Architect of the Vietnam War Sure Wished He Hadn’t Done That
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Robert McNamara accomplished many things in his long life, from revitalizing Ford Motor Co. with a new line of safe compact cars to decades of work to alleviate global poverty and reduce the risk of nuclear war. But he dies today as the “architect of the Vietnam War,” and it seemed the whole rest of his life was a good faith attempt to make up for that awful karma. MORE »











Oh look who’s on the cover of Vanity Fair, and also wearing clothes
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