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...ght that the sugggestion of a split came from the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Robert McNamara or Maxwell Taylor; Taylor was then serving in the White House in the unique

In 1999, Robert McNamara wrote how that both side had missed opportunities. As he entered government

[[Lyndon Johnson]] and [[Robert McNamara]], in selecting a strategy in 1965, had assumed the enemy forces were assum

...nt advice. The Pentagon's civilian voice on ExComm was Defense Secretary [[Robert McNamara]]. McNamara largely ignored his generals and admirals and generally took a

...alyses discount such negotiations, although they remained an undercurrent; Robert McNamara's 1999 book says that "Big" Minh, the leader of the coup that actually over ...has grabbed me by the ankles and won't let go." His response was to send Robert McNamara to examine the situation and reassure him.<ref name=Karnow>{{citation

...nse Roswell Gilpatric, presumably with the support of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, named him as head of a new Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Def

...[Secretary of Defense]] and architect of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam [[Robert McNamara]] wrote that both sides had missed opportunities. The U.S. had both ignored

| title = Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam Secretary of Defense [[Robert McNamara]], who had been appointed by Kennedy, became Johnson's principal adviser, a

| title = Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnam

...andum from [[President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] to [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert McNamara|Robert S. McNamara]]:<ref name=FRUS-XII-80>{{citation

...r with Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, a message was sent. After a ritualized condemnation, Ho said he would be

Secretary of Defense [[Robert McNamara]], who had been appointed by Kennedy, became Johnson's principal adviser, a

...Douglas MacArthur]] article I've been dreading. Eventually, I did manage [[Robert McNamara]]. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 23:38, 6 February 2009

...hina and Soviet-aligned states. In 1963 the Kennedy administration ordered Robert McNamara to revise this plan, resulting in SIOP-63 &mdash; a strong counterforce str

...nufacturing the SR-71 was ordered destroyed by then-Secretary of Defense [[Robert McNamara]] upon completion of the DoD's existing orders for the aircraft, ensuring n