{"product_id":"mcnamaras-folly-the-use-of-low-iq-troops-in-the-vietnam-war-1495805484-used","title":"McNamaras Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1495805484\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gregory, Hamilton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 McNamara? 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 McNamara? folly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67684973805856,"sku":"USED1495805484","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61TrurQDSgL.jpg?v=1791563192","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/mcnamaras-folly-the-use-of-low-iq-troops-in-the-vietnam-war-1495805484-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}