The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons in Life from Robert S.
McNamara was the president of the Ford Motor Company, Secretary of Defense for both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and President of the World Bank until 1981. The movie was a documentary about the thoughts, ideals, trials and tribulations of McNamara in his own words. At eighty years old, he's still sharp as a tack. The film takes you through McNamara's life throughout many periods of History. His life as a child at the end of World War I, Air Force Bomber Pilot in World War II, Presidency of Ford Motor Company, and Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, (most especially the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War), are highlighted throughout the film. Robert McNamara has been a key figure throughout some of the most turbulent time in U.S. history and has come out of it with some life lessons. These lessons are the backbone to his thoughts as these trying times were brought to the screen. The lessons are these: empathize with your enemy, Rationality will not save us, there is something beyond ones self, maximize efficiency, proportionality should be a guideline in war, get the data, belief and seeing are both often wrong, be prepared to re-examine your reasoning, in order to do good you may have to engage in evil, never say never, and you can't change human nature. As of most key figures during times of unrest, McNamara has been scrutinized by many a critic; often he used his philosophy of "Don't answer the question that has been asked of you, instead answer the question you wish had been asked of you." This film gives him the opportunity to show more of his personal thoughts. It gives the public the chance to finally find out what he was thinking. On the brink of nuclear war through one of the bloodiest wars in American history, Robert McNamara has often been looked on as "you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
My first reaction to Robert's photos was joy. ... I spend the majority of my time in cafés doing homework or working on other projects so I really connected with those. ... Robert also shows the simplicity of life through his pictures of cafés. ... Robert Doisneau was born on April 14th, 1912 in Paris, France. ... Doisneau is known for his 1950's image "Kiss by the Town Hall....
Robert Browning's Poetry: Style and Form A wonderful poet, loving husband, and caring father can be found when Robert Browning is looked at. ... Robert lived with his parents, Robert and Sarah Anna Browning, and his sister, Sarianna (Ian Lancashire). ... Robert loved to write and appeared to be quite good at it so in the 1830's Robert met an actor, William Macready, and began attempting to write verse drama for the stage (Everett 1). ... Robert and Elizabeth had one son, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning (Ian Lancashire 2). ... Many poets write about love but none write in such a wa...
Robert=s two older brothers, Joseph and John, seemed to overshadow him; however, Robert displayed grim determination to succeed (Patterson 12). ... Robert Kennedy=s funeral took place at St. ... Psychiatrists determined that Sirhan=s hatred for Kennedy apparently came from Robert=s support for Israel and the Jewish people (Lindop 129). ... Robert Kennedy=s assassination had a great impact on Americans. According to Jules Archer, Robert Kennedy=s death, along with the deaths of John F. ...
Named after the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. ... In 1885, Robert's father died and his family moved to Lawrence, Mass chutes. ... In the early 1900's he took a job teaching at a private school near his family's poultry farm in New Hampshire and he continued to write his poetry. ... After enjoying a long, full life, Robert Lee Frost died in 1963 at the age of 89. ...
Robert Burns represented the true Scotsman who openly expressed himself. ... Most critics say that the Church was Robert Burns' favorite subject to write about. ... Robert Burns wrote during the Romantic Age. ... This reminds critics of the 1800's writer Mark Twain who wrote in dialect of his time for his readers and in Huck Finn, Twain too wrote of man growing and thinking against society. ... Robert Burns was taken during the prime of his life. ...
Silk and Women: Strong, Luxurious, and Smooth Robert Frost's poem The Silken Tent is about a compassionate and caring woman who is compared to a silken tent. Why does Robert Frost compare her to a silken tent? Robert uses the word silken to figuratively emphasize the beauty and strength of the woman. ... Robert tells of the supporting cedar pole that signifies the sureness of the soul. ... Robert Frost shows us a woman that surrounds anyone with love and thought yet is strong willed and free. ...
Robert Mondavi With over 1,500 wineries in the United States alone, out of those 1,500 wineries approximately 800 of them are located in California. ... So new entrants had to be ready to spend money on advertising and sales promotions so that they could try to overcome people(s) customer loyalty(s) that they show to the existing product. ... Substitute barriers for winemakers such as Robert Mondavi are products such as beer and hard alcohol drinks. ... Robert Mondavi has a very high Supplier Bargaining Power because it has over 300 grape suppliers "under their belt". ...
