£32.00
'I Made Mistakes'
Robert McNamara's Vietnam War Policy, 1960–1968
Introduction
Speaking to an advisor in 1966 about America's escalation of forces in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara confessed: "We've made mistakes in Vietnam … I've made mistakes. But the mistakes I made are not the ones they say I made."
Book Overview
I Made Mistakes, by Aurélie Basha i Novosejt, provides a fresh and controversial examination of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's decisions during the Vietnam War.
Insights into McNamara
Although McNamara is remembered as the architect of the Vietnam War, Novosejt draws on new sources—including the diaries of his advisor and confidant John T. McNaughton—to reveal a man who resisted the war more than most.
Analysis of His Role
As Secretary of Defense, he did not want the costs of the war associated with a new international commitment in Vietnam, but he sacrificed these misgivings to instead become the public face of the war out of a sense of loyalty to the President.
