Events

McNamara, head and shoulders in profile at right of photo, wearing dress shirt and tie, with an officer partially visible behind him in field uniform with "US Army" and four stars on his shirt. At the left and facing forward are several soldiers in fatigues, two in camouflage-covered helmets and the others in caps. The soldier in the foreground appears to be in conversation with McNamara. A helicopter is visible in the distant background.

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Appearances

William Taubman on left and James Brooke on right, seated in red armchairs with low circular wooden table in front of them. Brooke is speaking into a microphone, while Taubman listens pensively.
William Taubman (left) and James Brooke at Stockbridge Library, Stockbridge, MA, 25 October 2025
  • Wednesday, December 3 at 6:30pm EST: The New-York Historical Society with David E. Sanger, New York, NY.
  • Wednesday, October 29 at 5:30pm PST: Commonwealth Club with David M. Kennedy, San Francisco, CA.
  • Tuesday, October 28 at Time TBD: The Hoover Institution with Philip Zelico, Stanford, CA.
  •  Saturday, October 25 at Time TBD: The Stockbridge Library Museum & Archives, Stockbridge, MA.
  •  Wednesday, October 15th at 4:30pm (Book launch party): William Taubman will talk about McNamara at War: A New History at the The Aliki Perroti & Seth Frank Lyceum, 197 South Pleasant Street, Amherst College.
  • September 28, 2025: Book Talk: Philip Taubman–McNamara at War: A New History — with Bob Woodward.

Interviews

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Featured photo: McNamara getting a first-hand report on front-line action from Lt. Van Buren Wake, Jr. General William Westmoreland is at right, July 20, 1965. Bettmann/Getty Images