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McNamara's Folly

Book • 2015
Hamilton Gregory's book, 'McNamara's Folly', provides a personal and historical account of Project 100,000, a controversial U.S.

military initiative during the Vietnam War. The project involved drafting over 350,000 men with low IQs or other substandard qualifications, many of whom were sent into combat with devastating consequences.

Gregory critiques the policy as a moral atrocity, highlighting the high casualty rates and lasting impacts on the soldiers involved.

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Mentioned by Chuck Bryan as a book that gives away what they are talking about in the podcast.
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Shameful History: Project 100,000
Mentioned by Jocko Willink as a book detailing the use of low-IQ troops in the Vietnam War.
315: Draft Dodgers. And Low IQ Men Being Used as Cannon Fodder. McNamara's Folly

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