Robert McNamara
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Robert Strange McNamara, also known by his initials RSM, was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under preside
Official portrait, 1961
McNamara in the Harvard Business School yearbook, 1938
McNamara visited Jakarta, Indonesia during his tenure as World Bank president in 1968.
Robert McNamara served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War. He remains the longest-s
Robert McNamara
…the longest-serving secretary of defense, having remained in office over seven years. He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis…
President John F. Kennedy and McNamara, 1962
Kennedy and McNamara with Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in April 1962
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara accompanied by U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell greeted by Commanding General, United States Army Europe General Paul L. Freeman Jr. during a visit to Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Frankfurt, Germany, September 7, 1962