The fog of war is a documentary about the life, former experiences and times of Robert S. McNamara, the previous Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson organizations. The piece is a blend between authentic footage and a meeting with Robert McNamara by the chief, Errol Morris. While permitting McNamara to recount the story from his point of view, Morris likewise partitions the film into eleven lessons that can be detracted from McNamara's life. What results is an inside take a gander at a standout amongst the most critical and questionable figures of twentieth century American government. The film is likewise a genuine take a gander at the human side of the chiefs that run the United States and how their identities can influence policy and decision making.
In Lesson #1: Empathize with your enemy. McNamara relates the occasions of the Cuban Missile Crisis to show how close we …show more content…
Kennedy initially offered McNamara the position of Secretary of Treasury, which McNamara turned down. He thusly acknowledged Kennedy's offer for the position as Secretary of Defense.
The film hops to 1963 and McNamara can be heard on tapes conversing with JFK about taking out all U.S. counselors in Vietnam inside of two years. He then talks about the overthrow in South Vietnam that saw its leader killed, making it harder for the U.S. to haul out. He says he never saw JFK more irritated, especially in light of the fact that the U.S. was somewhat in charge of the upset.
The film slices to tapes of Lyndon. B. Johnson conversing with McNamara about how he generally believed JFK's contemplations for hauling out of South Vietnam was absurd, trusting it to be adverse mentally. As the tape proceeds with, McNamara and LBJ differ on the seriousness of the circumstance in South Vietnam. McNamara trusts that if heightening is expected to enhance the falling apart condition, the American individuals should have been instructed on the desperate circumstances of that nation
In Lesson #1: Empathize with your enemy. McNamara relates the occasions of the Cuban Missile Crisis to show how close we …show more content…
Kennedy initially offered McNamara the position of Secretary of Treasury, which McNamara turned down. He thusly acknowledged Kennedy's offer for the position as Secretary of Defense.
The film hops to 1963 and McNamara can be heard on tapes conversing with JFK about taking out all U.S. counselors in Vietnam inside of two years. He then talks about the overthrow in South Vietnam that saw its leader killed, making it harder for the U.S. to haul out. He says he never saw JFK more irritated, especially in light of the fact that the U.S. was somewhat in charge of the upset.
The film slices to tapes of Lyndon. B. Johnson conversing with McNamara about how he generally believed JFK's contemplations for hauling out of South Vietnam was absurd, trusting it to be adverse mentally. As the tape proceeds with, McNamara and LBJ differ on the seriousness of the circumstance in South Vietnam. McNamara trusts that if heightening is expected to enhance the falling apart condition, the American individuals should have been instructed on the desperate circumstances of that nation