The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War Paul Hendrickson(1996) k foreign Told in a daring and

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The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War Paul Hendrickson(1996) k foreign Told in a daring andOne of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam experience, The Living and the Dead presents a brilliant study of Robert McNamara, his decision making during the war, and the way his decisions affected his own life and the lives of five individuals. A monumental work about power, its abuse, and its victims, this meticulously researched, beautifully written, explosive, and passionate book is often in conflict with McNamara's version of events.