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| #354234 in Books | Gregory Hamilton | 2015-05-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.60 x6.00l,.79 | File type: PDF | 262 pages | McNamara s Folly The Use of Low IQ Troops in the Vietnam War||24 of 25 people found the following review helpful.| A classic in the literature of how a society makes war|By Frank J. Edwards|Many of us--especially Vietnam veterans like myself--know well the basic facts: that an escalation of troop levels began in the mid-1960's and peaked at about 550,000 by 1968; that all total 2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam during the war years; and that 58,000 American's died there, mostly in c||"Hamilton Gregory has written a superb account of the debacle that was Project 100,000. This book should be read by every one of our political leaders who need to understand the effects of stupid decisions made by those who do not understand the nature o
In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara were desperate to find additional troops for the Vietnam War, but they feared that they would alienate middle-class voters if they drafted college boys or sent Reservists and National Guardsmen to Vietnam. So, on October 1, 1966, McNamara lowered mental standards and inducted thousands of low-IQ men. Altogether, 354,000 of these men were taken into the Armed Forces and a large number of them were sen...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.McNamara's Folly | Hamilton Gregory.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
