Robert McNamara's defense policy

Robert McNamara's defense policy

Robert Strange McNamara

American businessman and government official. After serving as president of Ford Motor Company, he served as the 8th U.S. Secretary of Defense under the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. He promoted military strategy and policy analysis during the Cold War and is known as a central figure in the escalation of the Vietnam War. After stepping down, he worked as President of the World Bank, focusing on developing nation support and poverty reduction policies.

Timeline

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Year Robert Strange McNamara
1916
Birth of Robert Strange McNamara (Period: June 9, 1916, Location: San Francisco, California, United States)
1940
Marriage (Robert Strange McNamara, Margaret Craig McNamara, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1940, Location: United States of America)
1941
World War II (Age: 24 years old, Period: 1941–1945, Location: No direct combat participation)
1960
Assumption of the presidency of Ford Motor Company (Robert Strange McNamara, Age: 43 years old, Period: 1960, Location: Dearborn, Michigan, United States)
1961
Assumption of office as United States Secretary of Defense (Robert Strange McNamara, Age: 44 years old, Period: January 21, 1961, Location: Washington D.C., United States)
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1962 10, Location: Around Cuba, Washington, D.C., United States)
1963
Vietnam War (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1960s, especially 1963–1969, Location: Vietnam and the United States)
1964
Gulf of Tonkin incident (Age: 48 years old, Period: August 1964, Location: Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam)
1966
McNamara Project (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1966–1971, Location: United States of America)
1968
Assumption of office as President of the World Bank (Robert Strange McNamara, Age: 51 years old, Period: April 1, 1968, Location: Washington D.C., United States)
1995
Retrospective and apology regarding the Vietnam War (Age: 78 years old, Period: 1995, Location: United States of America)
2009
Death of Robert Strange McNamara (Age: 93 years old, Period: July 6, 2009)

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