Robert McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara (born June 9, 1916), is an American business executive and a former United States Secretary of Defense. McNamara served as Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. He resigned that position to become President of the World Bank (1968-1981).

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McNamara was born in San Francisco where his father was sales manager of a wholesale shoe firm. He graduated in 1937 from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics and philosophy, and earned a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1939.

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►	Introduction
►	Early life and career
►	Secretary of Defense
►	The Fog of War
►	Books
►	External links

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