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.
Gulf of Tonkin incident
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident refers to a naval confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam, which led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. On 2 August
Robert McNamara
…staying in power were missed by McNamara's "quantitative" approach as there was no way that computers could calculate these aspects of the war. After the Gulf of Tonkin incident, on 5 August 1964, McNamara appeared before Congress to present proof of what he claimed was an attack on the Navy's warships in international waters…
Photo taken from USS Maddox during 2 August encounter, showing three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats
The Geneva Conference
Two of the United States Navy PTF boats training in 1963
USS Maddox