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McNamara

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Mc·Na·mar·a  (mkn-mr), Robert Strange Born 1916.
American public official who served as U.S. secretary of defense (1961-1968) during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
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I have an old photograph that evokes what 1961 felt like, if you were an 11-year-old watching the McNamara era dawn at the Pentagon.
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From 1961 to 1968, McNamara oversaw the escalation of US combat efforts in the highly divisive Vietnam War that became known as one of the biggest military blunders in US history -- a conflict McNamara himself came to describe as "terribly wrong.
US Vietnam war architect Robert McNamara dies by AFP / AFP American Edition
From 1961 to 1968, McNamara oversaw the escalation of US combat efforts in the highly divisive Vietnam War that became known as one of the biggest military blunders in US history -- a conflict McNamara himself came to describe as "terribly wrong.
US Vietnam war architect Robert McNamara dies by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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