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...think tonight we as Americans should recognize that hundreds of thousands of Americans suffered," McNamara said. "The question is, what should we do today?...Try to find out how it came about...
Three other panelists spoke on McNamara's book in a discussion moderated by Director for Science and International Affairs Graham T. Allison Jr. '62: Warren Professor of American History Ernest R. May, Young Professorof Sino-Vietnamese History Hue-Tam Ho Tai andDirector of Indochina Programs at the HarvardInstitute for International Development Thomas J.Vallely...
Save two emotional outbreaks, the crowd of 800sat quietly as McNamara posed and answered fourquestions about his involvement in the conflict...
...audience fully applauded McNamara onlyonce, when he said, in reference to his fourthquestion about the lessons that Vietnam taught,that leaders are not omniscient...
...have the God-given right to shapeevery nation to our own interests," McNamara said."But we're still trying to do it, and that...