obviously it was a very important war but not necessarily for the reasons mack ma nair ra envisioned and he wasn't able to win the war but his reputation has been tied over the years closely to the u.s. failure in that conflict. we're here today, of course, to talk about and recognize the recent publication of ed drea's book, part of the ongone secretary of defense historical series put out by our office that focuses on the role of the secretaries and the office of the secretary of defense in developing and executing national defense policy. it's of course, equal to mcnamara in 1961 to 1965. we have the next four books in the series under way and various stages of progress and they'll take us through caspar weinberger in the early '80s. standing the test of time that will serve hopefully as useful information for current policymakers and finally inform the american public. we believe that ed's book is a great addition to this series and although its focus is vietnam, he covers a lot of other important topics from the dominican crisis in 1965 to the six-day war in the middle east in 1