McNamara Says the Second Gulf of Tonkin Attack Didn’t Happen
compelled2283 · Interview · 4 min · 2008 · YouTube title: Gulf of Tonkin: McNamara admits It didn't happen.
Why it's here
HN commenters cite it as primary-source evidence that the public was misled about the second Tonkin attack.
What it covers
A four-minute extract from the documentary The Fog of War in which Robert McNamara discusses the Gulf of Tonkin incident. He acknowledges that the second reported attack did not happen.