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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.
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Mar 25, 2024 · 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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McNamara was frank about his career in The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert McNamara, and in his autobiography. “I think the human race needs to think more about killing,” he...
Apr 2, 2014 · 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 States into the Vietnam War....
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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...
Jul 6, 2009 · Obituary. Robert McNamara. US defence secretary vilified as the architect of the Vietnam war who later headed the World Bank. Harold Jackson. Mon 6 Jul 2009 12.01 EDT. The career of the former US...
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...
