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WRITER, SCHOLAR
The McNamara Archive
Philip Taubman consulted a wide range of archival documents and historical sources to write McNamara at War. Below are some of those resources.

With the weight of the world and his struggles with it showing on his face, 1984.
Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images

With his second wife, Diana McNamara, at dinner late in life. He asked her to show it to friends to
Photo by Craig McNamara. Courtesy of Diana McNamara.

With his son Craig McNamara at Craig’s California home, circa 2007.
Courtesy of Craig McNamara.

At the Critical Oral History Conference on the Cuban missile crisis in Havana, Cuba, 2002. Director
Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images

With his former North Vietnamese rival and chief of the North Vietnam army, General Vo Nguyen Giap,
Photo by HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Stringer via Getty Images
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