The Fog of War, Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, Sony Pictures Classics presents @radical.media & SenArt Films production in association with the Globe Department Store ; an Errol Morris film ; producers, Michael Williams, Julie Ahlberg ; produced & directed by Errol Morris
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The Fog of War, Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, Sony Pictures Classics presents @radical.media & SenArt Films production in association with the Globe Department Store ; an Errol Morris film ; producers, Michael Williams, Julie Ahlberg ; produced & directed by Errol Morris
Language
eng
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for images and thematic issues of war and destruction
Main title
The Fog of War
Oclc number
54534219
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Sony Pictures Classics presents @radical.media & SenArt Films production in association with the Globe Department Store ; an Errol Morris film ; producers, Michael Williams, Julie Ahlberg ; produced & directed by Errol Morris
Runtime
107
Sub title
Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Summary
The story of American politics and military policies as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara. McNamara is a controversial and influential political figure. He offers a candid journey through some of the most seminal events in contemporary American history. He offers insights into the 1945 fire bombing of Tokyo, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effects of the Vietnam War
Table Of Contents
1. Start -- 2. Robert S. McNamara -- 3. The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 4. Lesson #1 : empathize with your enemy -- 5. Tommy Thompson -- 6. Lesson #2 : rationality will not save us -- 7. 1992 -- 8. 1918 -- 9. Lesson #3 : there's something beyond one's self -- 10. Statistical control -- 11. Lesson #4 : maximize efficiency -- 12. The firebombing of Tokyo -- 13. Lesson #5 : proportionality should be a guideline in war -- 14. The Vietnam picture -- 15. The Ford Motor Company -- 16. Lesson #6 : get the data -- 17. President Kennedy -- 18. Lesson #7 :belief and seeing are both often wrong -- 19. Rolling Thunder -- 20. 1995 -- 21. Lesson #8 : be prepared to reexamine your reasoning -- 22. Agent Orange -- 23. Lesson #9 : in order to do good, you may have to engage in evil -- 24. The march on the Pentagon -- 25. Lesson #10 : never say never -- 26. The Medal of Freedom -- 27. Lesson #11 : you can't change human nature -- 28. Epilogue
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
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- Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1944-1945
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- United States -- History -- 1945-
- United States -- Military policy
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009 -- Interviews
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- United States -- Military relations
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
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- Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1944-1945
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- United States -- History -- 1945-
- United States -- Military policy
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- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- United States -- Military relations
- McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009
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