Who was the best secretary of defense?
>Alternative title: Robert McNamara was the best secretary of defense. Prove me wrong. Pro-tip: you cannot.
Tim Howard
The Fog of War was a pretty good documentary.
>>1414671
"Pro tip" is one of the most childish statements on this board. It usually means that OP is unwilling to contribute OC to back up their statement.
i.e. unsubstantiated bait
Read the book:
"Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam" (1997) by then Major H. R. McMaster, USA as part of his doctoral dissertation.
Americans needlessly died because of McNamara.
>pic LtGen McMaster (as a MajGen)
>>1414671
Didn't McNamara admit that he was wrong about pretty much everything? If I recall, he wrote several books about it because he felt so guilty.
>>1415010
Yeah, I saw a doc in high school where he talked about how much his perspective on the war changed over its course.
>>1414671
Realizing and admitting your mistakes doesn't make them go away. McNamara was profoundly out of his element in Vietnam.
