Robert McNamara
/ˌrɒbət ˌmæknəˈmɑːrə/
/ˌrɑːbərt ˈmæknəmerə/
- (1916-2009) a US Secretary of Defense (1961-8) under President Kennedy and President Johnson. McNamara left this job because he had doubts about the Vietnam War, and he later said publicly that it was wrong. When his political career ended, he became President of the World Bank (1968-81). In a documentary film about his life, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S McNamara (2003) he discussed his failures in Vietnam.
罗伯特·麦克纳马拉(Robert McNamara):(1916-2009)肯尼迪总统和约翰逊总统领导下的美国国防部长(1961-8)。麦克纳马拉(McNamara)离开了这份工作,因为他对越南战争存有疑虑,后来他公开表示这是错误的。政治生涯结束后,他成为世界银行行长(1968-81)。在一部关于他一生的纪录片《战争迷雾:罗伯特·麦克纳马拉的人生的十一个教训》(2003年)中,他讨论了自己在越南的失败。