McNamara, Robert S. (1916–)

Secretary of Defense

Robert S. McNamara served as secretary of defense from 1961 through early 1968, during the presidential administra-tions of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. During his tenure, his institution of a quantitatively oriented, civilian-dominated approach to military ...

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