Vietnam War
McNamara’s War
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The Angel of Death has struck again. In the latest of 2009’s KIAs former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara died on Monday, he was 93. McNamara served under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and his watch included the invasion of the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the escalation of the Vietnam War. He was a controversial figure who later in life expressed regret over the decisions he had made. After serving as Secretary of Defense McNamara went on to run the World Bank, later claiming it was out of sense of guilt and a desire to give back to people in developing countries.
