The price of winning Oct 15, 2009
In the documentary film "The Fog of War," McNamara reminds us that "We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo." He then asks in apologetic hindsight "What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?". McNamara died this past July. (Juneau Empire)
He's making it on Broadway Oct 9, 2009
Spreading lies' Cambridge filmmaker Errol Morris was billed as a connoisseur of lies'' by organizers of last night's sold-out event at the Getty Center in LA. The Oscarwinning director of The Fog of War'' joined his friend, sleight-of-hand artist Ricky Jay, to talk about art and illusion. Morris, who writes frequently about truth, lies, and perception on his New York Times blog, is working on a project about imposter Clark Rockefeller. (Boston Globe)
Click to read:CBS Reporters Bring War Stories Home Oct 8, 2009
(CBS) It's our job here at CBS News to report on the troops while they're in harm's way - to give clarity to the fog of war. But it too is dangerous work. (CBS News)
NATO Confirms Civilians Died in Airstrike Sep 9, 2009
The fog of war is always present. If you are not there and just read the story and not have any idea what is takes to identify friend from fo. (CBS News)
Post-Katrina 'vigilante' violence: rumor or fact? Sep 2, 2009
"It's like investigating the Battle of the Bulge where everyone is lost in middle of the Ardennes Forest. There's ambiguity in the fog of war.". The New Orleans coroner's office has counted 23 dead with gunshot wounds to their heads, he says. (Christian Science Monitor)
Keokuk Seeds of Peace donates funds to Keokuk Public Library Sep 2, 2009
The library video collection includes: Building a World Beyond War: A Roadmap for Citizens edited by Martin Jones, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert McNamara directed by Errol Morris, Why We Fight directed by Eugene Jarecki, Beyond Our Differences directed by Peter Bisanz, Nobility directed by Turk Pipkin, A Force More Powerfull directed by Steven York and The Power of Forgiveness directed by Martin Doblmeier. Seeds of Peace is... (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
DVD Review: The Fog of War by Errol... Aug 7, 2009
DVD Review: The Fog of War by Errol Morris. DVD Review: The Fog of War by Errol Morris ... The copyright of the article DVD Review: The Fog of War by Errol Morris in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Michael Winship and Bill Moyers: Obama's health care struggle -- Waterloo or water down? Jul 29, 2009
Meanwhile, supporters who want to scrap the present system for fundamental change are staring glumly though the fog of war at a battlefield in total disarray. They fear that in the White House s desire to get a bill any bill passed by Congress, it will have been so compromised, so bent to favor the big interests, that it will be less Waterloo than water down, a steady diluting of the change they had hoped for and that America needs. (Medfield Press, MA)
Cronkite's Offensive History Jul 25, 2009
No. What may -- may -- have resulted from forgivable misimpressions due to the "fog of war" long ago crystallized into obdurate lies. Cronkite never clarified the record, never admitted that the Tet offensive -- the Vietcong's surprise holiday attack on cities across South Vietnam -- resulted in a military and political fiasco for North Vietnam. (Townhall.com)
Vietnam war lessons Jul 12, 2009
A list of those lessons formed the backbone of The Fog of War, an Oscar-winning documentary that appeared six years ago. EDITORS CHOICE. (FT.com -- Markets)
Explosively high stakes in 'The Hurt Locker' Jul 10, 2009
In Iraq, explosively high stakes: Soldiers at work in the fog of war take precedence over politics in Hurt Locker. Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow s film about an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal squad. (Boston Globe)
Vietnam war architect McNamara dies Jul 7, 2009
In the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War," McNamara told filmmaker Errol Morris that the experience taught American policymakers to "put ourselves inside their skin and look at us through their eyes." But he added, "In the end, we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war.". McNamara is credited with using the management techniques he mastered as a corporate executive to streamline the Pentagon, computerizing and smoothing out much of the U.S. military's vast purchasing and personnel... (CNN -- World)
McNamara dies, career haunted by Vietnam war Jul 7, 2009
He spent the rest of his life trying to explain the U.S. role in Vietnam and apologizing for his mistakes, becoming the subject of an Academy Award winning documentary, "The Fog of War." In the film, he discussed the difficult decision-making process during the Vietnam conflict as well as his Pentagon role in the Cuban missile crisis. He first came to prominence as one of the "Whiz Kids" who revitalized Ford Motor Co. after World War Two and ended his public career as president of the World... (Yahoo News -- Politics)
McNamara Was "Wrong, Terribly Wrong" About Vietnam (The Nation) Jul 7, 2009
Almost a decade later, in the documentary Fog of War. Most importantly, he expanded on his earlier acknowledgement that, "We do not have the God-given right to shape every nation in our image or as we choose.". (Yahoo News)
Former Defense Secretary McNamara dies Jul 7, 2009
He discussed similar themes in the 2003 documentary "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara." With the U.S. in the first year of the war in Iraq, it became a popular and timely art-house attraction and won the Oscar for best documentary feature. 1. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Robert McNamara, Vietnam War's anguished architect, dies Jul 7, 2009
In 2003, the filmmaker Errol Morris released an Academy Award-winning documentary about him, The Fog of War. I liked him, Morris said yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Book details alleged affair between RFK, Jackie Jul 7, 2009
McNamara had a long list of reasons why he wouldn t talk, but in the end the former secretary of defense did, and the result was the Academy Award-winning Fog of War. When McNamara died yesterday at the age of 93, the media immediately rang up Morris. (Boston Globe)
Hawk or dove? Jul 7, 2009
