i, myself, did not plan to. >> robert mcnamara leaves office.at point tortured on a personal level by the war. >> tonight the communists hit the very heart of saigon, the brand-new u.s. embassy building. and at least ten cities in that war-torn country. >> the tet offensive was the big show of the vietcong. >> it's huge. they've got the americans and south vietnamese completely by surprise. >> it exposed how tenuous the u.s. hold was. >> who won and who lost in the great tet offensive against the cities? i'm not sure. the terrible loss in american lives, prestige, and morale, and this is a tragedy of our stubbornness there. it seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. >> when walter cronkite, who is the most trusted man in america said that, lyndon johnson said "if i've lost walter, i've lost middle america." lyndon johnson realized he was no longer in charge of the war. the war was in charge of him. >> what did you lose? >> i had 36 when we started. we got 21 killed. >> what were you thinki

asn't this true in robert mcnamara's own family where craig, i believe his son was someone who opposed the draft, war.sed the and that absolutely happens in families. because it wasn't just young a ple who began to discern credibility gap. cronkite said over time we're seeing a gap. there was a credibility gap that motivated and animated civil protesters going back to world 0s in the end of war ii. we fought for our country, soldiers, this is how we're treated? the rhetoric so much in play in early war years, america is and coming democracy up against the reality on the round was something that was radicalizing for many, many young people. led them to civil rights. eventually when we begin to happening in t's vietnam, has them -- brings them out to the streets to fight war. t the vietnam joplin, the beatles, the music of the 1960s, how did genre of ct the americans and what they were going through. >> musicians like the beatles, stones, janice joplin, re in some ways following what they're learning from their peers and cohorts and also leading them. he reflection of it and authentic of

wasn't this truly and robert mcnamara's own family where craig, i believe his son, was someone who opposed the draft, opposed the war and that absolutely happens in families. it was not just young people who begin to discern a credibility gap. mainstream media over time, walter cronkite media, saw that there was what we called the credibility gap here. so that was in many ways i think -- there was a credibility gap that motivated and animated civil rights protesters going back to the 1950's and the end of world war ii. we fought for our country, returning black soldiers, and this is how we treated? and so the rhetoric that was so much in play in the early cold war years, that rhetoric about america is a beacon of freedom and democracy and liberty coming up against the reality on the ground was something that was radical i think for many young people, led them to civil rights, and eventually when we begin to understand what is happening in vietnam, brings them out to fight against the vietnam war. >> talk about janis joplin, the beatles, the music of the 1960's. >> in some ways, they're fol

year and a half later i was out of government by then but i was in a conference in moscow with robert mcnamarad a bunch of people and akhromeyev was then then not chief of staff of the armed forces but he was gorbachev's military adviser. i sent him a note and he's said come on right over. his office was right down the hall from gorbachev. we had a wonderful hour talking. and that power he showed me around his office and he showed me his chandelier and his phone bank of six phones with the different colors, shapes and sizes that attracted more attention and we said goodbye and i thanked him for all of his cooperation. it was wonderful at reykjavik and getting to meet the hero of reykjavik and the soviet union starts to fall and on september 26, 1991 i'm reading in "the washington post" an article about michael dobbs who committed suicide. in his office, with the chandelier, took the rope from the drapes, tied it up and with the chandelier committed suicide right on the hall from gorbachev's office. and then as if that wasn't bad enough, something happened a week later but when i read that pape

year and half later, i was out of government by then, i was over in a conference in moscow with robert mcnamarapeople, and that akhromeyev who was in, not chief of staff of the armed forces but he was gorbachev's military advisor to so i sent him a note to say hello. he said, right over. come right over, his office was right down the hall from gorbachev. we had a wonderful hour talking to him that how he showed me around his office and he showed me his chandelier. it was a wonderful chandelier, but his phone bank of six phones on different colors and shapes and sizes that attracted more attention. and we said goodbye, and i thanked him for all of his cooperation. it was absolutely wonderful at reykjavÍk and pinckney, the hero at reykjavÍk. and then the soviet union starts to fall. and on september 26, 1991, i'm reading in the "washington post" about the fifth paragraph down an article about michael dobbs that said akhromeyev committed suicide in his office with the chandelier, took the rope from the traits, tied it up, and with the chandelier committed suicide right down the hall from gorbachev