Sunday, July 12, 2009

"A Man for the Soulless Age"

By Paul Greenberg

"Mr. McNamara never denied his role in any of it. On the contrary, he seemed devoted to analyzing the war in Vietnam — before, during and afterward. Analysis was his reason for being. At least numerical analysis. He and his Whiz Kids analyzed war the way an accountant might analyze "King Lear": as a problem in cost-benefit ratios."

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