McNamara died in his sleep at his home in Washington early in the morning on July 6, 2009. He was 93.McNamara had been in bad health recently, cause of death is unknown. Critics saw the former president of Ford Motor as a core reason for the Vietnam war and its failure, some calling it “McNamara’s war”.
During President John F. Kennedy's term, while McNamara was Secretary of Defense, America's troops in Vietnam increased from 500 to 16,000. The Vietnam conflict came to claim most of McNamara's time and energy.
McNamara served as head of the World Bank from April 1968 to June 1981, when he turned 65.In his thirteen years at the Bank, he introduced key changes, most notably from shifting the Bank's focus towards targeted poverty reduction.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Robert McNamara died in Washington
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