Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: From Parameters, Winter 1996-97, pp.66-80."Looking back, I clearly erred by not forcing . . .a knock-down, drag-out debate over the loose assumptions, unasked questions, and thin analyses underlying our military strategy in Vietnam.I had spent twenty years as a manager identifying problems and forcing organizations--often against their will--to think deeply and realistically about alternative courses of action and their consequences.I doubt I will ever fully understand why I did not do so here."--Robert McNamara, In Retrospect [1] "Even after twenty years, the American public debate [on Vietnam] has not attained an objective perspective and still seems more eager to assign blame than to draw lessons from the experience."--Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy [2]
Author: Joseph R. Cerami
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4230069641