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The living and the dead : Robert McNamara and five lives of a lost war / Paul Hendrickson

By:

Hendrickson, Paul, 1944-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 1996.Description: ix, 427 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

0679427619

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DDC classification:

973.7043 HEN

Summary: One of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam experience, The Living and the Dead presents a brilliant study of Robert McNamara, his decision-making during the war, and the way his decisions affected his own life and the lives of five individuals. A monumental work about power, its abuse, and its victims, this meticulously researched, beautifully written, explosive, and passionate book is often in conflict with McNamara's version of events. First serial in the Washington Post. 8 photos.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	973.7043 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		030639

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Includes bibliographical references ( p.409-415) and index.

One of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam experience, The Living and the Dead presents a brilliant study of Robert McNamara, his decision-making during the war, and the way his decisions affected his own life and the lives of five individuals. A monumental work about power, its abuse, and its victims, this meticulously researched, beautifully written, explosive, and passionate book is often in conflict with McNamara's version of events. First serial in the Washington Post. 8 photos.

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