Driven, cerebral and pugnacious, Robert S. McNamara was the preeminent policymaker behind the massive buildup of American forces in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968. As Defense secretary for two ...

IN THE MOVIES, people who look like Robert S. McNamara never fare very well. The brainy, severe guy with the slicked-down hair, the glasses, the hard-charging managerial style and an ...

AP Photo/Cecil Stoughton, White House via John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, BostonPresident Kennedy sits with Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, right, in the White House Oval Office in ...

Robert S. McNamara might be the most important person in 20th century U.S. foreign policy. “The Fog of War” might be the most important movie about 20th century U.S. foreign policy. Though he ...

Robert S McNamara, who has died aged 93, was the cerebral US Secretary of Defence who was vilified for prosecuting the Vietnam War, then devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations.

The family of Robert S. McNamara sent out cards recently to those who offered condolences after he died last month. In accordance with his wishes, said the card, "there will be no funeral or ...

Robert S. McNamara was perhaps the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century. He helped lead the nation into the maelstrom of Vietnam and spent the rest of his life wrestling with the ...

The other is Robert S. McNamara, 87, once perhaps the most reviled man in America. McNamara, secretary of defense during the Vietnam War, is now the unlikely star of Morris's newest film, ...

In Retrospect:The Tragedy and Lessons of VietnamBy Robert S. McNamara with Brian VanDeMarkTimes Books, 414 pages, $27.50Comes now Robert S. McNamara, he of “McNamara’s War,” two decades ...

Robert S. McNamara.” June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009. Osha Gray Davidson covers solar energy for The Phoenix Sun , and is a contributing blogger for Mother Jones.

Robert S. McNamara was perhaps the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century. He helped lead the nation into the maelstrom of Vietnam and spent the rest of his life wrestling with the ...