In this documentary Robert S. McNamara discusses his
experiences and lessons learned during his tenure as Secretary of
Defense under John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He talks about his work
as a bombing statistician during World War II, his brief tenure as
president of Ford Motor Company, and the Kennedy administration's
triumph during the Cuban Missle Crisis. However, the film focuses
primarily on his failures in Vietnam. The theme of Fog of War
are his "eleven lessons" learned during this time. Some of these
include improving military efficiency, understanding your enemy, and
the frustrations of trying to deal with (and unsuccessfully trying to
change) human nature
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