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  • A Just War
    A look at the lessons the United States has learned in recent conflicts. These lessons have only been learned after the fact but by studying them we are able to apply them to the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  • Robert McNarama Dies at 93
    Robert Strange McNamara, former President of Ford, former Secretary of Defense, former head of the World Bank, has died at the age of 93. Robert McNamara fashioned a career, in the parlance of British politics, by "failing upwards."
  • Robert McNamara, the Vietnam's Soldier Pariah, Dies at 93
    First, please understand that if I were to list those people I most detest Robert McNamara would be at the top of the list.
  • Robert McNamara Dies at 93 After Controversial Legacy
    Robert McNamara is the latest famous person to die, at the age of 93. But McNamara's legacy is even more controversial and heavily debated than anyone's, given his planning of the Vietnam War and his time running the World Bank.
  • Robert McNamara's Fog of War
    The 2003 film "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" gives Robert McNamara a chance to redeem himself, but fails spectacularly.
  • Robert McNamara
    A Poem. An American Tanka. Robert Strange McNamara June 9,1916 - July 6 2009. The US Secretary of Defense for JFK and LBJ. Called the Architect of the Vietnam War. From '68- '81 he was President of the World Bank. McNamara was creator of policy analysis.
  • The Fog of War: A Review
    A look at the ideas examined in the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War."
  • Errol Morris' Documentary The Fog of War
    This documentary, which is part biography, part history lesson, forms a companion piece to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.