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Paul Hendrickson

Politics

On September 29, 1972, a Young, Unknown Artist Tried to Throw Robert McNamara, the Former Secretary of Defense, Off the Martha's Vineyard Ferry. This Is Why.

“It’s not like I told myself, okay, this is it, you’re gonna take the guy outside and throw him off the goddam boat.”

Paul Hendrickson Washington Post Sep 1987 20min Permalink