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McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. [4] McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Business School.
Jun 5, 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · 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.
Nov 29, 2016 · McNamara wrote in a 1995 memoir that his own behavior in shaping the war was “wrong, terribly wrong,” but, to many—including then-editor of the Times Howell Raines—that confession was too ...
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...
Jul 6, 2009 · But Robert McNamara, who died early Monday morning in his sleep at home at the age of 93 (his wife Diana told the Associated Press he had been in failing health for some time), will always be...
Sep 25, 2018 · Robert S. McNamara (June 9, 1916–July 6, 2009) was a secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1960s and the chief architect and most vocal defender of the Vietnam War. He spent his later years as an elder statesman, apologizing for an escalation of the conflict that became known as "McNamara's War."
Robert S. McNamara, in turn revered and reviled, may yet be redeemed as an icon of management. His career was a journey toward managerial wisdom and mirrors the very evolution of management...
Robert S. McNamara was perhaps the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century. He helped lead the nation into the maelstrom of Vietnam and spent the rest of his life wrestling with...
Jul 6, 2009 · Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, known as the leading architect of the Vietnam War, died on Monday. He was 93.
