Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 - July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth US Secretary of Defense. He served from 1961 to 1968, under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
He previously served in the U.S. Army as a Lt. Colonel from 1940 to 1946.
McNamara was married to Margaret Craig and Diana Masieri Byfield, and had three children with Craig.
He died in 2009 at the age of 93 and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
Books
- The Essence Of Security Reflections In Office (1968)
- One Hundred Countries Two Billion People The Dimensions Of Development (1973)
- The Mc Namara Years At The World Bank Major Policy Addresses Of Robert S Mc Namara1968to 1981 (1981)
- Blundering Into Disaster Surviving The First Century Of The Nuclear Age (1986)
- Out Of The Cold New Thinking For American Foreign And Defense Policy In The21st Century (1989)
- In Retrospect The Tragedy And Lessons Of Vietnam (1995)
- Argument Without End In Search Of Answers To The Vietnam Tragedy (1999)
- Beating The Odds Crime Poverty And Life In The Inner City (1999)
- Wilsons Ghost Reducing The Risk Of Conflict Killing And Catastrophe In The21st Century (2001)
Media:
Film
- Thirteen Days (2000): Film about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Played by Dylan Baker.
- Path to War (2002): Film about LBJ, McNamara, and Clark Clifford during the Vietnam War. Played by Alec Baldwin.
- The Fog of War (2003): Documentary focused on his life during the Vietnam years when he served with Kennedy and Johnson.
Live-Action Television
- Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: Docuseries during the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War.
