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Dereliction of Duty Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

H. R. McMaster

"The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C."  —H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion) Dereliction Of Duty

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The Tucker Carlson Show

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It was noted that H.R.McMaster authored Dereliction of Duty, a book describing how Vietnamera generals failed to inform President Lyndon Johnson that they could not successfully conduct the war.

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H.R.McMaster wrote a book called Dereliction of Duty about how the generals in Vietnam did not tell Lyndon Johnson they couldn't successfully prosecute that war.

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It was noted that H.R.McMaster authored Dereliction of Duty, a book describing how Vietnamera generals failed to inform President Lyndon Johnson that they could not successfully conduct the war.

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H.R.McMaster wrote a book called Dereliction of Duty about how the generals in Vietnam did not tell Lyndon Johnson they couldn't successfully prosecute that war.

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McMaster's book, discussing the failures of the Joint Chiefs, was mentioned. The conversation touched upon the complexities of ethical decision-making in high-pressure situations, particularly concerning disagreements with superiors' policies.

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I've just read his book dereliction of duty right and he's talking about how the joint chiefs sort of failed the president and he talks about how you know it's pretty stark that not a single one of th...

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McMaster's book, discussing the failures of the Joint Chiefs, was mentioned. The conversation touched upon the complexities of ethical decision-making in high-pressure situations, particularly concerning disagreements with superiors' policies.

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I've just read his book dereliction of duty right and he's talking about how the joint chiefs sort of failed the president and he talks about how you know it's pretty stark that not a single one of them resigned even though they sort of disagree with the policy

Episode: Lt. General H.R. McMaster on Strategic Empathy and...

It focuses on the flaws and failures of the Vietnam War, including the failure of advisors to speak truth to power and the ego and delusions that led to the war's catastrophic failure and moral atrocity. The author discussed lessons learned from the war and how he tried to apply those lessons when advising the U.S. president.

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General McMaster is the author of a fantastic book called Derilection of Duty, which is about the flaws and the failures of the Vietnam War, the failure of advisors to speak truth to power, to get truth up to the presidency and some of the ego and the delusions that led to the catastrophic failure and moral atrocity that was the Vietnam War.

He's the author of two books, as I said, Derilection of Duty and most recently Battlegrounds, The Fight to Defend the Free World.

And please check out his book, Derilection of Duty and his new one, Battlegrounds, The Fight to Defend the Free World.

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