NEW YORK – I first met Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense who presided over the American buildup in Vietnam, in the summer of 1967. I had just returned from a trip to South Vietnam, where, as a reporter for The New Yorker, I witnessed the destruction, by American air power, of two provinces, Quang Ngai and Quang Tinh.
纽约——我与美军在越南集结时任国防部长的罗伯特·麦克纳马拉见面是在1967年夏。当时我作为一名 《纽约客》 记者，刚刚从南越回国。我在广义和广平两省亲眼目睹了美军空中力量所造成的破坏。