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'''Robert McNamara''' (1916-2009) was a [[business]]man and the [[Secretary of Defense]] for [[U.S. President]]s [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and was largely responsible for mishandling the [[Vietnam]] war.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11/interviews/mcnamara/</ref><ref>http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/mcnamara.htm</ref> He resigned when it became clear that his strategy for the war was not working and went on to lead the [[World Bank]]. McNamara later admitted his strategy was false.  
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'''Robert McNamara''' (1916-2009) was a [[business]]man and the [[Secretary of Defense]] for [[U.S. President]]s [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and was largely responsible for mishandling the [[Vietnam]] war.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/11/interviews/mcnamara/</ref><ref>http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/mcnamara.htm</ref> He resigned when it became clear that his strategy for the war was not working and went on to lead the [[World Bank]]. McNamara later admitted his strategy was incorrect.  
    
Born in [[San Francisco]], McNamara attended the [[University of California at Berkeley]] and [[Harvard University]]. After serving in World War II McNamara joined [[Ford Motor Company]], which he would eventually lead. He is credited with overseeing the design and production of the very successful ''[[Ford Falcon]]'' (1961), which was an affordable, plain-looking vehicle having terrific gas mileage a decade before that became an issue.  The Falcon sold more than 1.5 million vehicles in merely its first two years,<ref>https://www.falconforsale.com/history/</ref> but critics complained that it was a "granny" car designed by a guy who wears "granny" glasses (McNamara).
 
Born in [[San Francisco]], McNamara attended the [[University of California at Berkeley]] and [[Harvard University]]. After serving in World War II McNamara joined [[Ford Motor Company]], which he would eventually lead. He is credited with overseeing the design and production of the very successful ''[[Ford Falcon]]'' (1961), which was an affordable, plain-looking vehicle having terrific gas mileage a decade before that became an issue.  The Falcon sold more than 1.5 million vehicles in merely its first two years,<ref>https://www.falconforsale.com/history/</ref> but critics complained that it was a "granny" car designed by a guy who wears "granny" glasses (McNamara).
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