HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Pentagon, Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution, T. S. Eliot
24 Mar 2016
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Not only the best secretary of defense, but the irst secretary of dense. Arrogant dictator, a con-man (criique: i have all the answers mcnamara . 10% of us expenses he uses in military. 7 years as secretary defense, 3 encounters with nuclear conlict: cold war it was a hot war . Human race needs to think more about killing, about conlict, is this what we want in the 21st century? awarded a medal of freedom at the white house, post-war. On the final: give sources of examples. Nuclear weapons: one mistake, naion is gone. Can make mistakes on the way losing some lives. As long as you don"t lose the whole naion in war. Put ourselves inside their skin and look through their eyes to raionalize/understand their acions. If people do not think with wisdom they are like blind bulls and clash, and mutual destrucion will commence . Mcnamara was the assistant professor at harvard at the beginning of war.
