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
Official portrait, 1961
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
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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
Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense
…which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. Many of his views on the military, including negative views, were formed during his U.S. Army Air Force service in World War II under General Curtis LeMay. After his election in 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy first offered the post of Secretary of Defense to Robert A…
McNamara in the Harvard Business School yearbook, 1938
McNamara visited Jakarta, Indonesia during his tenure as World Bank president in 1968.