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Pamela 2022-03-20 08:01:25
The ultimate in interview documentaries, there are multiple time jumps in the eleven chapters, and it does not feel confusing at all. Probably the content is plain: "The war is very complicated, and we don't know many things in advance. If we know it, we may not die so many people. Letting the other side die a lot of people is also for the country. There is no law when fighting without breaking the law. If you say no, I'm doing things according to the president. Responsibility for the Vietnam...
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Ulices 2022-03-20 08:01:25
Morris: What I'm most proud of is the scene of numbers falling from the sky over Japan and the sequence of firebombs falling. McNamara tells a very powerful story for us, but I wanted to do it visually. I use a combination of voiceover and visuals to tell the story powerfully. History is easy to get lost in the details, so when telling history, you need to find the main thread from the jumble of facts. You have to tell a...
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Lane 2022-03-20 08:01:25
At least he is qualified to take these eleven classes. At least he is sincere. Moore's film is like a squeaking clown in front of this...
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Nona 2022-03-20 08:01:25
From President Ford to Secretary of Defense. Take the family's words to the extreme. What amazes me: the phone call between the Secretary of Defense and the President is archived and is a publicly available...
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Reginald 2022-03-20 08:01:25
War is immoral, beyond reason. So talking about its attribution is beyond human ability. This is the...
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Beaulah 2022-03-20 08:01:25
McNamara's turbulent personal history is intertwined with his equally turbulent American and world history during his tenure, and everything learned in the first ten lessons is for the conclusion of the final lesson: "You can't change human...
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Dagmar 2022-03-20 08:01:25
Kills every other documentary about...
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Nat 2022-03-20 08:01:25
McNamara served as president of Ford Motor, Secretary of Defense to two U.S. presidents, and president of the World Bank. He was also the chief decision-maker and executor of the Vietnam War. The Harvard background makes him better at analyzing causes and adjusting strategies from outcome data. He speaks bluntly about the harm that the war has done to civilians and admits that his position has resulted in a large number of civilian deaths. In this regard, he argues that war is too complicated...
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Ottilie 2022-03-20 08:01:25
everything is not so simple as it is said in...
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Howell 2022-03-20 08:01:25
Why are we against war? Because war is too huge and complicated, no human reason can control it. Even the seemingly optimal decisions made with the best intentions are bound to have dire consequences. In addition, it is hard to imagine any Chinese politician appearing in an interview in this state, admitting his past mistakes and...
The Fog of War Comments
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Dane 2022-03-20 08:01:25
What is war?
What is war?
No one can give a definite answer.
Through The Fog of War, we may get a glimpse of Robert McNamara's understanding of war from the thirteen lessons he gave. War is complex, changeable and cruel, as he himself said:
There'sa wonder phrase: the for of war, it means that war is so complex...
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Emma 2022-03-20 08:01:25
eleven lessons
Just finished watching the documentary "the fog of war" that knocked down Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911.
In fact, it is a set of interview films, and the object is Melanama. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and participated in the bombing of Japan; served as Secretary of Defense...
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Robert McNamara: What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? We are the strongest nation in the world today. I do not believe we should ever apply that economic, political, or military power unilaterally. If we had followed that rule in Vietnam, we wouldn't have been there! None of our allies supported us; not Japan, not Germany, not Britain or France. If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning.
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Robert McNamara: It's almost impossible for our people today to put themselves back into that period
[the Cold War]
Robert McNamara: . In my seven years as Secretary, we came within a hair's breadth of war with the Soviet Union on three different occasions! Twenty-four hours a day, three-hundred sixty-five days a year, for seven years as Secretary of Defense, I lived the Cold War! During the Kennedy Administration, they designed a one-hundred Megaton bomb! It was tested in the atmosphere; I remember this.