Book Talk: Philip Taubman — McNamara at War: A New History - with Bob Woodward

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Watch authors Philip Taubman's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. Robert S. McNamara was widely considered to be one of the most brilliant men of his generation. He was an invaluable ally of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as U.S. secretary of defense, and he had a deeply moving relationship with Jackie Kennedy. But to the country, McNamara was the leading advocate for American escalation in Vietnam. He strongly advised Johnson to deploy hundreds of thousands of American ground troops, just weeks before concluding that the war was unwinnable, and for the next two and a half years, McNamara failed to urge Johnson to cut his losses and withdraw. McNamara at War examines McNamara's life of intense personal contradictions, following his childhood, his career as a young faculty member at Harvard Business School, and his World War II service, to his leadership of the Ford Motor Company and the World Bank. Philip and William Taubman had access to materials previously unavailable to McNamara biographers, including Jacqueline Kennedy's warm letters to McNamara during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and beyond; family correspondence dating back to McNamara's service in World War II; and a secret diary maintained by McNamara's top Vietnam policy aide. What emerges is the comprehensive story of the infamous former leader of the Pentagon: riven by melancholy, guilt, zealous loyalty, and a profound inability to admit his flawed thinking about Vietnam before it was too late. McNamara at War is a portrait of a man at war with himself--with a grave influence on the history of the United States and the world. William Taubman is the Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Amherst College. His book, Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is also the author of McNamara at War: A New History and Gorbachev: His Life and Times. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Philip Taubman, a former New York Times Washington Bureau Chief, is affiliated with Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the author of In the Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz. Phillip Taubman is in conversation with Bob Woodward, the author of three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers on President Trump-- Fear (2018), Rage (2020), and Peril (2021) with Robert Costa--and an audiobook of 20 interviews with Trump. He has authored 22 bestselling books, 15 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, covering every president from Nixon to Biden. PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781324007166?ic_referral=ov8Y_7yH2v2DlQevegSxOZ4IgM3n8f3RO_7F5qwn6lgwMzVq5p2x_UjAsOM7TW75g1cHkJ5oPH__o546MXzxgERc87vZ1UXY2vcg5bAReUEyejvlWxXT85VZF44T98TWKxO4tE4 Be Sure To Click SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT83IOUtKdPUL9hOzYjxbcQ?sub_confirmation=1 @politicsprose Visit us online at: http://www.politics-prose.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PoliticsProse Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politicsprose Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/politicsandprose/ Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@politicsprose Follow Us On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicsprose?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter: https://politics-prose.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=804c700632a508a8e792e69cf&id=6a0dbf1855&SIGNUP=HomepageFooter Become a store member and save: https://www.politics-prose.com/membership Audio Archive: https://archive.org/details/@politics_prose_bookstore Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. #books #booktube

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