作为肯尼迪和约翰逊两任总统的国防部长,麦克纳马拉与越南战争结下了不解之缘,以至于有人将这场战争称之为“麦克纳马拉战争”。在当年决策美国进入越南的问题时,麦克纳马拉是持牺牲美国人的生命在亚洲反对共产主义这一态度的。虽然他后来意识到这场战争根本赢不了,但由于白宫和五角大楼希望继续打下去的占大多数,他离开了约翰 As Defense Secretary of the two presidents, Kennedy and Johnson, McNamara came to terms with the Vietnam War so much that some called the war “the Battle of McNamara.” At the time of the decision to enter the United States into Vietnam, McNamara took the attitude of sacrificing the lives of Americans in opposing communism in Asia. Although he later realized that the war did not win at all, he left John as the White House and the Pentagon wanted to keep going.