In Memoriam: Robert McNamara
Robert McNamara died early today at the age of 93. C-SPAN has made available a clip of a 1995 Booknotes interview in which the former Secretary of Defense and architect of the Vietnam War discusses the impact of the press and coverage of that war.
C-SPAN: What did you think the impact of the press was?
McNAMARA: Well, I think two things. Number one, this was the first war — and people don’t understand this to this day — the first war in which the press acted without censorship, and I think that was good.
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