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Jul 7, 2009 · When Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), an opponent of the war, cracked in 1965 that the Vietnam conflict had become “McNamara’s War” -- a sardonic take on the 1940s Bing Crosby tune “McNamara’s ...
In a May 1967 memo from McNamara to the President, the Secretary asserts that the war is unwinnable and he urges military de-escalation. Their relationship continues to deteriorate until McNamara’s resignation. He remains in office until February 1968. 1. 1 Joel C. Christenson, Expanding the Secretary’s Role in Foreign Affairs: Robert ...
August 23, 1966. In order to meet a growing need for military personnel in Vietnam, Secretary of Defense McNamara announces the start of Project 100,000. It is a social program that allows the military to accept men who do not meet the standards on the Armed Forces Qualification Test or who have physical limitations. By providing these draftees ...
Jul 6, 2009 · Robert McNamara, the secretary of defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations — more specifically, during the buildup of the Vietnam War — died this morning.
Oct 14, 2017 · Robert McNamara became a deep skeptic of the Vietnam War. On this day in 1966, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara sent a top-secret memorandum to President Lyndon B. Johnson expressing his ...
Nov 21, 2023 · In 2003, McNamara was profiled again in Errol Morel's documentary, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara that drew extensively on interviews with McNamara and other ...
Terms in this set (29) Robert F. Kennedy. younger brother of JFK who entered public life as U.S. Attorney General during the Kennedy Administration. Later elected senator from New York, he became an anti-war, pro-civil rights presidental canidate in 1968, launching a popular challange to incumbent President Johnson.
