"Robert S. McNamara was widely considered to be one of the most brilliant men of his generation. He was an invaluable ally of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as their secretary of defense, and he had a deeply moving relationship with Jackie Kennedy. But to the country, McNamara was the leading advocate for American escalation in Vietnam."
"They had access to materials previously unavailable to McNamara biographers, including Jacqueline Kennedy's warm letters to McNamara; family correspondence dating back to McNamara's service in World War II; and a secret diary maintained by McNamara's top Vietnam policy aide. What emerges is a comprehensive story of the controversial former leader of the Pentagon: riven by melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and a profound inability to admit his flawed thinking about Vietnam before it was too late."
"Join us in-person in San Francisco to hear Philip and William Taubman examine McNamara's life of intense personal contradictions-from his childhood, his career as a young faculty member at Harvard Business School, and his World War II service, to his leadership of the Ford Motor Company and the World Bank. They had access to materials previously unavailable to McNamara biographers, including Jacqueline Kennedy's warm letters to McNamara; family correspondence dating back to McNamara's service in World War II;"
Robert S. McNamara served as secretary of defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and advocated American escalation in Vietnam, advising deployment of hundreds of thousands of ground troops. He later concluded the war was unwinnable but continued to refrain from urging withdrawal for over two years. Newly available materials, including Jacqueline Kennedy's letters, family correspondence from World War II, and a secret diary from a top Vietnam policy aide, reveal a man riven by melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and a profound inability to admit flawed thinking about Vietnam. His career spanned Harvard Business School, Ford Motor Company, and the World Bank.
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