A review by ivybeans
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert S. McNamara

4.0

Very interesting to get inside the heads of the leaders who were involved in the Vietnam debacle. You could see how these relatively good men muddled their way through a problem that should have taken more consideration than they gave it. However, it is not clear to me that the suggestion of establishing a War Cabinet would have resulted in a different or better result. I got the impression that leading the Vietnam war effort was like herding cats. Many contradictory viewpoints could not be reconciled. I am not sure that McNamara was being completely honest in his retrospective view of his participation in these decisions. He may have used a bit of artistic license to emphasize how he was right all along and make the military leaders look bad. But that is to be expected.