Analysis Of The Fog Of War

In the film The Fog of War, McNamara learns a number of lessons from the figures of the 20th-century American government. The film offers a view on the human side of the people entrusted to the control the United States and the way their personalities affect the state’s policies. The film provides an insight for historians and politicians into the way individuals and different personalities influence the decisions of the U.S foreign policy. The film is a focus on the fragile side of the leaders in both the mental and physical capacities. The lessons of McNamara indicate the influence of human decisions on the international relations of a nation as seen from the theories of global politics.
First, McNamara learns that it is important to empathize with the enemy in any situation (Blight and Lang, 27). By this lesson, he refers to the Cuban Missile that almost led to a nuclear war. He states

In his view of the fog of war, he explains that war is so complex that the human mind cannot comprehend all the complexities that define this war. Further, he states that although human beings are rational, the rationality of the human mind is limited and may not be possible to end war anytime soon. He thinks that the actions of one party way be understood by the other and often result in an unpredictable outcome. For example, he cites his silence during the war as an example that could have been misunderstood to cause an inflammatory reaction. In the view of the theories of global politics, this resonates well with realist theories of peace and war. Human aggression may be viewed from a different perspective which may result in international anarchy. Despite the ability of human mind to rationally decide, it is possible to be interpreted to mean aggressiveness which may lead to international tension and arms race like was the case of the U.S. and the weapons supremacy