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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) -- A film about the former US Secretary of Defense and the various difficult lessons he learned about the nature and conduct of modern war.
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Superpower (2008) -- Logline: 'The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.' ~Harry S. Truman The United States emerged from World War II with its industrial base still intact and the only nation with the atomic bomb. It was without question the most
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Overview

Date of Birth:
9 June 1916, San Francisco, California, USA more
Date of Death:
6 July 2009, Washington, District of Columbia, USA more
Mini Biography:
Robert S. McNamara was born in San Francisco, California on June 9, 1916... more
Trivia:
U.S. secretary of defense (1961-68).
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The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 27 December 2009, 9:03 PM, PST)
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Alternate Names:
Robert S. McNamara

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Self, Archive Footage
Self:
  1. "The Daily Politics" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode dated 30 June 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "HARDtalk" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode dated 14 June 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  3. No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat (2004) (V) .... Himself
  4. JFK: A Presidency Revealed (2003) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Himself
  5. The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) .... Himself
    ... aka The Fog of War (USA: short title)
  6. "Sabine Christiansen" (1 episode, 2001)
        - Die Mauer ist weg! Es lebe die Mauer? (2001) TV episode
  7. America's Lost Bombs: The True Story of Broken Arrows (2001) (TV) (as Robert S. McNamara) .... Himself

  8. The Vietnam War: A Descent Into Hell (1999) (TV) .... Himself
  9. "Cold War" (1998) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
  10. "Timewatch" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1992)
    ... aka BBC History: Timewatch (UK)
        - The Cuban Missile Crisis: Eyeball to Eyeball (1992) TV episode .... Himself
        - The Cuban Missile Crisis: Defying Uncle Sam (1992) TV episode .... Himself

  11. JFK Remembered (1988) (TV) .... Himself

  12. Why Vietnam? (1965) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. 70's Fever (2008) (TV) .... Himself
  2. Superpower (2008) .... Himself
  3. War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)
  4. Die Nervenprobe - Kuba-Krise '62 (2002) (TV) .... Himself
  5. USS Liberty: Dead in the Water (2002) (TV) .... Himself
  6. Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001) (V) .... Himself
  7. Nixon (1995) (uncredited) .... Himself - Laughing
  8. The Speeches of Robert F. Kennedy (1995) (V) .... Himself (pallbearer for RFK)
  9. JFK (1991) (uncredited) .... Himself - in Vietnam
  10. The 1960's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988) (V) .... Himself (reviews mechanized troops with JFK)
  11. The War at Home (1979) (uncredited) .... Himself (speech on Hanoi bombing)
  12. Executive Action (1973) (uncredited) .... Himself (listens to Test Ban speech)
  13. I due Kennedy (1969) .... Himself
  14. In the Year of the Pig (1968) (uncredited) .... Himself (Secretary of Defense, on Tonkin Gulf Incident)
  15. "NBC White Paper"
        - The Age of Kennedy, Part II: The Presidency (1966) TV episode .... Himself (handshake with Diem)
  16. A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965) .... Himself (with Maxwell Taylor)
  17. Four Days in November (1964) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Author of the book "In Retrospect: the tragedy and lessons of Vietnam", published in 1995. more
Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 7 Portrayals | 4 Articles more
Genres:
Documentary | History | Talk-Show | War more
Plot Keywords:
Military | Politics | Vietnam | Character Name In Title more

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