It is, in any case, not primarily a film about the history of u. One of the recordings that most interests meand that has been included in the fog of waris a jfk cabinet meeting from october 2, 1963, that occurred just after mcnamara had returned from an. Eight years after that editorial was written, fog of war premiered. In this edition, page numbers are just like the physical edition. Mcnamara is a 2003 american documentary film about the life and times of former u. Mcnamara recalls, and regrets, vietnam the new york times. His opinions, policies, and actions have led to a firestorm of debate, ignited most recently by errol morriss academy awardwinning film, the fog of war. Mcnamara is one of modern americas most controversial figu. Mcnamara illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare.
How robert mcnamara came to regret the war he escalated. Opinion rethinking mcnamaras war the new york times. Reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21st century and is busy promoting it. Errol morriss the fog of war in 2003, but in 1965, or after departing the administration in 1968. Mcnamara has 22 books on goodreads with 5534 ratings. See more ideas about robert mcnamara, the fog of war and jfk. Mcnamara is one of modern americas most controversial figures. Mcnamara lived another six after that, dying in his sleep on july 6, 2009, at the age of 93. First, although there have been several booklength biographies of robert s. Director errol morris and former secretary of defense robert mcnamara describe their documentary fog of war which follows the life of mcnamara and his experience in modern warfare. When robert strange mcnamara ran the vietnam war as secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968, he let it be known that he had all the.
At first i thought mcnamaras failure to apologize was a weakness of the book 1995s in retrospect, which inspired fog of war. Mcnamara, morris and the fog of war filmmaker errol morris focuses on history through the eyes of a single man in the fog of war. The fog of war, the movie that finally won errol morris the best documentary oscar, is a spellbinder. Academy awardwinner for best documentary feature, the fog of war is the story of america as seen through the eyes of the former secretary of defense. Three decades later, mcnamara wrote a book that was seen as a kind of apology for the disasters of vietnam. The fog of war, after all, is in part about a man who is still lost in that fog. Brown university political scientists blight and lang retread mcnamaras testimony in the documentary and add other archival material to look primarily at the big decisions of ww ii in which mcnamara served and the vietnam war.
The fog of war provides the background behind the academy awardwinning documentary by errol morris. Former defense secretary robert mcnamara, who died monday at age 93, offered an appraisal of the vietnam war in the 2003 documentary the fog of. Former defense secretary robert mcnamara offers a mea culpa in 1995 for the united states actions in the vietnam war. Mcnamara, once a champion of the escalation of the vietnam war, says in a memoir to be published in the coming week that he has now. The fog of war 2003 documentary by robert mcnamara on free. This book should help teachers and students use errol morriss the fog of war as a launching pad for debating robert mcnamaras lessons about war and. Lang, who served as academic advisors on the film, bring together film transcripts, documents, dialogues, and essays to explore the issues raised by robert mcnamaras life and work.