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Robert McNamara
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American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)

Also known as: McNamara, Robert S. McNamara, Robert Strange McNamara, Роберт Макнамара, روبرت ماكنامارا, 로버트 맥나마라

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Known works

  • Robert S. McNamara papers
  • Argument Without End (2000)
  • Out of the Cold (1989)
  • In retrospect (1995)
  • One hundred countries, two billion people; the dimensions of development (1973)