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Bryana 2022-03-20 08:01:25
Digging through the fog, silently looking for my way. .
Disadvantages: He is quite partial to McNamara, and he is the only one in the film to state his views, and occasionally add questions from the questioner. From his point of view alone, it is somewhat objective.
Objectivity: The director should have spent a lot of thought and listened to a lot... -
Dane 2022-03-20 08:01:25
What is war?
What is war?
No one can give a definite answer.
Through The Fog of War, we may get a glimpse of Robert McNamara's understanding of war from the thirteen lessons he gave. War is complex, changeable and cruel, as he himself said:
There'sa wonder phrase: the for of war, it means that war is so complex...
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