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...graduated in the middle of his class (1947), learned the art of briefing while on General Douglas MacArthur's staff during the Korean War. That job and then a case of hepatitis kept him from the fighting. He was late getting to Viet Nam because Defense Secretary Robert McNamara wanted to keep him in the Pentagon as a special assistant. Finally, in 1966-67, he commanded first a battalion, then a brigade in combat. He was seriously wounded and had several close brushes with death. As a colonel, he was asked to join Henry Kissinger's staff temporarily...
...dedication to his assignments, Martin has not hesitated to challenge other officials' views. A typical cable from Thailand would begin: "While Ambassador X may see the situation in his area in his own way, the realities indicate ..." Martin even took on Lyndon Johnson's Defense Secretary, Robert McNamara, attacking Mc-Namara's plan to slash military aid to Thailand and shift it to Viet Nam. Martin's persistent arguments eventually won Johnson over to his side. Martin subsequently negotiated the use of Thai bases by the U.S. Air Force, now the largest American military presence...
Discalced Carmelite Friar William McNamara also understands the lure of the East. "People in the West, particularly the young, are being fed stones instead of bread in churches and schools. They know nothing of the deepest mystical tradition; yet they want inner experience. They hear there's a mystic tradition in the East, and they go over...
...McNamara has incorporated strains of Eastern mystical traditions into two ecumenical contemplative centers he has built, one near Sedona, Ariz., and a newer one in Nova Scotia. His visitors, who stay anywhere from a few days to a year, are Episcopal ministers, Catholic priests, Jews and even atheists. Daily meditation periods include readings from Zen, Hindu and Islamic literature, and participants spend long hours in silent and solitary contemplation amidst wilderness surroundings. One notable visitor to the Arizona retreat was Jesuit Theologian Walter J. Burghardt, a member of the Pope's Theological Commission. "What do I think...
...McNamara does not applaud all of today's enthusiasm for Eastern religions. "I am troubled," he says, "because the vast majority of people who are into the Eastern religious scene take a bit of this and a bit of that and wind up doctoring their spiritual lives in an experiential, eclectic fashion that tends to take the place of a radical change of mind and heart...