THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Robert Kennedy
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Henry Kissinger
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Robert McNamara
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Colin Powell
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara at the Pentagon, 11:30AM | JFK Library.
Detailed explanation-2: -McNamara, in full Robert Strange McNamara, (born June 9, 1916, San Francisco, California, U.S.-died July 6, 2009, Washington, D.C.), U.S. secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 who revamped Pentagon operations and who played a major role in the nation’s military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Strange McNamara (/ˈmæknəmærə/; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 19 January 1968 President Johnson announced his selection of Clark M. Clifford to replace Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense. Clifford was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on 25 December 1906, received a law degree at Washington University, and practiced law in St. Louis between 1928 and 1943.