Robert S. McNamara: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Deborah Shapely, Promise and Power: The Life and Times of Robert S. McNamara (1992), is a well-researched biography.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NPR - Robert McNamara on Doubts, and Vietnam. | Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 02, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Business Review - Robert S. McNamara and the Evolution of Modern Management. | Nov 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Robert McNamara on Doubts, and Vietnam. | Sep 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Ockham's Razor - Measures of leadership: Reflections on Robert S. McNamara. | Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Philosophical Society - Robert S. McNamara (PDF). | Feb 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Air and Space Forces Magazine - The Confessions of Robert S. McNamara. | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arms Control Association - Robert McNamara�s logical legacy. | May 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wilson Center Digital Archive - Robert S. McNamara. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS News Hour - Robert McNamara, Defense Chief During Vietnam War, Dies at 93. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Office of the Secretary of War - Historical Office - Robert S. McNamara. | May 13, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of Robert S. McNamara. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Robert S. McNamara, Architect of a Futile War, Dies at 93. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Robert S. McNamara dies at 93; architect of the Vietnam War. | Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| Added photo of McNamara sitting for an interview in 1963. | Jan 31, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| In the second paragraph, changed "active duty" to "combat duty," and at the start of the fifth paragraph, changed "supported the deepening of military involvement" to "advocated the deepening of military involvement." | Jul 28, 2009 | ||
| Added his death on July 6, 2009. | Jul 06, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | May 06, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States History - Biography of Robert S. McNamara. | Jan 04, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The World Bank - Biography of Robert Strange McNamara. | Jan 04, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cable News Network - Biography of Robert Strange McNamara. | Jan 04, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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