A Controversial Leader McNamara of the World Bank

No one was neutral about the character of the president of the World Bank. Robert Strange McNamara was one of the best-known and most controversial figures in the United States because of his role as secretary of defense during the first seven years of the tragic Vietnam War. Many liberals portrayed...

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Published inA Stubble-Jumper in Striped Pants p. 150
Main Author Drake, Earl
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 14.09.1999
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Bank loans
Banking
Banks
Behavioral sciences
Central banks
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Economic disciplines
Economics
Epistemology
Executive branch
Federal government structure
Finance
Financial economics
Financial instruments
Governance
Government
Government cabinets
Government officials
Heads of state
Loans
Military defense
Military science
National government
Parliamentary debate
Parliamentary procedure
Philosophy
Political science
Poverty
Prime ministers
Psychology
Rationality
Reason
Reasoning
Socioeconomics
Thought processes
World Bank
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Summary:No one was neutral about the character of the president of the World Bank. Robert Strange McNamara was one of the best-known and most controversial figures in the United States because of his role as secretary of defense during the first seven years of the tragic Vietnam War. Many liberals portrayed him as largely responsible for the deaths of countless Americans and Vietnamese, even though the heaviest casualties occurred during the last five years of the war after he left his office in February 1968. He was equally reviled by most of the hard-line military for being too soft in
ISBN:0802044646
9780802044648
DOI:10.3138/9781442670495.15