{"product_id":"gregory-hamilton-mcnamara-s-folly-9781495805486","title":"McNamara's Folly","description":"In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara were desperate to find additional troops for the Vietnam War, but they feared that they would alienate middle-class voters if they drafted college boys or sent Reservists and National Guardsmen to Vietnam. So, on October 1, 1966, McNamara lowered mental standards and inducted thousands of low-IQ men. Altogether, 354,000 of these men were taken into the Armed Forces and a large number of them were sent into combat. Many military men, including William Westmoreland, the commanding general in Vietnam, viewed McNamara s program as a disaster. Because many of the substandard men were incompetent in combat, they endangered not only themselves but their comrades as well. Their death toll was appallingly high. In addition to low-IQ men, tens of thousands of other substandard troops were inducted, including criminals, misfits, and men with disabilities. This book tells the story of the men caught up in McNamara s folly.","brand":"Infinity Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53599497126230,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781495805486_1_01533ab9-aa76-4ebe-9c97-b3541edad2cf.jpg?v=1778523263","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/gregory-hamilton-mcnamara-s-folly-9781495805486","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}