On May 18, 1966, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara delivered a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Montreal entitled “Security in the Contemporary World.” Building on remarks that he had made in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), the title was deceptively bland and belied its significance. McNamara, heretofore loyal to Johnson, was publicly breaking ranks with official administration policy on Vietnam. In the weeks prior, back in the Pentagon, McNamara had considered and authorized the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s (JCS) proposals, which National Security Advisor Walt W. Rostow had endorsed, to expand Operation...

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打破排名：罗伯特·麦克纳马拉、亚当·雅莫林斯基和蒙特利尔演讲*

1966 年 5 月 18 日，美国国防部长罗伯特·麦克纳马拉 (Robert S. McNamara) 在蒙特利尔的美国报纸编辑协会发表了题为“当代世界的安全”的演讲。基于他在参议院外交关系委员会 (SFRC) 面前发表的言论，这个标题看似平淡无奇，并掩盖了其重要性。此前忠于约翰逊的麦克纳马拉公开反对越南政府的官方政策。几周前，回到五角大楼，麦克纳马拉已经考虑并授权参谋长联席会议 (JCS) 的提议，国家安全顾问沃尔特·W·罗斯托已经批准了，以扩大行动……