Early one morning last week, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and other top Pentagon officials flew out of Washington in two separate planes for a quick, unannounced trip to North Carolina's Fort Bragg. Their mission: to get a close-up view of Army aircraft going through their paces and confer with members of a special Army panel that is taking a new, hard look at the problem of moving troops fast in battle. Among the men with stars on their shoulders and scrambled eggs on their hats flew young men in mufti whose schooling in warfare...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
