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

Craig McNamara came of age during the political tumult and upheaval of the late '60s. While he would grow up to take part in antiwar demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy's secretary of defense and was the architect of the Vietnam War. This searching and revealing me...

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Main Author: McNamara, Craig (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Prologue -- Window into blindness, the abyss -- Our sons are dying -- The angel of the house -- Absence, defense -- The chipper gene -- Firefall -- Army -- Going down the road, feeling bad -- Santiago -- Island, fall -- Return -- Soil -- Getting home -- Back pages -- Telluride -- His final days -- The chairs -- Vietnam -- The cathedral block -- Epilogue. 
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