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McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

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McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

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 McNamaraâ€™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 McNamaraâ€™s folly.

Country	USA
Author	Hamilton Gregory
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781495805493
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct	0
Label	Infinity Publishing
Manufacturer	Infinity Publishing
NumberOfPages	262
PublicationDate	2015-06-22
Publisher	Infinity Publishing
ReleaseDate	2015-06-22
Studio	Infinity Publishing

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