Congrats to Peter for this fascinating retrospective look at the tragedy of Vietnam. What were they thinking? That is a question that is still being asked a half century after the American intervention ended. Peter, as McNamara's publisher, knew the former Defense Secretary well, and is in a unique position to attempt an answer -- one that looks forward as well as back. His forthcoming book on the McNamara-LBJ tortured relationship ,will be essential reading for those groping for a new and more sustainable American foreign policy -- one that that acknowledges the immensely costly, and bloody failures of the post-Vietnam era..
Thanks Dan. You have been a faithful and supportive reader. One of the strange realities of today's media world is how little we know about how the work is received, unless it ignites fury.
Look forward to reading this. I’m fascinated by LBJ yet I’ve only read the first of the Robert Caro book, shame on me. McNamara too … I saw that doco a few years back.
Congrats to Peter for this fascinating retrospective look at the tragedy of Vietnam. What were they thinking? That is a question that is still being asked a half century after the American intervention ended. Peter, as McNamara's publisher, knew the former Defense Secretary well, and is in a unique position to attempt an answer -- one that looks forward as well as back. His forthcoming book on the McNamara-LBJ tortured relationship ,will be essential reading for those groping for a new and more sustainable American foreign policy -- one that that acknowledges the immensely costly, and bloody failures of the post-Vietnam era..
Thanks Dan. You have been a faithful and supportive reader. One of the strange realities of today's media world is how little we know about how the work is received, unless it ignites fury.
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Look forward to reading this. I’m fascinated by LBJ yet I’ve only read the first of the Robert Caro book, shame on me. McNamara too … I saw that doco a few years back.