Wrong. Terribly Wrong.
McNamara's killing spree was without limits, without restriction, completely outside the rules of war so carefully crafted by the world's "civilized" societies.
McNamara's killing spree was without limits, without restriction, completely outside the rules of war so carefully crafted by the world's "civilized" societies.
Gordon Goldstein | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
Never before has an American political figure so passionately evaluated his own failings or so determinedly sought to understand the lessons of a tragic war.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
No, I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman. I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves.
Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living
For anyone who needs a refresher course on America in Vietnam, here is a short reading list from among the thousands of books written about the war.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
One of the most dramatic, and in some ways revealing, incidents in the long life of McNamara occurred in 1972 -- when a young man, attempted to heave him off the Martha's Vineyard ferry.
Joseph Nye | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
Part of me will never forgive him for the consequences of his mistakes in Vietnam. But another part respects him for his efforts to come to terms with his actions and to help a younger generation to learn.
Avery Corman | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
I was struck by McNamara's appearance on that platform, imperious, deferred to, a celebrity, or something else, a member of royalty playing with his soldiers and toys.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
One of the things that is likely to prevent former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara from receiving the same wall-to-wall coverage in death that Micha...
AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was win...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for prosecuting America's most controversial war and then de...
Mike Malloy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics