MCNAMARA


Meaning of MCNAMARA in English

(1916– )

a US Secretary of Defense (1961–8) under President Kennedy and President Johnson . McNamara left this job because he had doubts about the Vietnam War , and he later said publicly that it was wrong. When his political career ended, he became President of the World Bank (1968–81).

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