Despite a distinguished career which saw him at the centre of power or influence at some of the most troubled times of the 20th Century, it was Errol Morris's 2003 film, The Fog of War, subtitled Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert McNamara, which singled out this former defence secretary ... In The Fog of War, he agreed with LeMay's assertion that the pair "were behaving as war criminals" and would have been tried as such had their side lost ... Yet recently-released tapes of conversations... (BBC News -- Americas)
Cyberspace shapes up to be next battleground Jul 1, 2009
We must anticipate that an adversary determined to cause economic damage or enhance the fog of war will exploit these vulnerabilities. Currently, there is a strong disincentive for private entities to reveal that their computer systems have been compromised. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Skies clear for Lest We Forget's second World War II Re-enactment (924) Jun 23, 2009
The fog of war lifted just in time Saturday morning for the World War II Re-enactment amphibious beach assaults at Tiscornia Park in St. Joseph. The early morning weather included dense fog over Lake Michigan and the shoreline. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
On D-Day, Setting The Record Straight Jun 5, 2009
One Man's Mission To Correct The Date Of His Great-Uncle's Death. ATLANTA, June 4, 2009. (CBS News)
Alan Gilbert argues Jun 4, 2009
Written a year after the Cuban missile crisis, which had nearly brought on nuclear war (that was humanity s nearest miss, and we were barely saved from it, as Robert McNamara reveals in the Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War by the ability to listen and pursue a decent course of President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev), this policy both prefigures Cheney-like barbarism and would quite possibly have brought on the nuclear war which humanity had barely escaped. The second citation suggests... (Harper's Magazine)
BET Presents the 'Best Church Choir In America' in a One-Hour Documentary, 'How Sweet The Sound' May 29, 2009
media has produced award-winning projects, including the Academy Award-winning documentary "The Fog of War"; the Grammy Award-winning "Concert for George"; the pilot episode of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series "Mad Men"; the Emmy-winning "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America" for the History Channel; the critically acclaimed series "Iconoclasts" for the Sundance Channel and the recent MTV documentary "Britney: For The Record," among many others. Buzz up. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sudan army base attack 'kills 63' May 26, 2009
"They did make a push for it, but they did not overrun the post. Put it down to the fog of war," Unamid Information Director Kemal Saiki said on Monday, without explaining the conflicting reports. He said around 350 civilians and 100 unarmed Sudanese soldiers had sought refuge in a nearby Unamid camp during the clashes. (BBC News -- Africa)
Judge orders release of Guantanamo prisoner May 5, 2009
"This is a young man who was arrested at a tough time in the fog of war and shouldn't have been held for seven years.". Related Searches. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Errol Morris tries icy tale Apr 18, 2009
The "Fog of War" helmer will direct the Untitled Cryonics Project, which Zach Helm is writing. Mandate Pictures and Steve Zaillian's Film Rites are producing the dark comedy, which was inspired by both Robert F. Nelson's memoir "We Froze the First Man" and a story that aired on "This American Life" this week titled "You're as Cold as Ice.". (Variety)
The Fog of War Apr 12, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
The Folly of Fog-onomics Mar 29, 2009
Thus was born the concept, the fog of war the idea that decision-making is, at best, marked by ambiguity while a conflict or crisis is raging. Of course, leaders dont always have the luxury of prolonged periods of reflection while bombs are dropping, and instinct must kick in. (Townhall.com)
Iraq detainees can sue Va. contractor Mar 20, 2009
CACI had argued that courts are not equipped to evaluate the detainees' claims because it requires delving into classified information and sorting through facts shrouded in "the fog of war." ... "The court finds it ironic that CACI argues that this case is shrouded by the 'fog of war,' yet CACI saw only clear skies" when it pursued its own case, the judge wrote. (Insight on the News)
A Riveting Work Feb 28, 2009
Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" and Errol Morris' "The Fog of War" are two that come to mind. They may soon be joined by "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)," which was an Oscar nominee for best documentary and is now, in theatrical release, making its way across the United States. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Virtual JFK: If Kennedy Had Lived Feb 27, 2009
Handsomely edited in chronological chapters, accompanied by the music of Erik Satie, Virtual JFK is reminiscent of Errol Morris's The Fog of War, right down to the presence of Kennedy's defence secretary, Robert McNamara. The film is a seductive immersion into an early sixties zeitgeist and Cold War cool. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
From handling the press to handling his advisers, JFK was a master Feb 27, 2009
Blight, a U.S. foreign-policy specialist and co-author of The Fog of War with Janet Lang, has spent a significant portion of his career analyzing the historical what-ifs of the Kennedy era. Blight feels that much of the candour Kennedy showed belied a deeply confident backroom politician. (Globe and Mail)
God of War III First Look Feb 14, 2009
The effects from the battles of these divine beings will swirl and cross the land that Kratos will navigate, so the fog of war will be rocked with smoke, ash, fire, explosions and other debris from these conflicts. "The best way that I can describe it is take D-Day, the Battle at Normandy, combine it with the movie Cloverfield, and put Kratos smack dab in the middle of it,"Asmussen said. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Field Marshal Rudd uses fog of war to get things done with minimalopposition Feb 8, 2009
Field Marshal Rudd uses fog of war to get things done with minimal opposition ... Field Marshal Rudd uses fog of war to get things done with minimal opposition ... The fog of war, while scary and impenetrable, also doubles as a handy basis for political sleight of hand. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
