Documentary about Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy
and Johnson Administrations, who subsequently became president of the
World Bank. The documentary will combine an interview with Mr. McNamara
discussing some of the tragedies and glories of the 20th Century,
archival footage, documents, and an original score by Philip Glass. 

Robert S. McNamara discusses his experiences and
lessons learned during his tenure as Secretary of Defense under John
Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He talks about his work as a bombing
statistician during World War II, his brief tenure as president of Ford
Motor Company, and the Kennedy administration's triumph during the
Cuban Missle Crisis. However, the film focuses primarily on his
failures in Vietnam. The theme of the film are his "eleven lessons"
learned during this time. Some of these include improving military
efficiency, understanding your enemy, and the frustrations of trying to
deal with (and unsuccessfully trying to change) human nature.