara had initially opposed the appointment. But Kennedy treasured old friendships. (Boston Globe)
Obama looks escalation in the eye Sep 30, 2009
Asia Times Online :: South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan. WASHINGTON - In a remarkable parallel with a turning point in the Vietnam War 44 years ago, United States President Barack Obama will preside over a series of meetings in the coming weeks that will determine whether the US will proceed with an escalation of the Afghanistan war or adjust its strategy and reduce the US military commitment there. (Asia Times Online)
Ceaseless Deaths Of Famous Mark Summer '09 Sep 22, 2009
Early July saw the passing of Robert S. McNamara, 93. The Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War -- and was vilified by many for it. (Click2Houston, TX)
DVD Review: The Fog of War by Errol... Aug 7, 2009
Oscar-Winning Documentary Spotlights Cold Warrior Robert S. McNamara ... The tragedy of Robert S. McNamara thus is revealed: his loyalty to a president he admitted he loved (Johnson) was at the cost of his own integrity. (Suite101.com)
Newman: Why not prohibit smoking? Jul 31, 2009
Here is what he said about prohibition and our war on drugs: "I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost -- and the shock when, 20 years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along. ... "And I cannot help but wonder how many more lives, and how much more money, will be wasted before another Robert McNamara admits what is plain for all to see: The war on drugs is a failure. " The opinions... (CNN -- US)
Ex-Edison star's court date delayed Jul 16, 2009
For two years in the 1960s, I had the privilege to be the Protocol Officer to former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara who died on Monday. Secretary McNamara was among the best and the brightest which President John F. Kennedy brought to Washington. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Bill Gates envisions fighting hurricanes by manipulating the sea... Jul 16, 2009
Robert S. McNamara, U.S. Secretary of Defense, was aware that there might be objections raised by the international scientific community but said in a memo to the president that such objections had not in the past been a basis for prevention of military activities considered to be in the interests of U.S. national security. During October 1966, Project Popeye was tested in a strip of the Laos panhandle east of the Bolovens Plateau in the Se Kong River valley. (The Drudge Report)
Time To Rethink McNamara's MAD Legacy Jul 16, 2009
"No single public figure," wrote British historian Lawrence Freedman in his exhaustive (and exhausting) study The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy,"has influenced the way we think about nuclear weapons quite as much as Robert S. McNamara." Penned in 1981, those words remain true ... Instead, we continue to rely on the faulty answers formulated by Robert S. McNamara nearly 50 years ago. (CBS News)
McNamara and our nuclear madness Jul 13, 2009
Then the story would have been not Ahab s, but Robert S. McNamara s.. A Washington cliche refers to the Pentagon as the Great White Whale, the leviathan on the Potomac. (Boston Globe)
Fishing, hiking, running for president Jul 12, 2009
The Palin decision came less than a week before the death of Robert S. McNamara, and though the two events may seem thoroughly unrelated, there is an important thread that bears examining. Much of Ms. Palin's appeal derives from her defiance of the experts' expectations -- and from her skepticism, even hostility, toward experts and expert advice. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Robert Strange McNamara, a Man for the Soulless Age Jul 11, 2009
In 1968, as all was coming apart at home and abroad, Robert S. McNamara was awarded the Medal of Freedom. Demonstrating once again that the good die young, Robert McNamara died this week at 93. (Townhall.com)
An American tragedy Jul 10, 2009
Vietnam-era Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara later wrote a book called In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam. Tragically, McNamara was, himself, one of those lessons. (The Augusta Chronicle)
A life in the fog of wars Jul 10, 2009
In his memoir, "In Retrospect," and in an Errol Morris film, "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara," he sought lessons and acknowledged mistakes, but stopped short of an apology. His ambivalence mirrors the nation's. (Montana Standard, MT)
RI war vet, 93, honored with Spanish citizenship Jul 9, 2009
Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93. McNamara revealed his misgivings three decades after the American defeat that some called "McNamara's war.". (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Former AP editor Jose Sobrino dies in NYC at 79 Jul 8, 2009
Robert S. McNamara, the Kennedy-Johnson-era defense secretary, who became a major architect of the Vietnam War and a key player in the Cuban missile crisis, died Monday at his Washington home at age 93. McNamara was the Pentagon secretary under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and his relentless championing of American's strategy in Vietnam made him a favorite target of the era's anti-war protests. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
BOB HERBERT: After the war was over Jul 8, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93 ... Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93 ... Robert S. McNamara, the Kennedy-Johnson-era defense secretary, will be most remembered as a man instrumental in sending hundreds... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil Jul 8, 2009
Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defence who was vilified for prosecuting the Vietnam War, then devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations, died today. He was 93. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)
Deaths in the news: Robert McNamara Jul 7, 2009
WASHINGTON - Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93. McNamara revealed his misgivings three decades after the American defeat that some called "McNamara's war.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
Robert McNamara, Vietnam War's anguished architect, dies Jul 7, 2009
Robert S. McNamara, who as secretary of defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations was a leading architect of US military involvement in Indochina, died yesterday. He was 93. (Boston Globe)
McNamara was plain-spoken observer of US affairs Jul 7, 2009
WASHINGTON - To a reporter fresh out of college hired to cover the Pentagon for a little-known newsletter, Robert S. McNamara was nearly a mythical figure. He was the vilified architect of the Vietnam War that had so shaped my parents generation. (Boston Globe)
Obituaries in the news Jul 7, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday. He was 93. (Anchorage Daily News)
Ex-Pentagon chief McNamara dies Jul 7, 2009
He spoke frankly about the Vietnam war and the Cuban Missile Crisis in the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.". With the US in the first year of the war in Iraq, it became a popular and timely attraction and won an Oscar for best documentary feature. (BBC News -- Americas)
Hawk or dove? Jul 7, 2009
Page last updated at 14:00 GMT, Monday, 6 July 2009 15:00 UK. Obituary: Robert McNamara. (BBC News -- Americas)
Robert McNamara Dies: No Escape from Vietnam Jul 7, 2009
McNamara continued to wage his campaign to make amends for Vietnam through the end of his life, most notably in Errol Morris' Oscar-winning 2003 documentary, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. And he was a vocal critic of the Bush Administration's war in Iraq. (Time.com)
Former Defense Secretary McNamara dies Jul 7, 2009
WASHINGTON - Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for prosecuting the Vietnam War, then devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations, died Monday ... He discussed similar themes in the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara." With the U.S. in the first year of the war in Iraq, it became a popular and timely art-house attraction and won the Oscar for best documentary feature. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Flukes of the Universe Apr 20, 2009
Both versions can be heard , along with a parody by Homer & Jethro, "Great Men Repeat Themselves," which explores the strange parallels between Lyndon Johnson and Batman: "The names Mr. Robert S. McNamara and Commissioner Gordon each contain 18 letters!" (The former has 17, but who's counting. . (Slate)
Stop the drug war now, more than ever Mar 24, 2009
I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost -- and the shock when, 20 years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along. Today, our nation is fighting two wars: one abroad and one at home. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
