Confessing the sins of Vietnam. (former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara accepts blame for mistakes made during Vietnam War era)(Cover Story)

Newsweek | April 17, 1995| | Copyright

THE "S" IN ROBERT S. MCNAMARA STANDS FOR "Strange," his mother's maiden name, but during the war in Vietnam this was the mildest of the epithets flung at him. "Murderer." "War criminal." From the other side: "Peacenik." "Made the military fight with one hand tied behind its back." For Americans of a certain generation, the passions are dimmer but still visible in the elephant grass, halfway back across their lives. The war--"McNamara's War," it was sometimes called--ended 20 years ago this month. McNamara left office as secretary of defense more than 27 years ago. And finally, ...

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