What caused the death of Ex-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara?”
Here is what the local paper, The Washington Post, says about it: Robert Strange McNamara, the former secretary of defense whose record as a leading executive of industry and a chieftain of foreign financial aid was all but erased from public memory by his reputation as the primary architect of U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam, died early this morning at age 93. Family members said McNamara died at his home in Northwest Washington. They did not give a cause of death. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070601197.html Despite his involvement in the Viet Nam build up, he had a storied career. A trained economist, he also helped turn around the Ford auto company in the post-World War II era and then used his talents to improve the image of the World Bank during his long tenure as president from 1968 to 1981. Brilliant — arrogan
