What was the U.S. objective in Vietnam in 1964? And how did Johnson and McNamara expect to achieve it? Here we explore McNamara's March report to the NSC, in which he detailed the goal of U.S. policy, how to achieve it, and the price of failure. But in his report were hints of a growing conflict between McNamara and the military.

00:00 Introduction
00:17 Channel introduction
00:27 NSAM 288
00:47 The situation in South Vietnam
04:27 Alternate courses of action
06:52 Improving the situation in South Vietnam
08:14 Conclusion

Sources:
Bundy, McGeorge, National Security Action Memorandum No.288, The White House, Washington D.C.
McNamara, Robert S., In Retrospect, Random House
Rusk, Dean, As I Saw It, W. W. Norton & Co

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