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Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was a lightning rod for student anti-war sentiment while serving under President Johnson during the Vietnam War, but last night, an overflow crowd at the Kennedy School of Government received him with courteous applause...
...film, McNamara was reflective and prepared to recognize the mistakes he made during his public career...
...McNamara devoted the majority of his comments to causes—including the International Criminal Court, multilateralism, nuclear disarmament and greater empathy in American foreign policy—that do not easily correspond to the decades-old image of him as a promoter of aggressive military action...
...film clips were followed by a series of questions from the audience, including two from Hoffmann. McNamara answered all the questions, though his responses contained more entertaining anecdotes than concrete solutions...
Robert S. McNamara is widely regarded as one of the most reviled figures in the last century of American politics. His tenure as Secretary of Defense led him to make some of the crucial decisions in the major crises of the twentieth century. This documentary shows the making of war through his eyes, from the Cuban Missile Crisis through the Vietnam War. The documentary, directed by genre master Errol Morris (Fast, Cheap and Out of Control) utilizes frank White House tapes, startling surreal images, and an extraordinary Philip Glass score to engross an audience that may otherwise have little interest...