Robert McNamara

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United States Secretary of Defense World Bank president business executive human politician

Robert McNamara was a prominent American business executive and U.S. Secretary of Defense best known for his central role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War and later leadership of the World Bank.

Aliases (4)

Robert S. McNamara ×8
McNamara ×2
Robert B. K. McNamara ×1
Robert S. McNamara was former U.S. Secretary of Defense ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Defense → World Bank president → business executive → human → politician →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Master of Business Administration →
appointedBy	John F. Kennedy →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1916-06-09 →
dateOfDeath	2009-07-06 →
educatedAt	Harvard Business School → University of California, Berkeley →
employer	Ford Motor Company →
endTime	1960 (President of Ford Motor Company) → 1968-02-29 (Secretary of Defense) → 1981-06-30 (President of the World Bank) →
familyName	McNamara →
fieldOfWork	defense policy → development economics → systems analysis →
givenName	Robert →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces →
notableFor	expansion of World Bank lending to developing countries → modernization of Pentagon management and planning systems → role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War →
notableWork	Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy → In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam → The Essence of Security → Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	banker → government official → management consultant →
officeContested	none (never elected to public office) →
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	President of Ford Motor Company → President of the World Bank → United States Secretary of Defense →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Margaret Craig McNamara →
startTime	1960 (President of Ford Motor Company) → 1961-01-21 (Secretary of Defense) → 1968-04-01 (President of the World Bank) →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy ("Robert S. McNamara") → In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam ("Robert S. McNamara") → The Essence of Security ("Robert S. McNamara") → The Essence of Security → Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century ("Robert S. McNamara") →	author
Robert K. Brigham ("Robert S. McNamara") → Robert K. Brigham ("Robert B. K. McNamara") →	coAuthorWith
Margaret Craig McNamara ("McNamara") → Robert McNamara ("McNamara") →	familyName
flexible response doctrine →	associatedWithLeader
Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century ("Robert S. McNamara was former U.S. Secretary of Defense") →	coAuthorRole
Pentagon Papers →	commissionedBy
Defense Intelligence Agency →	founder
Industrial Research Institute Medal ("Robert S. McNamara") →	hasRecipient
Gulf of Tonkin incident →	hasUSSecretaryOfDefense
Robert K. Brigham ("Robert S. McNamara") →	hasWrittenAbout
Public Welfare Medal →	notableRecipient
Thomas S. Gates Jr. →	succeededBy
The Essence of Security ("Robert S. McNamara") →	workOf