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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. [5]
Jul 2, 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.
Nov 29, 2016 · How Robert McNamara Came to Regret the War He Escalated. The ‘architect of the Vietnam war’ never formally apologized, but struggled with its consequences for the rest of his...
In conjunction with assured destruction McNamara stressed the importance of damage limitation–the use of strategic forces to limit damage to the nation's population...
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.
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 as...
Jun 1, 2021 · In an explosive memoir in the 1990s Robert McNamara started trying to explain the Vietnam War. His publisher explains how it happened
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 ...
Jul 7, 2009 · Driven, cerebral and pugnacious, Robert S. McNamara was the preeminent policymaker behind the massive buildup of American forces in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968.
