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“How much evil must we do in order to do good?” The “lessons” McNamara discusses in the film encompass many of the military events he participated in or witnessed during his career: American...
Jun 9, 2021 · Brandishing a captured Chinese machine gun, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara appeared at a televised news conference in the spring of 1965. The United States had just sent its first...
Jul 6, 2009 · Robert McNamara spent the last chapter of his life striving mightily to atone for the sins — his sins — of Vietnam. He cooperated in a 2004 documentary, Fog of War, which laid out his pivotal...
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Robert Strange McNamara ( / ˈmæknəmærə /; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Robert S. McNamara (born June 9, 1916, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died July 6, 2009, Washington, D.C.) was the U.S. secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 who revamped Pentagon operations and who played a major role in the nation’s military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Jul 17, 2022 · WINTERS, Calif. — Craig McNamara had come prepared to talk about heavy things. He was, after all, promoting a new memoir about his father, Robert McNamara, the polarizing secretary of Defense...
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Political Figures. Civil Rights Activists. Robert S. McNamara was an American business executive and the eighth U.S. Secretary of Defense. He is best known for helping lead the United...
