The Fog of War

Directed by Errol Morris, documentary film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara examines the life and times of Robert S. McNamara, who formerly held many positions of power, including United States Secretary of Defense, president of the World Bank and Ford Motor Company and World War II Air Force Colonel.

Interspersed with archival footage is a series of interviews in which McNamara describes his actions and the lessons he learned while acting as U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War.

1. Empathize with your enemy
2. Rationality will not save us
3. There's something beyond one's self
4. Maximize efficiency
5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war
6. Get the data
7. Belief and seeing are both often wrong
8. Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning
9. In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil
10. Never say never
11. You can't change human nature

• Google Blog Search: The Fog of War

• The Nation: "Fog of War vs. Stop the Presses" - Forum exchange between Errol Morris & Eric Alterman

• Film Freak Central: "The Documentarian Becomes the Documented"

• Rotten Tomatoes: The Fog of War Forum

• IMDb: The Fog of War Message Board

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