Follow Robert McNamara through 44 dated historical records for United States of America.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
McNamara left the Defense Department in February 1968, and his successor Clark M. Clifford received the finished study on January 15, 1969, five days before Richard Nixon's inauguration – although Clifford claimed he never read it.
Role range: 1960-1975
The study contained 3,000 pages of historical analysis and 4,000 pages of original government documents in 47 volumes.
Role range: 1960-1975
An account of the war commissioned by McNamara iitains leaked to the New York Times
Role range: 1960-1975
Death of Robert McNamara
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