Robert McNamara


Vale Robert McNamara

Former US defence chief Robert McNamara’s significant achievements in other areas were, and will always be, dwarfed by the monumental error of Vietnam.

The two sides of Robert McNamara

Former US defence chief and architect of the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara, has died, age 93. Evan Thomas shares his memories of “a control freak whose toughest job was shaping his own legacy.”

Memories of Robert McNamara

In the wake of former US defence chief Robert McNamara’s death, Politico speaks to former senator Birch Bayh about his Vietnam legacy.