Case Study



Case Study

Introduction

It would be difficult to consider of a more contentious figure from the Vietnam Warfare period than Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. He was the longest serving defense escritoire in the United States. He was one of the inventive Whiz Kids, a commercial head of clan and afterward World Bank president, but his individuality is linked inextricably to Vietnam. McNamara's influence on policy making branched from his overpowering exercise of quantitative study, his standing for achievement, and his personal acquaintance with John Kennedy and afterward Lyndon B. Johnson. In the Cuban Missile Emergency of 1962, McNamara projected the ...