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McNamara and His Vietnam War By Connor L. Haupert Robert S. McNamara, one of John F. Kennedy’s Whiz Kids, was educated at Harvard Business School and served as the longest and most controversial Secretary of Defense in American history. During his tenure, McNamara oversaw the increase of advisors and troops that were deployed to Vietnam.
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Robert Strange McNamara, one of the most recognizable and controversial figures of the Vietnam War, served as the Secretary of Defense under both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. His policies changed the way that the military operated and also shaped the strategy of the Vietnam War. Robert S McNamara was born on June 9, 1916 in San Francisco,...
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NOTE: These websites are neither endorsed or maintained by The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam ArchiveNov 21, 2023 · As Defense Secretary from 1961 to 1968, Robert McNamara played a significant role in the Vietnam War. His conviction that the US only needed to apply massive military power to defeat...
Robert McNamara (1916-2009) was the United States secretary of defence between January 1961 and February 1968. McNamara was a native of California, born in San Francisco and educated at Berkeley. He obtained a master’s degree in business from Harvard and served in World War II in an administrative capacity. After the war McNamara joined Ford ...
Jul 7, 2009 · Robert S. McNamara, the forceful and cerebral defense secretary who helped lead the nation into the maelstrom of Vietnam and spent the rest of his life wrestling with the war’s moral...
Robert McNamara was the United States Secretary of Defence under both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. His leadership and decisions were a critical factor in US troop build-up in Vietnam in the 1960s. The following extract is from McNamara’s 1995 memoir, titled In Retrospect:
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John F. Kennedy Jr.—the president’s son who died a year later in a plane crash—chose, somewhat surprisingly, Robert McNamara, best known as being the defense secretary responsible for the...
