The Fog of War Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara was in so much as a great representation of the life of Robert S. McNamara. It showed his life to be dramatic and traumatic in many different ways. The lessons he learned and shared during the documentary movie were truly astounding to me. I personally thought the movie was a tad bit on the boring side‚ but it was a documentary after all. The Fog of War was a very informative piece of work. During Errol Morris ’s documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Eleven
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Outline Introduction Robert McNamara was an exemplary manager or leader The successes and failings in his career Conclusion References Introduction The Fog of War: Eleven lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara is a documentary that features the life and the role played by the then US secretary
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Robert McNamara held the position of Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy administration and Johnson administration. He was faced with making some major decisions and giving important advice under loads of stress and pressure. Years after he left his position in the white house‚ he looked back on his life and provided eleven points of his own wisdom. Now let us examine the film The Fog of War and some of the points stated by the former Secretary of Defense and compare them to the ideas of Niccolo
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The Fog of War is a movie about the life of Robert S. McNamara‚ the former Secretary of Defense. The movie has actual footage and has an interview with Robert McNamara by the director. Having McNamara to tell the story of his experiences Of the wars from his perspective‚ The director also divides the film into eleven lessons that are taken right from McNamara’s life. Out of all of Mcnamara’s lessons there are three that I believe to be more important than the others. In the first lesson “Empathize
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documentary Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara‚ we follow the life and times of former United States Secretary of Defense‚ Robert McNamara. The insightful piece follows his life from birth during World War I‚ his success at college‚ cunning business career at Ford Motor Company‚ to his involvement in World War II and his controversial political career during the Kennedy and Johnson presidential terms. Morris highlights the documentary around these eleven lessons that McNamara
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In the documentary Fog of War‚ former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara names eleven lessons he feels he has learned about war during the course of his life. They all come with a certain amount of merit‚ but the three that stand out the most are Lesson #1: empathize with your enemy‚ Lesson #4: maximize efficiency‚ and Lesson #9: in order to do good‚ you may have to engage in evil. Overall‚ these lessons are the most difficult to both execute in war and explain to the American public while simultaneously
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Ryan McManus Vietnam Film 2/29/12 The Fog of War In the opening scenes of the documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Robert McNamara states‚ “Any military commander who is honest admits that he has made mistakes‚ errors of judgment.” Throughout the documentary‚ I got the sense that McNamara is asking for forgiveness from the American public and is telling them that he wishes things went differently. There are many times throughout the film that McNamara is a sympathetic figure‚ but they are mainly towards
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Theodory Political Science 116 05/13/2013 The Fog of War Any military commander was honest with himself will admit that he had made mistakes in the application of the military power. He had killed many people unnecessarily. But he hasn’t destroyed nations. As McNamara said “In this world‚ there will be no learning period with nuclear weapons‚ you make one mistake and you are going to destroy nations.” According to that‚ McNamara was trying to tell us that using nuclear weapons
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“The Fog of War” documentary highlights the experiences of Robert McNamara as the U.S. Secretary of Defense during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson. The film covers McNamara’s involvement in World War 2‚ the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ and the Vietnam War with regards to his position and the lessons he’s learned after being put into the century’s most conflicting situations. McNamara implements these lessons into the historical wartime occurrences in the U.S. he’s able to witness
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The Fog of War Analysis Nearly 160 million people were killed during the 20th century‚ and film maker Errol Morris wished to show the reason for this in documentary form. He interviewed former US secretary of Defense Arnold McNamara and the two discussed and analyzed some defining moments in US history‚ thus "The Fog of War" was made. The movie was set up in 11 lessons. However‚ I only found three to be completely reasonable. The first lesson that is highlighted in Morris’ film is that
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