Because our fathers lied : a memoir of truth and family, from Vietnam to today

Robert S. McNamara was Secretary of Defense under two Presidents: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson. In that position he relied on numbers to convince both U.S. Presidents that the Vietnam Conflict could be won. His son, Craig McNamara was plagued by his father's various decisions, but never was able to find any type of resolution because his father did not communicate directly with his son, or with anyone else, including the media. At the end of his life, on stage with film documentarian Errol Morris, Robert McNamara was running on automatic, and in the midst of an interview, walked off stage rather than answer certain questions.