McNamara’s Vietnam in 1995
As we remember the late Robert McNamara, we can look back to the publication of his 1995 memoir, "In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam," to see the conversations that surrounded McNamara's take on the Vietnam War. Truthdig's own Robert Scheer appears in a round-table discussion alongside former Republican presidential candidate John McCain.As we remember the late Robert McNamara, we can look back to the publication of his 1995 memoir, “In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam,” to see the conversations that surrounded McNamara’s take on the Vietnam War. Truthdig’s own Robert Scheer appears in a round-table discussion alongside former Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
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