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Robert McNamara

Independent.co.uk - World | 2 days ago

How Little Billy's letters fooled the great and the not-so-good

The British PM merely sent back a signed photo. Billy also contacted former US Defence Secretary Robert Macnamara, asking him whether a moat would protect his treehouse from...

The Salt Lake Tribune | 3 days ago

Books: Author assumes guise of boy to punk famous

...believe in themselves and their future." Former Defense Secretary » Robert S. McNamara advised Billy on whether he should dig a moat around his treehouse to keep his enemies away: "It...

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San Jose Mercury News | 3 days ago

Celebrities answer letters of 'Little Billy' — really a grown-up prankster

...respect for people. Hoboes believe in themselves and their future." Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, advising Billy on whether he should dig a moat around his treehouse to...

CBS | 4 days ago

Little Billy Punks Famous, Infamous

...respect for people. Hoboes believe in themselves and their future." Former Defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara, advising Billy on whether he should dig a moat around his treehouse to...

AP Online | 4 days ago

'Little Billy's Letters' at a glance

...of all shows respect for people. Hoboes believe in themselves and their future." Former Defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara, advising Billy on whether he should dig a moat around his...

New York Times | 5 days ago

Theater Review 'Top Secret': A Vietnam War-Era Fight at New York Theater Workshop

...Vietnam, originally commissioned by the defense secretary at the time, Robert S. McNamara, but not completed until after he left office in 1968. (Mr. Aarons worked as a reporter and...

Seattle Weekly | 5 days ago

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Remember Daniel Ellsberg? You Should

...Ellsberg was an ex-Marine, trusted analyst, and Cold Warrior under Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, who, "from the entrails of a bureaucratic war machine"-per a latter-day...

Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 5 days ago

Dr. J. Sterling Livingston, Harvard business professor

...the Defense Department. In the early 1960s, he was brought in by Ignatius and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to help launch the Logistics Management Institute, a nonprofit set up...

"If you want war you're going to get war." McNamara noted, "The reason this happened was a) the Israelis had knocked hell out of the Egyptians; b) the Egyptians and Jordanians believed a false charge that we were bombing Cairo from a carrier, and when Hussein came in the Israelis knocked hell out of him."

Lyndon B. Johnson Wikipedia | 1 month ago

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 1 week ago

Review: Documentary traces brave journey of 'The Most Dangerous Man in America'

..."attack" was based on false information but helped spin it. Soon after, he was ordered by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to gather examples of North Vietnamese "atrocities" in order...

Christian Science Monitor | 1 week ago

The Most Dangerous Man in America: movie review

...boyhood and stint in the US Marines (1954-57) to his career as Defense Department Vietnam war hawk under Robert McNamara and, ultimately, antiwar activist who leaked the Pentagon Papers...

Library Journal News | 1 week ago

What's Up, Oscar Docs?

...worked at the RAND Corporation. Beginning in 1964, he was an advisor to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on the Vietnam War. Following the escalation of the conflict after the 1964...

scotsman.com - Books | 1 week ago

Book review: Point Omega

...Condoleezza Rice and some American Enterprise Institute thinkers put in a blender along with Robert McNamara as he appeared in Errol Morris's movie The Fog Of War. Like many of...