Robert Strange McNamara, appointed secretary of defense at age 44, has had an additional crack at personal fame while every media outlet has reviewed his new book, In Retrospect, and Mr. McNamara has ...

Former Secretary of Defense (1961-68) Robert S. McNamara gives 11 “lessons” in Errol Morris’ film, The Fog of War. The Secretary of Defense’s confession comes 40 years too late Although it certainly ...

Those of us old enough to remember the '60s know Donald Rumsfeld brings to mind another hard-charging and dangerously self-confident secretary of defense: Robert Strange McNamara. During the Vietnam ...

He lived to be 93 and died in his sleep. Robert Strange McNamara, pictured right, the "efficiency expert" who infused the U.S. Department of Defense with private-sector sensibilities and became ...

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Robert Strange McNamara, 44. “In our business,” says Automaker Henry Ford II, “we are lucky if we make the right decision 51% of the time. What I have noticed about Bob McNamara is that he makes an ...

During his six-year reign as Defense Secretary, Robert Strange McNamara has done more than enshrine the computer in government. More significantly, he has also cemented civilian control over the ...

WASHINGTON -- Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93. McNamara ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Defence Secretary Robert McNamara died on Monday. He will be remembered most as the leading architect of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. "His age just caught up ...

The six personal assistants of President McNamara, 1981. From left to right: Rainer Steckhan, Leif Christoffersen, Anders Ljungh, Sven Burmester, Caio Koch-Weser, and Olivier Lafourcade. (Photo ...