The Fog of War is a documentary with reference to the story of Robert S. McNamara. The documentary is made in order to get several insights into the American war history from a first person source through a one on one interview. Along with this objective, is McNamara’s attempt to defend himself from the criticism he has received throughout his career as United States Secretary of Defense. Many claim that McNamara was not the right man for the job. Some of the words used to describe McNamara by the media included, “totalitarian” and “egotistical”. This is a point of view from the American population who felt McNamara was acting on his own agenda instead of the good of the entire country. Many believed that he was at fault for involving America in things they should not have. Several times in the film it seems that McNamara tries to put the blame on others in order to clear his name. He also reemphasizes how certain situations he had to do what was best at the time regardless of the public.
Along with defending himself in the documentary, he also provides steps that serve as guidelines for future involvements. The steps are just a basis from what to go by from a person with lots of military experience and knowledge on the subject. After going through everything he has, McNamara at the time 85, is able to look back and pluck what was right and what should be done differently.
The Fog of War is a documentary with reference to the story of Robert S. McNamara. The documentary is made in order to get several insights into the history of American warfare from a first person source, through a one on one interview. Along with this objective, is McNamara’s attempt to defend himself from the criticism he has received throughout his career as United States Secretary of Defense. Many claim that McNamara was not the right man for the job. Some of the words used to describe McNamara by the media included, “totalitarian” and “egotistical”. This is a point of view from the American population who felt McNamara was acting on his own agenda instead of the good of the entire country. Many believed that he was at fault for involving America in things they should not have. Several times in the film it seems that McNamara tries to put the blame on others in order to clear his name. He also reemphasizes how certain situations he had to do what was best at the time regardless of the public.
ReplyDeleteAlong with defending himself in the documentary, he also provides steps that serve as guidelines for future involvements. The steps are just a basis from what to go by from a person with lots of military experience and knowledge on the subject. After going through everything he has, McNamara at the time 85, is able to look back and pluck what was right and what should be done differently. The interview also serves as a way for McNamara to get things off his chest in order to pass away at peace with himself.