Did Robert McNamara know Vietnam was unwinnable?
A new biography asks the same question – and looks into a potential affair with Jackie
Vietnam war
Tuesday
Wednesday
The dog that haunts Russ Benzin
Skipper was hyperalert, Russ vigilant but pensive
Saturday
Are we losing the American dad?
Central to their being was a call to purposes greater than their own: God, family and country
Friday
Drew Gilpin Faust, a rebel with a cause
In Necessary Trouble the historian and former president of Harvard has given us a clear-eyed account of a vexed era
Sunday
Autopsy of a failed war
Our longest war ends in another abject failure
Friday
Out of Nam’s way
In country, Down Under
Wednesday
How to end endless wars
If politicians really wanted to ‘support the troops’, they’d introduce mandatory national service
