Are you one of those hard-core types who can't get enough of Robert S. McNamara?

C'mon, you know who you are. The National Archives has just
the session for you, on Tuesday April 10:

The Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense and the
National Archives invite you to a panel program discussing Robert S. McNamara's
most controversial years as Secretary of Defense (1965-68), and Clark
Clifford's brief but significant successor tour as Secretary (1968-69). The
event will take place at noon on 10 April 2012 at the McGowan Theater, National
Archives, located at 7th and Constitution, NW, Washington, DC. 

Discussion will be based on the Historical Office's recent publication,
McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-1969, by Edward J. Drea.
Panel speakers will focus on the work of Secretaries of Defense McNamara and
Clifford and the Vietnam War, but they will also address the impact of Vietnam
on American defense interests in other parts of the world.

David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, will convene the
panel and introduce Dr. Erin Mahan, Chief Historian, Historical Office of the
Secretary of Defense. Dr. Mahan will introduce the panelists and lead the
panel. Harold Brown, Air Force Secretary under McNamara and later Secretary of
Defense under President James E. Carter, will talk about working with McNamara.
Professor Emeritus George C. Herring of the University of Kentucky, one of the
nation's foremost experts on the history of the Vietnam War, will review the
book. The author, Dr. Edward J. Drea, currently a contract historian in the
Office of Joint History, Joint Chiefs of Staff, will respond to Secretary
Brown's and Professor Herring's comments. The speakers' presentations will be
followed by a question and answer session and then a reception.

The
event is free; reservations are not required. Seating is on a
first-come, first-served basis. For this McGowan Theater event, doors to the
building will open 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. Use the
Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue.